Just happened to notice this morning that TMC will be showing one of my favorite Christmas movies next Saturday, 12/19.
It's the 1955 version of "We're No Angels" . Probably colorized.
After breaking out of prison on Devil's Island, Joseph (Humphrey Bogart) and his two cohorts flee to a nearby town and hide in a shop run by kindhearted Felix (Leo G. Carroll) ; his wife, Amelie (Joan Bennett) ; and their daughter. The three men plan to rob the store and board a ship the next day, b ut they soon change their minds after sharing Christmas dinner with the family. When they learn of the family's financial troubles, the convicts decide instead to carry out a few good deeds.
Great acting, wonderfully dry humor, heart of gold story line and a murdering snake!
What more could ask for in a Christmas story? A glowing leg lamp in the front window perhaps? (smile)
The movie "The Lemon Drop Kid" took place during the Christmas season and introduced a song for the first time that has been a Christmas standard ever since.
BTW, note the co-star in the scene . Her name is Marilyn Maxwell. Bob Hope was a notorious horndog , and allegedly he carried on an extramarital sexual affair with Marilyn Maxwell for a number years.
Speaking about Damon Runyan and horse players, when I was a teenager my parents took me on a trip to NYC where we saw two broadway shows, The King and I, starring Yul Brynner, and Guys and Dolls, with Stubby Kaye. I can recall that in Guys and Dolls there was a street Salvation Army band and singers in it (singing Follow the Fold) so I wonder if it was meant to be set during Christmas. What has continually remained locked in my mind was Stubby Kaye singing "I got the horse right here, it's name is Paul Revere...."
1. A Christmas Carol - the Alastair Sim version. Notwithstanding the George C. Scott one was pretty good, the Alastair Sim version topped all of them. Redemption of a soul. Bah, humbug to the others.
2. Miracle on 34th Street - a loveable old Santa who made dreams come true and competitors cooperate. The USPS when it did the right thing.
3. A Princess for Christmas - A Buffalo girl who warms up the cold. A great vintage Roger Moore.
I have always liked Miracle On 34th Street the best.
I loved Natalie Wood, and Maureen O Hara was one of my favorite old time actresses.
The story relates to both children and adults, doesn't talk down to the audience, and has a happy "magical" ending.
I love Miracle On 34th Street. I miss Natalie Wood.
Taking into consideration that she drowned, I don't think that's at all funny.
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
Home Alone (1 and 2, the rest are a waste of time.)
Die Hard.
The reason? Because they're all awesome!
It's a Wonderful Life
Polar Express
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
I only have one favorite and that's Christmas Vacation. I'm a Grinch
I like it because it's an irreverent look at some people consider a sacred time of year.
MERRY CASHMAS!!!!!
Die Hard for the top spot.
Christmas Vacation for a close second.
I always watch some version of A Christmas Carol. Sometimes I'll find Die Hard and Gremlins on somewhere.
Just happened to notice this morning that TMC will be showing one of my favorite Christmas movies next Saturday, 12/19.
It's the 1955 version of "We're No Angels" . Probably colorized.
Great acting, wonderfully dry humor, heart of gold story line and a murdering snake!
What more could ask for in a Christmas story? A glowing leg lamp in the front window perhaps? (smile)
I have a couple... and not mentioned here:
1) Elf
2) The Family Stone
The movie "The Lemon Drop Kid" took place during the Christmas season and introduced a song for the first time that has been a Christmas standard ever since.
BTW, note the co-star in the scene . Her name is Marilyn Maxwell. Bob Hope was a notorious horndog , and allegedly he carried on an extramarital sexual affair with Marilyn Maxwell for a number years.
That would be my favorite. Based on a Daymon Runyon story of a Horse player who has until Christmas to pay his debt or find his head in his stocking!
Well done on the introduction John
Speaking about Damon Runyan and horse players, when I was a teenager my parents took me on a trip to NYC where we saw two broadway shows, The King and I, starring Yul Brynner, and Guys and Dolls, with Stubby Kaye. I can recall that in Guys and Dolls there was a street Salvation Army band and singers in it (singing Follow the Fold) so I wonder if it was meant to be set during Christmas. What has continually remained locked in my mind was Stubby Kaye singing "I got the horse right here, it's name is Paul Revere...."
You are a lucky man to get to see "Guys and Dolls" performed on Broadway. It has had many revivals since you saw it. A few in London.
I don't think it has anything to do with the Holiday, as far as I know.
What has continually remained locked in my mind was Stubby Kaye singing "I got the horse right here, it's name is Paul Revere...."
Yup, that is the essence of those characters that Runyan wrote about.
I liked A Christmas Carol with George C Scott over the older ones.
It's a Wonderful Life.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
A Christmas Story.
The Holiday
White Christmas, Love Actually, The Holiday.
Bad Santa is the best Christmas movie ever.
1. A Christmas Carol - the Alastair Sim version. Notwithstanding the George C. Scott one was pretty good, the Alastair Sim version topped all of them. Redemption of a soul. Bah, humbug to the others.
2. Miracle on 34th Street - a loveable old Santa who made dreams come true and competitors cooperate. The USPS when it did the right thing.
3. A Princess for Christmas - A Buffalo girl who warms up the cold. A great vintage Roger Moore.