Early in the movie, boy George (no, not that Boy George) walks into the drugstore where he works and says, "I wish I had a million dollars." As he says it, he clicks a cigarette lighter. When it li...

What's more romantic than the moon in June? When George falls hard for Mary, he asks her:GEORGE: What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a...

This old vaudeville song was recorded by lots of artists through the years, with the title changing depending on the locale. (Buffalo refers to the city in New York, not that hairy beast of the Ame...

When George is barreling down his tunnel of despair, he arrives at home and accidentally pulls the loose top piece off one of the stair posts. This is evidently something that happens all of the ti...

Clarence and George are sitting in Nick's bar when the cash register bell rings. Clarence remarks, "Oh-oh. Somebody's just made it." He explains the connection between bells and angels getting thei...

When George is at his low point, his daughter Zuzu shows him a flower she won at school. He's too distraught to appreciate it. A few petals fall off, and Zuzu sweetly asks him to fix it. George pre...

The Moral of the StoryThe entire film has an allegorical flavor, in which the characters are all symbols in a universal drama aimed at teaching us some universal life lessons. Potter, of course, re...

Master of the Mise-en-ScèneThank Shmoop for introducing you to this fancy French term that literally means "placing on stage." It refers to the director's arrangement of people, objects, space, an...