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For Titty & anybody else who likes their festive foreign films to have a bit of an edge (the kind of edge that you mind find at the end of a large bladed object). | |
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One of my very favorite Christmas movies is one almost nobody knows about: Remember the Night. Wonderful little film, written by Preston Sturges, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Beulah Bondi. Worth the price of admission to hear Sterling Holloway (later the voice of Winnie the Pooh) sing "At the end of a Perfect Day." TCM will show it on Dec. 12 at 9:45 EST. And I am very excited that a film society in Madison is showing on the big screen next weekend.
Other favorites (all classic films): It's a Wonderful Life The Bishop's Wife Christmas in Connecticut Holiday Affair The Bells of St. Mary's Holiday Inn White Christmas The Man Who Came to Dinner [Edited 12/2/12 10:40am] We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Not only my favorite Christmas movie, but my favorite movie of all time. | |
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No love for Mr. Magoo?
A wonderfully fun and poingnant adaptation of A Christmas Carol...and great, goofy songs like this one...
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I literally had to search for years to find it on dvd.
That 1941 version of A Christmas Carol is a riot! I crack the hell up laughing at the housekeeper every time I watch it.
Never been a big fan of It's A Wonderful Life either... and scary Christmas movies are absolutely out of the question, Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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No, no, & no. 
I would like the see the version that came before this one though. It used to be shown on Family Classics here in Chicago. | |
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Stymie said:
I would like the see the version that came before this one though. It used to be shown on Family Classics here in Chicago. You're thinking of the 1938 with Reginald Owen as Scrooge - and pretty much the entire Lockhart family as the Cratchits. That's my favorite version, too. TCM is airing the 1951 Alistair Sim version at 8:45 CST on Dec. 16. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like they're showing the 1938 this year. And I totally remember Family Classics on WGN.  [Edited 12/2/12 11:23am] We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I generally don't like Christmas movies. Many of my favorite films to watch around the holidays usually have Christmas in the background or part of the setting, but aren't really about Christmas.
Batman Returns Un conte de Noël / A Christmas Tale Eyes Wide Shut In Bruges Morvern Callar Nadja | |
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Is that the one with the housekeeper shrieking like a banshee?
I like that one... Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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I like both both versions (1938 & 1941) of Scrooge / A Christmas Carol, though I favor the 1941 version more. The supporting cast (notwithstanding the Lockhart family) is a cut above the 1938 version. (IMHO) I thought Alastair Sim's did a better job acting wise at transforming from this ruthless tightwad to the warm charitable thoughtful human being after the visit from the Three Spirits. I watch them both, in fact I'm watching Scrooge this evening.
Family Classics with Frazier Thomas. | |
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I ask you...what's not to love, people?
Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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The Whos in Whoville are such loving souls...I tell ya, Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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my son is watching the santa claus movie from the 80's with dudley moore in it right now. be kind, be a friend, not a bully. | |
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Sometime around the early 80's, it seemed like every network TV affiliate and cable TV station would show It's A Wonderful Life around Christmas, sometimes several times during the holiday season, to the point where you couldn't change the channel without seeing that movie. It was believed at the time that the movie was in the public domain, so that was the reason why nearly every TV channel was showing the movie; however, it turned out that it was still copyrighted, but the movie studio which owned the copyright had long since gone out of business. So one of Ted Turner's movie studios bought the copyright out of bankruptcy court in the early 1990's. and they licensed exclusive broadcast TV rights to NBC for about 25 years for a tidy sum, yet still allowed themseves to sell the movie on home video.
Of course, besides It's A Wonderful Life, I always loved this classic Christmas program:
and this one, too.
However, one of my all-time favorite movies starts out with a Christmas theme, though it's not technically a holiday movie. The movie actually begins sometime just prior to Christmas but ends just after New Year's Day.
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I still love this short... I keep singing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" every Christmas lol | |
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Another Christmas movie I liked was the 1969 debut, T.J. I think they played this movie every year around Christmas for a decade or so.
Starring: T.J.: Kevin Hooks Willow a Woods (Good Times): Ja'net Dubois http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158681/ Double Feature tonight on TCM Little Women (8:00pm eastern time) All Mine To Give (9:15pm eastern time) Every Sunday evening until Christmas, TCM will show holiday movies. ----- [Edited 12/2/12 17:03pm] | |
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Christmas Vacation
and a miracle on 34th st
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SING IT!!!!!!!!!
I'M NOT SHOUTING, JEEZ! | |
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By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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Stymie said:
I would like the see the version that came before this one though. It used to be shown on Family Classics here in Chicago. You can buy or rent it and download it to your iPad via Amazon.com or you can purchase the DVD. If you get TCM, they play it about twice over the holidays. http://www.amazon.com/A-C...ge%2C+1938 | |
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TV was so much better when we were growing up. | |
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Wasn't it, though? I still look for re-runs of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show and other favorites from back in the day.
The only thing I like better now is Turner Classic Movies. It's wonderful to be able to watch those old classics without commercials. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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TCM has a page where you can see all the Christmas-related movies they're showing this month...
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My favs are:
A Christmas Story It's a Wonderful Life The Bishop's Wife (original) Christmas Vacation Home Alone ( I still laugh every time I watch it) Bells of St Mary's | |
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I would have added The Apartment to the Christmas in New York section. I like that one a lot. | |
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They're showing it on New Year's Eve. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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