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- Bedford Falls is the fictional town in which Philip Van Doren Stern 's 1943 short booklet The Greatest Gift, and RKO Pictures 1946 film adaptation It's a Wonderful Life, are set.
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The real town and the fictional town are very similar as they are both mill towns, they both had a grassy median down the main street (Seneca Falls does not anymore), both communities boast Victorian architecture and a large Italian population, and they both have very similar toll bridges.
Dec 20, 2016 · Fans of It's a Wonderful Life know that the film takes place in a fictional town named Bedford Falls located somewhere in upstate New York—the region is identifiable thanks to various references to neighboring communities like Buffalo and Elmira throughout the movie—but what they may not know is that one town in particular bears an uncanny ...
- ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Takes Place in Bedford Falls
- Seneca Falls Inspired The Fictional Place
- A Real High School Was Used For That Dancing Scene
The movie starts off with George Bailey (James Stewart) wanting to end his life. Multiple people noticed his depression so they pray for him. An angel then comes to stop him from jumping and showing him the value in his life. The story takes place in Bedford Falls. It seems like a place that could be in the Northeast given it gets cold enough for s...
Seneca Falls, New York is reportedly the inspiration behind Bedford Falls. Director, Frank Capra had family in Auburn, New York and would drive through Seneca Falls, according IMDB. There is now a It’s a Wonderful Life festival every year in the second week of December in Seneca Falls. There is also a museum dedicated to the Christmas movie. The mu...
George is seen going out to dance. That’s where he hits it off with Mary. Two young men know that the dance floor can open to reveal the school’s pool and they prank everyone by opening it up. George and Mary are so carried away with dancing that they don’t notice. They eventually fall back into the pool together. That moment kicks off their love s...
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Dec 23, 2021 · There might not be definitive proof that Seneca Falls is the real Bedford Falls. But at least one person closely associated with It’s a Wonderful Life can see the connection.
Dec 18, 2021 · While the set of the idyllic Bedford Falls is meant to appear as quintessential every-town, America, it bears striking similarities to another—real—small town with its own George Bailey.
Dec 9, 2016 · But while Bedford Falls is ostensibly a fictional place, one village in New York insists that their municipality is the inspiration behind it, NPR reports. Seneca Falls is perhaps best known...
Dec 6, 2018 · Bedford Falls, the town that is the real star of the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, is a fictional place. But it closely resembles a real town. I live there. The evidence is strong, if circumstantial, that Seneca Falls, New York—where I’m executive director of the historical society—provided the basis for Bedford Falls.
