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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2007 20:39:35 GMT -5
It's A Wonderful Life, no question. No one single actor (in my opinion) can beat Jimmy Stewart. And, well, it IS a wonderful life!
What's yours?
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Post by Katryna on Dec 14, 2007 21:50:43 GMT -5
It's A Wonderful Life, no question. No one single actor (in my opinion) can beat Jimmy Stewart. And, well, it IS a wonderful life! What's yours? I have three: 1. Christmas Story because I swear that when I was about Ralphie's age I also sat on this very Santa's knee in that very same Department Store.  2. A Wonderful Life because it should make each of us realize that whatever our actions are, big or small, it impacts someone else. 3. This really isn't a movie, I guess...but I love "A Child's Christmas in Wales", which is a short story written by Dylan Thomas. It stars another departed gifted actor - Denholm Elliot. |
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Post by bjobsessed on Dec 14, 2007 21:54:55 GMT -5
This isn't really a Christmas movie either but it's always shown at Christmas--The Sound of Music.
I also like Jingle all the Way. Not a classic, but it reminds me of the cabbage patch craze. I just find it very funny for some reason.
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Post by carl1951 on Dec 16, 2007 16:12:38 GMT -5
The Miracle on 34th Street.
There's a little-bit of Kris Kringle in all of us.
Later, Carl
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Post by housemouse on Dec 20, 2007 8:01:06 GMT -5
The Miracle on 34th Street. There's a little-bit of Kris Kringle in all of us. Later, Carl It may not be in the same league as "It's a Wonderful Life" but I have always been partial to a "Very Brady Christmas." I defy you not to tear up when Mr. Brady comes out of that collapsed construction site. I do LOVE "It's a Wonderful Life." Every time I see a full or moon or hear the song "Buffalo Gals" I smile and think of the one and only Jimmy Stewart. |
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Post by matilda on Dec 20, 2007 8:58:42 GMT -5
It may not be in the same league as "It's a Wonderful Life" but I have always been partial to a "Very Brady Christmas." I defy you not to tear up when Mr. Brady comes out of that collapsed construction site. So with ya mouse my dear compatriot (you know what I mean) |
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Dec 20, 2007 9:27:33 GMT -5
Not so sure about Mike Brady coming out of the collapsed construction site (too much corn leading to that moment), but I am all about snuffling at Little House on the Prairie, Christmas at Plum Creek. I'll admit it....I shed a tear or two or ten!
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Post by maggiethecat on Dec 20, 2007 9:30:06 GMT -5
Oh, well. I guess I'm the only one who likes a nice bracing dash of sarcasm at Christmas, or has even seen "The Man Who Came to Dinner."  |
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Post by housemouse on Dec 20, 2007 11:07:51 GMT -5
Oh, well. I guess I'm the only one who likes a nice bracing dash of sarcasm at Christmas, or has even seen "The Man Who Came to Dinner." There was indeed some sarcasm in that post, but as much as I hate to admit it, if A Very Brady Christmas is on, I tune in. I can't help myself! I grew up with the Brady's! I have three brothers and two sisters (that makes three and three just like them)!! And I always fancied myself as being a bit Marsha-like. **Mouse hangs her head in shame** No, I have not seen "The Man Who Came to Dinner." I am going to make a point of finding it. |
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Post by maggiethecat on Dec 20, 2007 11:23:39 GMT -5
**Mouse hangs her head in shame** No, I have not seen "The Man Who Came to Dinner." I am going to make a point of finding it. No need to hang your head -- you have a great treat in store, since I would kill to have the pleasure of seeing that movie for the firrst time. It's from a Kaufman & Hart play, and the lead character -- Sheridan Whiteside, played on the stage and in the movie by the divine Monty Wooley -- is based on Alexander Woolcott, the legendary 1930s - 1940s New York theatre critic who was the world's rudest man. The basic set-up is this: Sheridan Whiteside is on a lecture tour through the Midwest with his secretary -- Bette Davis! -- and is coerced into having dinner at the home of a local couple (Billie Burke, a.k.a. Glinda, plays the twittery wife to perfection). He falls on the doorstep and lands in their house all through Christmas -- and just turns the place upside down with all his shenanigans and machinations. It's one of those door-slamming farces where the lines come whizzing at you thick and fast and you have to pay attention. Just about every Warner Brothers character of the period, including Jimmy Durante, is in it. It is a shriek!!! It is the funniest Christmas movie ever, and yes, I am including A Christmas Story in that pronouncement. Call it sarcasm raised to an art form. Turner Classic Movies always runs it over the holidays, usually a few times -- they've already run it once so keep your eyes peeled. I really don't know if it's out on DVD, but if it is GRAB it and make it a holiday tradition with your boys. If you have a good library, they may have an old copy on VHS. You will love it. Promise. ;D |
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Post by inuvik on Dec 20, 2007 13:30:05 GMT -5
Definitely, The Bishop's Wife.
Some of you may not know it, so here's the blurb from IMDB:
An episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for a new cathedral paid for by a stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, at work, and in his families affections, as Christmas approaches.
I've only seen it twice, many many years ago--how I wish it would be shown again! It's Cary Grant.
For comedy, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. (Not to mention Family and European too! They are all great).
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Post by maggiethecat on Dec 20, 2007 15:28:49 GMT -5
TCM ran The Bishop's Wife this Sunday afternoon, and it as lovely as when I first saw it years ago. Cary Grant leads the cast, which includes David Niven, Loretta Young, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, and Monty Wooley (see above). Surely a library with a good DVD/VHS collection would have a copy?  |
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Post by inuvik on Dec 20, 2007 16:05:45 GMT -5
TCM ran The Bishop's Wife this Sunday afternoon, and it as lovely as when I first saw it years ago. Cary Grant leads the cast, which includes David Niven, Loretta Young, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, and Monty Wooley (see above). Surely a library with a good DVD/VHS collection would have a copy? Oh, lucky you! You would think so! And my library is normally excellent, with lots of classics and BBC items. But no, not this one.  |
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Post by maggiethecat on Dec 23, 2007 18:39:21 GMT -5
CABLE ALERT!!!Inuvik, start bugging your friends with cable and either TiVo or a working VCR -- On Christmas Eve Turner Classic Movies is re-running The Bishop's Wife at 8:00 p.m. EST. Also -- Mouse alert, Mouse alert  -- on December 24th TCM is running The Man Who Came to Dinner at 4:45 p.m. EST. (Mid-afternoon where you are? Double-check with the TCM website.) Tonight at 8:00 on TCM? The other Christmas sarcastic fave: Christmas in Connecticut with the ever-divine Barbara Stanwyck. And for insomniacs tonight, Hope and Glory at 3:45 a.m. *Sigh.* Now that's Christmas.
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Post by Chris on Dec 28, 2007 15:12:58 GMT -5
I guess it says it all when I tell you that my favorite Christmas Movie is "Bad Santa" ;D I'm not really into Christmas movies, most of them are too corny in my opinoin so Billy Bob Thornton as a drunk, very miserable Santa? Oh, yeah, that's more like it!!! - Chris |
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-- on December 24th TCM is running The Man Who Came to Dinner at 4:45 p.m. EST. (Mid-afternoon where you are? Double-check with the TCM website.)
