George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) George as "The richest man in town". In the pile of donated funds, George finds a copy of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" inscribed, "Dear George: Remember no man is a failure who has friends. P.S. Thanks for the wings! Love, Clarence." A bell on the Christmas tree rings, and his daughter Zuzu says, "Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!" George agrees and looks up to heaven and says, "Attaboy, Clarence." George realizes that he truly has a wonderful life. Citing generosity as Bailey's most admirable trait, "Time" magazine lists George Bailey among their
George S. Brooks George S. Brooks George Sprague Brooks (1895–1961) was a playwright, author, editor and lecturer whose work appeared frequently in the "Saturday Evening Post". Born February 7, 1895 in Pearl Creek, Wyoming County, New York, George S. Brooks was the great-great-grandson of Revolutionary War brigadier general and chaplain David Brooks. George S. Brooks attended Middleburg Academy, Salt Lake Collegiate Institute and the high school at Warsaw, New York. He then attended University of Rochester in fall 1931. He was friends with classics scholar James Marshall Campbell. The two had youthful plans of building a law practice together, but when Brooks failed