Wainwright Plastics - It's a Wonderful Life. If George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) had taken Sam Wainwright's offer to work in his plastics factory instead of staying at the Bailey Bros. Building and Loan, he would would have been working here. At Mary's house on the telephone, "And George, I may have a job for you; that is, unless you're still married to that broken-down Building and Loan. This is the biggest thing since radio, and I'm letting you in on the ground floor. "