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
Gas-s-s-s and he only made one more movie before a twenty-year sabbatical. " A great deal of care went into what I was saying and how I was going to say it," he said of "Gas-s-s-s". "The finished picture does not evidently make all these points. It discourages me and so for a little while I prefer to step away ... Directing is very hard and very painful. Producing is easy. I can do it without really thinking about it." Corman did, however, go on to produce "Boxcar Bertha" for AIP. "Gas-s-s-s" found a fresh audience on late night television in