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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money, hides it from Billy, and George's troubles begin.

An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

The Minivers, an English \middle-class\ family experience life in the first months of World War II.

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.