I watched a “the making of” video on IAWL on Youtube...it said that Frank Capra got mail for years about Potter keeping the money and not be called out for it.
The story was about a man realizing what he has, and how the world would have been very different without him in it.
It was not a crime novel about an old grouch stealing 8,000 dollars.
Liberals are going to find something wrong with everything...but I say, “let them pout”...I still enjoy IAWL every year.
It’s a “story”, not a DOCUMENTARY.
I’ve watched this movie a bunch of times - love it - and never once thought about Potter keeping the money. Never crossed my mind actually.
It would have destroyed the message to have gone down that sub plot. Punishing Potter would have been a distraction from George finding out he is the richest man in town.