How does the film It’s a Wonderful Life depict love, romance and sex?
In the film It’s a Wonderful Life, George finds Violet Bick physically attractive, but it is in Mary Hatch that he finds his ideal spouse. George is physically attracted to Mary, but it is her inner beauty that captures his heart. Director Frank Capra’s love relationships progress step-by-step: George teases Mary when she is in the hydrangea bushes, then George and Mary talk together on the phone, and finally George comes to the old house on their wedding night. We see a friendship blossom into romance, and then that romance blossoms into love. George and Mary have had time to get to know each other and cherish each other as whole persons, which provides them with the solid foundation that will get them through the crisis in George’s life that has the potential of destroying both George and his marriage. Capra depicts the wholesomeness of love, romance and sex when it occurs in its proper context, that is, marriage. He contrasts the superficiality of Violet Bick’s shallow attractivenes
