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Is the Seneca Falls/ Bedford Falls connection fact or fiction?


It's a Wonderful Life cast members - Karolyn Grimes ("Zuzu Bailey"), Carol Coombs ("Janie Bailey"), Jeanine Roose (a young "Violet Buck"), and Jimmy Hawkins (Tommy Bailey")


America's 1 movie has its own museum in Upstate New York.

There is an incredible little museum that will be the star on top of your Christmas tree if you visit it this season.


The museum tells the story of how Seneca Falls is believed to be the inspiration for the Bedford Falls in the film, It's a Wonderful LIfe. Director Frank Capra is known to have visited this Upstate village before finalizing his script. Is the Seneca Falls/Bedford Falls connection fact or fiction?


Read this CNYNews.com article to learn more.


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