James Stewart stars as a small-town nobody, on the brink of suicide, who believes his life is worthless despite a loving wife (Donna Reed) and family.
James Stewart and Donna Reed start in the classic, "It's a Wonderful Life," screening Dec. 21 through 23 at Amherst Cinema.
AMHERST - In what has become a holiday tradition at Amherst Cinema, the classic "It's a Wonderful Life" will be shown in matinee screenings at the cinema on Dec. 21, 22 and 23 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are regular admission and are available at the cinema box office or online at www.amherstcinema.org
James Stewart stars as a small-town nobody, on the brink of suicide, who believes his life is worthless despite a loving wife (Donna Reed) and family.
Guardian angel Henry Travers shows him how wrong he is by letting Stewart see what would have happened had he never been born.
This is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in a typical American small town.
It's Christmas Eve, 1946, and Bailey, who has long considered himself a failure, faces financial ruin and arrest.
As the film opens, two celestial voices discuss Bailey's dilemma and decide to send down eternally bumbling angel Clarence Oddbody (Travers), who after 200 years has yet to earn his wings.
"The sappy, happy ending makes me cry every time," said Carol Johnson, the cinema's executive director. "And like many people, I must have seen the film 15 times!"