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He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
It's a Wonderful Life: Directed by Frank Capra. With James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell. An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
A young man... the smartest one in the crowd, mind you... A young man who has to sit by and watch his friends go places because he's trapped. Yes, sir, trapped into this small town and frittering his life away, playing nursemaid to a lot of garlic eaters.
Dec 25, 2023 · Within the endearing narrative of It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Henry F. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) emerges as a symbol of both dominance and solitude, his existence in stark contrast to the film’s hero, George Bailey (James Stewart). Throughout the story, we witness Mr. Potter’s depiction as a ruthless financier, a role that unveils a deep ...
Henry F. Potter (commonly referred to as Mr. Potter or just Potter) is a fictional character, a villainous robber baron and the main antagonist in the 1946 Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life. He was portrayed by the veteran actor Lionel Barrymore.
On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, George Bailey contemplates suicide. The prayers of his family and friends reach Heaven, where guardian angel second class Clarence Odbody is assigned to save George in order to earn his wings. Clarence is shown flashbacks of George's life.
Dec 6, 2021 · Played to ruthless perfection by the great Lionel Barrymore, the crooked businessman owns the No. 6 slot on the American Film Institute's list of 50 Greatest Villains.
