Tweet Can you add any to this list of vintage Christmas movies?

Scrooge (1935)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mow8h-Cw ... ton&wide=1

Scrooge (1951)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxXpXmfabB8

The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ptvnx8fGeo

"Last Holiday" (original 1950 British classic) w. Alec Guiness
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042665/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpG2bKqz ... re=related

Miracle of the Bells (1948)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6RmOhWMafY

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppAMO7XHe7w

The Miracle on 34th Street
http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=yu4Gzz8U ... ture=mv_sr

Holiday Classics: The Blessed Midnight / The Gift
http://www.youtube.com/movie/holiday-cl ... mv_e_rel_b

Holiday Classics: A Tale of Two Christmases / The Answer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1mO5UPV ... ton&wide=1

The King of Kings (Silent Movie) (1927)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMwZEsJagj0

Jesus of Nazareth (Silent Movie) (1916)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYUW6qul ... er&list=UL

The Cheaters (1945)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037588/reviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cfEi2kz ... re=related

Holiday Classics: Joe Santa Claus / The Orphan's Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=ArSBDBEN ... ture=mv_sr

A CHRISTMAS CAROL EDISON SILENT FILM 1907
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJoy2SJLhQ

DW GRIFFITH A TRAP FOR SANTA SIELNT FILM 1909
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxhE9Luf ... ure=relmfu

Santa Claus (1898)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3ei1ts ... re=related

1908 Edison The Night Before Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbIbSwE ... re=related

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1910)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Cvn41R ... re=related

A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT SILENT FILM EDISON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PERvvv31 ... ure=fvwrel

Santa Claus
http://www.youtube.com/movie/santa-clau ... mv_e_rel_b

"Six heartwarming featurettes are included in this volume of holiday favorites ideal for the entire family to enjoy together, including a unique, black-and-white interpretation of Hans Christian Anderson's charming "The Little Match Girl." Other titles in this collection include "The Music Album," "Christmas Carols," "A Collection of Carols," "Santa Claus's Punch & Judy," "The Home of Santa Claus" and "Christmas Fairy Tales."
http://www.youtube.com/movie/holiday-fa ... mv_e_rel_b

It's a Wonderful Life: Colorized Version *HD*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-8pu1ch ... re=related

[Christopher Jacobs]

Don't forget LADY IN THE LAKE (1947), a film noir set at Christmastime, and filmed almost entirely with subjective camera through the eyes of Philip Marlowe. Another noir, BACKFIRE (1950, made in 1948), also takes place during the Christmas season.

THE THIN MAN (1934)
LADY ON A TRAIN (1945)
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942)
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)
NEVER SAY GOODBYE (1946)
BARBED WIRE (1928)
TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD (1950)
WE'RE NO ANGELS (1955)

For silent and sound comedies:

GOOD CHEER (1926) w/ Our Gang
THERE AIN'T NO SANTA CLAUS (1926) w' Charley Chase
BIG BUSINESS (1929) w/ Laurel and Hardy
POISONED IVORY (1936) w. Edgar Kennedy


RICHARD M ROBERTS

I would add Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940). My wife and I watched it on Christmas Eve one year, and the finale (Frank Morgan searching for someone to share a Christmas Eve meal) really packed an emotional wallop.

The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Holiday Affair (1949)
Holiday Inn (1942)

I also like to watch Going My Way (1944) at Christmas, although it's not specifically a Christmas film.

If memory serves, I recall a Christmas scene in BEAU BRUMMELL (1924). Also, I don't think anybody mentioned BEN-HUR (1925), which has the Nativity sequence. BTW, Mary (Betty Bronson) is given a halo per traditional Catholic art in the film itself, but I noticed it was airbrushed out on photos of the sequence.

Also, I don't recall a Christmas scene in DeMille's KING OF KINGS (1927) that is listed above.

Merry Christmas to All!

"Make Way for Tomorrow"

If memory serves, I recall a Christmas scene in BEAU BRUMMELL (1924). Also, I don't think anybody mentioned BEN-HUR (1925), which has the Nativity sequence. BTW, Mary (Betty Bronson) is given a halo per traditional Catholic art in the film itself, but I noticed it was airbrushed out on photos of the sequence.

