One of the Christmas traditions in our lifetime is the annual TV presentation of the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” by the famous filmmaker, Frank Capra. In his autobiography, “The Name Above the Title,” Mr. Capra said of this film:

“A film to tell the weary, the disheartened, and the disillusioned; the wino, the junkie, the prostitute; those behind prison walls, and those behind Iron Curtains, that no man is a failure …

“A film that said to the downtrodden, the pushed-around, the pauper, ‘Heads up, fella. No man is poor who has one friend. Three friends and you’re filthy rich.’”