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A Rat With Hair On It

This slightly stunned lull between Christmas and New Year is the perfect time to watch old films - I suggest Capra's You Can't Take It With You. It's uplifting, but also topical, featuring a greedy banker getting his comeuppance during the Depression.

The family of eccentrics that you're supposed to prefer to the capitalists are actually quite wearing - see below. Personally it makes me want to go and get stuck into some serious paperwork at the bank. But there are lots of good little scenes - as above, where James Stewart demonstrates how to embarrass your stenographer-fiancee in a posh restaurant.

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