Did George Bailey build the homes in Bailey Park?
In the Christmas classic film It's a Wonderful Life (1946), the main character, George Bailey, gives up his dream of traveling and going to college to become an architect so that he can help others in various ways, primarily by continuing his father's legacy of running a local building and loan firm.
One of the things that George does to help turn around the Bailey Building and Loan and make it more profitable is to purchase some cheap land and develop it into a neighborhood of affordable homes called Bailey Park.
As I rewatched the film this year, something Clarence says hit me. George and Clarence go to Bailey Park but it's not there because George hadn't been born.
George: All I know is this should be Bailey Park. But where are the houses?
Clarence: You weren't here to build them.
It struck me that I had never considered that George had literally built the houses himself, or at least been involved in their architecture, as an outlet for his dream of becoming an architect.
But did Clarence mean that he literally built them or simply that he was responsible for them being built? Is there any other evidence in the movie that George actually architected or physically built the homes in Bailey Park?
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Bishop out of divorcing Ernie and Ernie into ending things with Violet. Violet, despondent and now a pariah for being a (potential) home wrecker, finally decides it's better to leave Bedford Falls, hence her asking George for money on Christmas Eve so she can start over in New York.What is Mr Potter worth?
His life is all about money, and he's up an easy $8,000 at the end of the situation. But, Potter is also a businessman, and the collapse of Bailey Building & Loan would have resulted in profits of way beyond $8,000 in time.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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