It's a Wonderful Life election. The angel shows him Bedford Falls as it would have been not if he had never been born, but as it would have been if he had gone into business instead of politics. Seneca Falls, New York, claims that when Frank Capra visited their town in 1945, he was inspired to model Bedford Falls after it. The town has an annual "It's a Wonderful Life Festival" in December. In mid-2009, The Hotel Clarence opened in Seneca Falls, named for George Bailey's guardian angel. On December 10, 2010, the "It's a Wonderful Life" Museum opened in Seneca Falls, with Karolyn
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl at the International Emmy Awards in 1993, for Arts Documentary. Ray Müller won the Golden Space Needle Award for best documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1994. The film is consistently found on “best documentary” lists. In Germany, the Emmy win was rarely mentioned. The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl () is a 1993 German documentary film about the life of German film director Leni Riefenstahl, directed by Ray Müller. Riefenstahl was best known for her documentary film "Olympia" (1938), on the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and her Nazi