Also, I don't recall a Christmas scene in DeMille's KING OF KINGS (1927) that is listed above

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Okay, think carefully, who's life is KING OF KINGS portraying?


RICHARD M ROBERTS

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And one of my favorites:

BEYOND TOMORROW (1940) - RKO Radio

If memory serves, I recall a Christmas scene in BEAU BRUMMELL (1924). Also, I don't think anybody mentioned BEN-HUR (1925), which has the Nativity sequence. BTW, Mary (Betty Bronson) is given a halo per traditional Catholic art in the film itself, but I noticed it was airbrushed out on photos of the sequence.

Also, I don't recall a Christmas scene in DeMille's KING OF KINGS (1927) that is listed above

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Okay, think carefully, who's life is KING OF KINGS portraying?


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Condescension becomes you Richard but there ain't no Nativity scene in K of K unless it's in the roadshow version that I haven't seen yet. Don't let the door hit you........

Christmas Eve (1947)

CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE has a very pretty Christmas scene.

If memory serves, I recall a Christmas scene in BEAU BRUMMELL (1924). Also, I don't think anybody mentioned BEN-HUR (1925), which has the Nativity sequence. BTW, Mary (Betty Bronson) is given a halo per traditional Catholic art in the film itself, but I noticed it was airbrushed out on photos of the sequence.

Also, I don't recall a Christmas scene in DeMille's KING OF KINGS (1927) that is listed above

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Okay, think carefully, who's life is KING OF KINGS portraying?


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Condescension becomes you Richard but there ain't no Nativity scene in K of K unless it's in the roadshow version that I haven't seen yet. Don't let the door hit you........

There's no Nativity scene in most of the movies mentioned in this thread, doesn't make them any less Christmas Movies. But if the movie is about the person whose birthday we're supposedly celebrating, it's perfectly appropriate! Eliminate yourself from the most category in my Christmas Greeting.

It's actually an old Pagan Holiday that the Catholics usurped anyway, might as well watch THE WICKER MAN for all it actually means in terms of the Nativity.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

It's actually an old Pagan Holiday that the Catholics usurped anyway, ...

That doesn't make it any less the Feast of the Nativity to Christians.

It's actually an old Pagan Holiday that the Catholics usurped anyway, ...

That doesn't make it any less the Feast of the Nativity to Christians.

Ah, well, then you shouldn't have any problem watching KING OF KINGS on Christmas should you? Or, since there's a resurrection scene, it should be saved for Easter, the Day Christ returned from the Dead, which was March.....ahm.....April........

Ah heck, watch BABES IN TOYLAND then, as if I care!


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Watch A NIGHT AT THE OPERA. It has 'Sanity Clause' in it.

Oh, snap! Merry Christmas (or early Happy Boxing Day to our George Arliss fan!)

If memory serves, I recall a Christmas scene in BEAU BRUMMELL (1924). Also, I don't think anybody mentioned BEN-HUR (1925), which has the Nativity sequence. BTW, Mary (Betty Bronson) is given a halo per traditional Catholic art in the film itself, but I noticed it was airbrushed out on photos of the sequence.

Also, I don't recall a Christmas scene in DeMille's KING OF KINGS (1927) that is listed above

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Okay, think carefully, who's life is KING OF KINGS portraying?


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Condescension becomes you Richard but there ain't no Nativity scene in K of K unless it's in the roadshow version that I haven't seen yet. Don't let the door hit you........

If memory serves, I recall a Christmas scene in BEAU BRUMMELL (1924). Also, I don't think anybody mentioned BEN-HUR (1925), which has the Nativity sequence. BTW, Mary (Betty Bronson) is given a halo per traditional Catholic art in the film itself, but I noticed it was airbrushed out on photos of the sequence.

Also, I don't recall a Christmas scene in DeMille's KING OF KINGS (1927) that is listed above

.


Okay, think carefully, who's life is KING OF KINGS portraying?


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Condescension becomes you Richard but there ain't no Nativity scene in K of K unless it's in the roadshow version that I haven't seen yet. Don't let the door hit you........

