Okay, so...there's only a little time before Christmas. So, in case you have time for a little movie viewing, I perused the offerings at TCM - they have some great stuff the next couple days.

Tomorrow (all times Eastern)

10:30 a.m. - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum. A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well.

Noon - It Happened on Fifth Avenue - Don DeFore, Ann Harding. Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.

2:00 - The Man Who Came To Dinner. Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Billie Burke. Oh, man - this is a GREAT one! Screwball comedy in which an acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.

6:00 - Scrooge. The 1970 musical version of A Christmas Carol with Albert Finney. Alec Guinness is in it, too - he's always awesome.

8:00 - The Bishop's Wife. Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, Gladys Cooper. One of my favorites. David Niven's a bishop struggling to build a cathedral for all the wrong reasons. Cary Grant's an angel who helps him get his priorities straight. Terrific for the skating scene alone.

Midnight - Remember the Night. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck. A recently "rediscovered" classic. MacMurray plays a DA prosecuting Stanwyck for shoplifting and ends up taking her home for Christmas. This has become real favorite of mine. Worth staying up for!

Christmas Day

8:00 a.m. - The Shop Around the Corner. Did you like You've Got Mail? Well, this is the original with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. Ernst Lubitsch film set in Budapest at Christmas time.

11:45 - A Christmas Carol. Very good 1938 version with Reginald Owen and the whole flipping Lockhart family. You know the story - I don't have to tell you.

Happy viewing!

I love A Christmas Carol with Reginald Owen.

And I watched It's A Wonderful Life last night so I'm all set for Xmas.

Speaking of Xmas Classics...

http://www.youtube.com/wa...iTSxiT2YWQ

Someone embed it for me

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!!! I LOVE that stupid movie! I LOVE Chevy Chase too!

johnart said:

Speaking of Xmas Classics...

Someone embed it for me

Good grief. So helpless...

Here it is in better quality...

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Genesia said:

johnart said:

Speaking of Xmas Classics...

Someone embed it for me

Good grief. So helpless...

I can always embed from my computer. Not sure why not on this laptop.

Thanks!

That reminds me - I need to watch "Die Hard", the second-best Christmas movie ever, tomorrow.

An old Christmas Standard!

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(aka: March of the Wooden Soldiers)

[Edited 12/23/10 14:28pm]

KatSkrizzle said:

An old Christmas Standard!

Genesia said:

Okay, so...there's only a little time before Christmas. So, in case you have time for a little movie viewing, I perused the offerings at TCM - they have some great stuff the next couple days.

Tomorrow (all times Eastern)

10:30 a.m. - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum. A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well.

Noon - It Happened on Fifth Avenue - Don DeFore, Ann Harding. Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.

2:00 - The Man Who Came To Dinner. Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Billie Burke. Oh, man - this is a GREAT one! Screwball comedy in which an acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.

6:00 - Scrooge. The 1970 musical version of A Christmas Carol with Albert Finney. Alec Guinness is in it, too - he's always awesome.

8:00 - The Bishop's Wife. Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, Gladys Cooper. One of my favorites. David Niven's a bishop struggling to build a cathedral for all the wrong reasons. Cary Grant's an angel who helps him get his priorities straight. Terrific for the skating scene alone.

Midnight - Remember the Night. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck. A recently "rediscovered" classic. MacMurray plays a DA prosecuting Stanwyck for shoplifting and ends up taking her home for Christmas. This has become real favorite of mine. Worth staying up for!

Christmas Day

8:00 a.m. - The Shop Around the Corner. Did you like You've Got Mail? Well, this is the original with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. Ernst Lubitsch film set in Budapest at Christmas time.

11:45 - A Christmas Carol. Very good 1938 version with Reginald Owen and the whole flipping Lockhart family. You know the story - I don't have to tell you.

Happy viewing!

Thank you, these are my favorites. I can't stand Fred MacMurray; I've always wondered how and the hell he had a career but I can tolerate him in this because of his co-star.

The 1951 version of Scrooge (Alstair Sims) in my opinion is better than the 1938 version with Reginald Owen but I like them both. Where is "Christmas in Connecticut", somebody better air it.

TD3 said:

Genesia said:

Okay, so...there's only a little time before Christmas. So, in case you have time for a little movie viewing, I perused the offerings at TCM - they have some great stuff the next couple days.

Tomorrow (all times Eastern)

10:30 a.m. - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum. A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well.

Noon - It Happened on Fifth Avenue - Don DeFore, Ann Harding. Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.

2:00 - The Man Who Came To Dinner. Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Billie Burke. Oh, man - this is a GREAT one! Screwball comedy in which an acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.

6:00 - Scrooge. The 1970 musical version of A Christmas Carol with Albert Finney. Alec Guinness is in it, too - he's always awesome.

8:00 - The Bishop's Wife. Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, Gladys Cooper. One of my favorites. David Niven's a bishop struggling to build a cathedral for all the wrong reasons. Cary Grant's an angel who helps him get his priorities straight. Terrific for the skating scene alone.

Midnight - Remember the Night. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck. A recently "rediscovered" classic. MacMurray plays a DA prosecuting Stanwyck for shoplifting and ends up taking her home for Christmas. This has become real favorite of mine. Worth staying up for!

Christmas Day

8:00 a.m. - The Shop Around the Corner. Did you like You've Got Mail? Well, this is the original with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. Ernst Lubitsch film set in Budapest at Christmas time.

11:45 - A Christmas Carol. Very good 1938 version with Reginald Owen and the whole flipping Lockhart family. You know the story - I don't have to tell you.

Happy viewing!

Thank you, these are my favorites. I can't stand Fred MacMurray; I've always wondered how and the hell he had a career but I can tolerate him in this because of his co-star.

The 1951 version of Scrooge (Alstair Sims) in my opinion is better than the 1938 version with Reginald Owen but I like them both. Where is "Christmas in Connecticut", somebody better air it.

I'm actually rather astounded at the number of films that are nowhere to be found this year. TCM isn't showing Christmas in Connecticut or The Bells of St. Mary's. What the hell? I mean...they're only showing The Bishop's Wife, Holiday Affair and The Man Who Came to Dinner at least three times each.

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Make way for Tomorrow. Wow Interesting choice for a family oriented holiday. then again.

lazycrockett said:

Make way for Tomorrow. Wow Interesting choice for a family oriented holiday. then again.

Whoever was doing the programming at TCM has some serious issues. Last night, they showed "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." On Christmas night. I mean...really?