What Is The Monologue In It's A Wonderful Life

The monologue I performed is from the movie It’s a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra (Capra). The focus of the movie is on a young man named George Bailey, who lives in the small town of Bedford Falls (Capra). George’s dream is to leave Bedford Falls and become a world traveler. The day before George is supposed to get on a train and start his world travels, his father suddenly dies. His father was the owner of the Bedford Falls Building and Loans, so George has to go to the board meeting that is deciding the fate of his father’s business. Sitting in on the meeting is Mr. Potter, who was a rival with George’s father and always in competition with him. Mr. Potter is a corrupt, old man, who wants to take over the Building and Loans so he have complete control of the town. My monologue is when George is defending his father’s …show more content…
To give me inspiration on how I would perform my speech, I watched just the scene that Jimmy Stewart performed multiple times and noted certain actions he did show the character of George Bailey. Some of the actions I noted for example would be a slight stutter on certain words, his voice quivering or facial expressions when talking to Potter.Since I was unclear about the time period, I tried to find out when the original story had been written so I could understand the setting, but couldn’t find an exact year. The movie came out to theaters in 1947 so I assumed the timeline in the story would be around that time or a few years earlier. I practiced performing my monologue for considerable amounts of time leading up to the date of my performance until I was confident with it. To help me memorize my speech better, I would practice performing it with no script and each time I forgot a line or messed up, I would start over from the beginning. The night before my performance, I practiced for about half an