<P> The products and advertisements featured in Mr. Gower's drugstore include Coca - Cola, Paterson tobacco pipes, La Unica cigars, Camel cigarettes, Lucky Strike cigarettes, Chesterfield cigarettes, Sweet Caporal cigarettes (with a sign that says "Ask Dad he knows" that plays a role in the plot), Vaseline hair tonic, Penetro cough syrup, Pepto - Bismol, Bayer Aspirin ("for colds and influenza"), and The Saturday Evening Post . </P> <P> In an earlier draft of the script, the scene where George saves his brother Harry as a child was different . The scene had the boys playing ice hockey on the river (which is on Potter's property) as Potter watches with disdain . George shoots the puck, but it goes astray and breaks the "No Trespassing" sign and lands in Potter's yard . Potter becomes irate, and the gardener releases the attack dogs, which causes the boys to flee . Harry falls in the ice, and George saves him with the same results . </P> <P> Another scene that was in an earlier version of the script had young George visiting his father at his work . After George tells off Mr. Potter and closes the door, he considers asking Uncle Billy about his drugstore dilemma . Billy is talking on the phone to the bank examiner, and lights his cigar and throws his match in the wastebasket . This scene explains that Tilly (short for Matilda) and Eustace are both his cousins (not Billy's kids though), and Tilly is on the phone with her friend Martha and says, "Potter's here, the bank examiner's coming . It's a day of judgment ." As George is about to interrupt Tilly on the phone, Billy cries for help and Tilly runs in and puts the fire out with a pot of coffee . George decides he is probably better off dealing with the situation by himself . </P> <P> Capra had filmed a number of sequences that were subsequently cut, the only remnants remaining being rare stills that have been unearthed . A number of alternative endings were considered, with Capra's first script having Bailey falling to his knees reciting "The Lord's Prayer" (the script also called for an opening scene with the townspeople in prayer). Feeling that an overly religious tone did not have the emotional impact of the family and friends rushing to rescue George Bailey, the closing scenes were rewritten . </P>

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