Wed Nov 26, 2014, 01:22 PM
Star Member CTyankee (42,112 posts)
which old holiday movie do you always want to see on TV every Xmas season?
My husband has a standard list, from which he has just checked off the Alastair Sim movie "A Christmas Carol." He was thrilled that it was shown early this year!
I like the original "Miracle on 34th St." because I love the "feel" of it.
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 02:00 PM
Star Member The Velveteen Ocelot (38,617 posts)
2. None of 'em.
Sentimental schlock, all of them - bah, humbug. I do kind of like "Scrooged," though.
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 02:20 PM
lunamagica (791 posts)
3. There are two tv Christmas movies I'd love to see again
One is "The Gathering" with Ed Asner. He plays a man who wants to make amends with his family before he dies. Sounds depressing, but it is not. It is warm, and I love the "feel of it" ( as you put it)
The other one is "The house without a Christmas tree" starring Jason Robards. It is about a girl and her bitter father and sweet grandmother.
I saw those movies when I was little in the 70's, but they don't get aired anymore
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 05:30 PM
Star Member WinkyDink (42,533 posts)
10. I like and watch only "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 11:42 PM
Art_from_Ark (20,911 posts)
28. At one time, it was sponsored by Dolly Madison Bakery
The combination of Charlie Brown's Christmas and Dolly Madison commercials was really special for me in those days.
And then, there was the Grinch. I had the book, and was eagerly looking forward to the first showing of the animated cartoon, which was on December 18, 1966. But on the day it was to be broadcast, I got really sick and was not able to watch it. I was so disappointed that I had to wait another year before I could watch it
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 07:26 PM
Star Member angstlessk (7,079 posts)
16. It's a Wonderful Life
It is a 100% holiday movie..it was considered communistic at the time
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 10:37 PM
Coventina (11,777 posts)
26. Not a movie, but: The Year Without a Santa Claus
Also, I'd never seen it before last year, but definitely on my annual list from now on:
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
And that IS a feature film!!
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 11:49 PM
yellowdogintexas (13,912 posts)
32. Laurel and Hardy's version of "Babes in Toyland" from the early 1930s
it is a hoot. One of the Nashville TV stations must have owned a copy because they showed it often and somewhat erratically throughout the Christmas season. If we knew when it was coming on, we would plan gift wrapping, tree decorating or baking around it.
I found the DVD on Amazon and sent copies to my sisters who immediately knew it came from me even though the box said Amazon.
If you can locate it, do watch it.
Paging Big Dog to pick up the MST3K red courtesy phone...
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 05:30 PM
Star Member WinkyDink (42,533 posts)
10. I like and watch only "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
QuoteWed Nov 26, 2014, 05:30 PMYet the message of it completely escapes you.
Star Member WinkyDink (42,533 posts)
10. I like and watch only "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
Die Hard is a great Christmas classic movie. :-)
I think I'll watch Santa Claus Conquers the Martians this evening.
Don't skip out on Santa Claus, episode 521. I think that one is as fun to watch as the martians one. :-)
I have a 10" LP, much older than I am, that was a favorite in my family, although for obvious reasons I've never heard it.
Lionel Barrymore reading A Christmas Carol, although surely it was much-condensed.
I have heard the radio adaptation of Barrymore's reading. I wonder if it's the same as what you have?
It's about an hour long on the radio.
I have heard the radio adaptation of Barrymore's reading. I wonder if it's the same as what you have?
It's about an hour long on the radio.
Don't skip out on Santa Claus, episode 521. I think that one is as fun to watch as the martians one. :-)
It apparently was a radio show broadcast in 1939, and then put on an LP some time later, whenever LPs were 10" rather than 12"--so I'm guessing late 1940s, maybe?
Another old family favorite--which I have, but never heard--is a 12" LP, probably late 1950s, of Groucho Marx in The Mikado.
Is it on the MGM label, like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/390966423687?lpid=82