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Updated Nov. 4 2009
CHRISTMAS
FILMS
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The first sound version of Charles Dickens's
"A Christmas
Carol"
SCROOGE
1935, Twickenham Film Studios,
Seymour Hicks, This British production of Dickens's Christmas Carol,
stands on its own as a darkly atmospheric (if sometimes regrettably brisk) telling of the beloved tale,This Scrooge has a visual intensity that approaches the bold compositions of German expressionism. And in its central role it has a mostly forgotten star: Sir Seymour Hicks, one of the era's celebrated English stage actors. With his gnarled face and flyaway hair, Hicks looks every inch the mean old misanthrope, and his cruelty has a realistic quality missing in some of the more stylized interpreters of the role. Hicks had played Scrooge many
times on stage (and before in silent film), and
he gets the tenor of every "Humbug!" just right. As a
bandy-legged Bob
Cratchit, Donald Calthorp is a perfect Victorian illustration come to
grinning life. -
excellent shape, original on Dupont safety stock-
$160
CHRISTMAS
TV
A CHRISTMAS
CAROL
1955,
Desilu Productions, Fredric March (Scrooge),
Basil Rathbone (Marley), Ray Middleton (Christmas Present), The Roger Wagner
Chorale, Mary Costa, Bonnie Franklin
music by
Bernard Herrmann, Charles Dickens
great tale of miserly Scrooge is presented as
a CBS TV
Special, This one was such
a hit that it was re-run twice and the soundtrack made into a popular album. Many other live action and animated TV versions f
this Dickens classic would follow in
decades to come.
exc. shape, 1 Hour
$80
 CHRISTMAS
ODDS
&
ENDS
TRAILERS
HOW THE
GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Trailer Jim Carey,
elaborate, colorful trailer, beautiful Agfa color, 1:85.1, mint-
$35
  
POLAR EXPRESS- 2004
Tom Hanks, Cinemascope (Anamorphic), beautiful
Agfa color, mint $45
Special price for Christmas
$30
CHRISTMAS
SHORTS
STAR IN
THE
NIGHT
22 Minutes-Black and White
Academy Award Winning short from 1945, directed by Don Siegel,
starring J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Warner
Brothers
Legendary Director Don Siegel's first directorial
effect , This modern version of the Christmas story adds elements of Charles Dickens ' "A Christmas Carol."
Three lonely cowboys traveling the desert see a huge star shining in the night. Since it is Christmas Eve, they ride up to the star,
only to discover that it is a large sign advertising the Star Motor court, run by Nick Katapoull (J. Carrol
Naish). Nick has had plenty of trouble and is disillusioned by the workings of the business
world. A tired stranger (Donald Woods) comes to him seeking help, but Nick refuses. His wife, however, still retains her
kindness and when a young husband and his wife arrive in critical condition, she makes them comfortable. The fast moving
events which follow, soften the heart of Nick and in one of the most touching scenes in the picture, he realizes that this attitude
towards him fellow men has been all wrong. A wonderful version of the Three Wise Men and the Babe in the Manger.
This short, which won an Academy Award, is a modern day variant on the Nativity, complete with a Scrooge, wonderfully done by J. Carroll Naish. This short was a marvelous vehicle for
the veteran actor and he shines in the spotlight. 33
minutes, Exc.
shape,- $80
THE DAY
THE ANIMALS DISCOVERED
CHRISTMAS
beautiful
Kodachrome color, 15 min.- $20
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
The Vienna Boys Choir, Filmed and recorded in Vienna, Sterling
Films A film featuring the world famous Vienna Boys choir singing
carols, as the unseen camera captures the spirit for a Christmas party,
B&W , 18 min., $20
CHRISTMAS
TOYSHOP
1945, Castle Film with live action and animation. Dad and mom get the
kids to bed so dad can put up the tree and put the toys together. A
TerryToon cartoon shows Santa in the Toyshop, EXCELLENT SHAPE- .
$20
CHRISTMAS THRU
THE AGES
1946, a look at Christmas from the beginning to modern times, 10 min, v.g.
to exc. shape, b&w- $15
A CHRISTMAS
RHAPSODY
1949, music &
songs tell a story of a tree in a forrest that becomes a Xmas tree, Encylopedia
Brittanica Films,10 min., b&w- V.G. shape- $10
THE NIGHT
BEFORE
CHRISTMAS
1946,
Classic Castle films short, based on the Xmas poem-
$12
CHRISTMAS
DREAM Castle Films,1948
, Czechoslovian film by Borivoj and Karel Zeman, stop action
animation- $12
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
10 minute
Condensation of the 1951 Alastair Sim version, exc. shape
$15
 
SANTA
IN ANIMAL
LAND 1948,
Official Films, Unusual & campy children's Xmas film using puppets,
b&w, 10 min. - $14
THE LITTLE
LAMB,
A
CHRISTMAS STORY
1951, A shepard tells the story of a strayed lamb that leads the shepards to the Christ child. The lamb is the gift that they offer.
Castle Films
$10
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THE
SMALL ONE 1978, released in 1978 with the theatrical reissue of
PINOCCHIO. This is the closest Bluth ever got to his "own" production at
the Disney studio. He was credited as Producer and Director, 25
Min. featurette, Set in the town of Bethlehem on the eve of the first
Christmas, The Small One is the story of a poor boy who is forced to sell his pet donkey.
His choice of the new owners makes his pet part of biblical history.
Color is good SP KODAK color, in v.g. shape- 25 min.-
$100
THE
LITTLE MATCH
GIRL
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl done in brilliant LPP Color, Japanimation (see pics). Near mint print. Christmas story of a shabby little girl in a small village trying
to sell match sticks and longing for her grandmother who had died.
Made for BFA/CBS Films in 1977.
9 minutes long.
$55
THE
PUPS CHRISTMAS
1936 Happy Harmonies, What kind of toys are they that stand up and hit from front, side and back, that grab one's tails, punch one's nose and roll you over? That's what two frisky little pups asked when they went on a rampage with the toys under the Christmas tree.
color is okay, print is excellent- $20
 HOLIDAY
LAND
1932 , Scrappy,
Col., Official Films, Scrappy goes to Holiday Land and celebrates
all the holidays, Christmas, New Years, Easter, etc., exc, b&w print- $15
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