AdvertisementLibraries' Leading Roles: On Stage, On Screen And In SongAugust 07, 2013Bob MondellofacebookEmailPoor Donna Reed: Her Mary would have ended up working in a library — shudder — if not for the matrimonial intervention of Jimmy Stewart's George Bailey. Happily, 1946's It's a Wonderful Life isn't the only lens through which pop culture assesses the worth of the institution and those who make it tick. (Getty Images)