It's a Wonderful Life greatest movie list, number 20 on its revised 2007 greatest movie list, and placing number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time. Capra revealed that this was his personal favorite among the films he directed, and that he screened it for his family every Christmas season. On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, George Bailey contemplates suicide. Prayers for him reach Heaven, where Clarence Odbody, Angel 2nd Class, is assigned to save George, in return for which he will earn his angel wings. To prepare him for his mission, Clarence is shown
George S. Sandstrom an annular lip integral therewith and extending inwardly from the top of said rim, a flat top ring fixedly to the inside circumference of the said rim over which said head is drawn. The George S. Sandstrom banjolele pictured on the right was made in 1917. It has a bright and surprisingly loud sound. I purchased it from Griffin Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto California. George Sandstrom's instruments had light California Maple necks with a medium dark California maple body. A few were made with the body, and resonator of burled California Redwood. A true California native. George S. Sandstrom