The top mistakes in It's a Wonderful Life http://www.moviemistakes.com/film663 en Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:55:05 +0000 4189 In a scene near the end of the movie, George enters the Building and Loan with a Christmas wreath on his arm. On hearing that he has a phone call from his brother Harry, he tosses the wreath on a table and picks up the phone. In the next second, the wreath is back on his arm. 22889 In the scene when George Bailey was going to jump off of the bridge, watch the snow carefully. One of the shots where Clarence was shouting in the water the snow all of a sudden quits then it goes back to snowing when George jumps in. 12759 In a scene early on in the film, where George Bailey (James Stewart), Bert (Ward Bond) and Ernie (Frank Faylen) chat in the street, they suddenly stop due to the appearance of Violet (Gloria Grahame) in her "this is what I wear when I don't care how I look" dress. The camera cuts back to them and we see a dark haired woman in a hat pass in front of Ernie's taxi. As Violet crosses the street, we see another shot of the boys staring after her - and the dark haired woman passes in front of the taxi again. 48664 When George first finds his brother's grave the death date is visible, but after arguing with Clarence he has to wipe snow from the base of the stone to reveal the date. 45155 When Mary leans across the drugstore counter to whisper in George's bad ear, there is a small piece of tape on the edge of the counter right in front of her hand, presumably to show the actors where to position themselves for the shot (the tape isn't visible in the other shots showing that same section of the counter).