It's a Wonderful Life as Mother Bailey. Philip Grecian's 2006 radio play based on the film "It's a Wonderful Life" is a faithful adaptation, now in its third incarnation, that has been performed numerous times by local theatres in Canada. "The Last Temptation of Clarence Odbody" is a novel written by John Pierson. The novel imagines the future lives of various characters if George had not survived his jump into the river. Scenes from the film are seen in the documentary "", where Abacus Federal Savings Bank founder and chairman Thomas Sung talked about how "It's a Wonderful Life" influenced him. The film was
George S. Sandstrom George S. Sandstrom During the early 1900s George S. Sandstrom, of Oakland, California, made what is called a Banjo ukulele, or banjolele. A combination of a ukulele and a banjo, which at the time sold for about $2.00. On December 12, 1917 George Sandstrom of Oakland California filed patent application number 206746. He was awarded patent number 1354268, titled "Banjo," on September 28, 1920. The patent specifications describe George Sandstrom's invention, in part, as "...a tightening device for banjo heads and other musical instruments having an open circular rim, a flexible head interposed within the opening of the said rim,