> A generation before that people watched "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) for much the same reason. Some of us still watch it! Of course the vast majority of o

> A generation before that people watched "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) for much the same reason. Some of us still watch it! Of course the vast majority of old movies are long forgotten (and no great loss), just as the vast majority of what we're producing today will be. But there are a minority of classics that endure. Just as there's still a market for Shakespeare, Dickens, and Mozart, despite all the plays, books and music that have been written since.