Today’s category is USUALLY an easy one for me. It’s also one that really doesn’t change much from year to year. UNTIL last year! The year I decided to make it my mission to find and tape the best Christmas movies from the 1940’s.
My list for the search was; those in purple I actually found and watched – those in blue were added this year to find. The search will continue this year and every year until I see them all.
- 3 Godfathers (1948) with John Wayne
- The Bishop’s Wife (1947) with Cary Grant and Loretta Young
- It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) with Jimmy Stewart
- Christmas in Connecticut (1945) with Barbara Stanwyck (though she is NOT my favorite)
- Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) with Judy Garland
- Holiday Affair (1949) Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh
- Cover Up (1949)
- Shop Around the Corner (1940) with Jimmy Stewart
- Remember the Night (1940) with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck
- I’ll Be Seeing You (1944) with Ginger Rogers and Joseph Cotten
- It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) with Don Defore, Gale Storm and Alan Hale Jr. (the Skipper on Gilligan’s Island)
- The Apartment
- The Honeymooners Christmas
BTW Die Hard IS a Christmas movie!
I start taping Christmas movies on Hallmark as soon as they air so I can watch them ALL year long. I’m a sucker for a happy ending and let’s face it, Christmas movies have happy endings. I watch them while I’m decorating and working through the house.
It’s a toss up for me about whether White Christmas with Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen and Danny Kaye or It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart, Lionel Barrymore and Donna Reed is my absolute favorite, but I think I’m leaning towards It’s a Wonderful life!
Which Miracle on 34th street version (the original with Natalie Wood or the remake with Richard Attenborough) is the best? BOTH versions of course!
The Santa Clause with Tim Allen quickly became a favorite – who could resist visiting the North Pole every year?
Now Home Alone is just silly, as is Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase but, they never fail to make me laugh! A new favorite is the Christmas Chronicles with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