Mr. Fells, that was not worthy and just plain RUDE.

Yes, Eric, it was. Treat me with respect and I will respond in kind. Treat me with condescension.......

If Mr. Roberts wanted to take an expansive view of Christmas movies as including anything that references Jesus Christ, then that's fine and we can suggest titles based on that definition. In that case, I would add LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935). No need for rudeness on anybody's part is there?

Yes, Eric, it was. Treat me with respect and I will respond in kind. Treat me with condescension.......

If Mr. Roberts wanted to take an expansive view of Christmas movies as including anything that references Jesus Christ, then that's fine and we can suggest titles based on that definition. In that case, I would add LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935). No need for rudeness on anybody's part is there?

Forget it Eric, a sense of humor is apparently wasted on Mr. Fells, who also apparently has a very narrow view of what constitutes Christmas movies. I leave him to his box of crayons and a stack of movie stills.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

[silentfilm]

OK gents, let's try to keep the Christmas spirit alive a few more days. Let's not get any more snippy, or I'll close this thread down.

Christmas noir:
Lady on a Train
christmas Holiday (Gene Kelly as villain!)

Oddity
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

REMEMBER THE NIGHT

How about The Great Rupert in A CHRISTMAS WISH?

I also recall Christmas trees in the Langdon short HIS NEW MAMA, and the Three Stooges short HE COOKED HIS GOOSE.

THE LEMON DROP KID (I wish William Frawley'd had a crack at singing an entire alternate version of "Silver Bells.")

How about The Great Rupert in A CHRISTMAS WISH?

I also recall Christmas trees in the Langdon short HIS NEW MAMA, and the Three Stooges short HE COOKED HIS GOOSE.

The Stooges dress up as a trio of Santas in WEE WEE MONSIEUR and later in MALICE IN THE PALACE (and the footage is reused in RUMPUS IN A HAREM).

Although I don't want to throw another log on the fire, I have a story to tell.

This weekend, I had family and friends visiting from out of state. They are people who as a rule don't watch anything black & white. We had some time to kill and I talked them into letting me run my print of Pass the Gravy for them. They absolutely loved it. I apologized for the quality of the print, since existing copies of PTG are not great. They said that all old movies looked that way. I said, no, and to prove it, ran reel 3 of my mint print of DeMille's King of Kings for them. They commmented that not only was it beautiful and very moving, (they were catholics) but it was the perfect movie for Christmas. Not an opinion, just a word from the man on the street.

I think to some, it's just an Easter movie, but I can see the argument for Christmas too.

Jim, I also have a mint 16mm print of KING OF KINGS and as far as I'm concerned ANY REASON to show this beautiful film would suffice. My favorite scene is probably not high on anybody's list: where the little girl asks Jesus to repair her doll. Instead of performing a miracle, He takes out a sewing kit. An absolutely charming vignette in a film filled with powerful scenes.


An original color LC with a pre-Hopalong Cassidy William Boyd as Simon of Cyrene

Jim, I also have a mint 16mm print of KING OF KINGS and as far as I'm concerned ANY REASON to show this beautiful film would suffice. My favorite scene is probably not high on anybody's list: where the little girl asks Jesus to repair her doll. Instead of performing a miracle, He takes out a sewing kit. An absolutely charming vignette in a film filled with powerful scenes.

As much as I hate to agree with Fells, thats my favorite scene in the picture too, though he doesn't repair the leg with a sewing kit, he fixes it with a peg. It's Jesus saying "Hey, I may be the Son of God, but I was a darn good carpenter too!". In fact, I've always wanted to see a scene in a religious picture where Jesus visits someones home, and while everyone's hosannaing he looks around, sees something in the corner, and says "Say,that's a nice endtable".


RICHARD M ROBERTS (who snagged the first 16mm on KOK Modern Sound let loose, $60 for a sparkling Dupont original with a Cinecolor Ressurection sequence.)

who snagged the first 16mm on KOK Modern Sound let loose, $60 for a sparkling Dupont original with a Cinecolor Ressurection sequence.

Nice! The girl on the phone told me I got #3. It's a beautiful print but the color scenes are pink Eastman. Still works.