Christmas Movies You Might Have Missed
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- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsBarbara StanwyckFred MacMurrayBeulah BondiLove blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.Lawyer Fred MacMurray when he was a young stud, brings shoplifter Barbara Stanwyck home for Christmas so she won't have to spend it in jail. The usual adorable things happen.
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsBarbara StanwyckDennis MorganSydney GreenstreetA food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.Barbara Stanwyck again, here as a career-minded woman who writes a column in a woman's magazine, singing the praises of country life with her husband and child. However, that is a fiction and she's in a flat in NYC. But a WWII soldier (Dennis Morgan) who survived shipwreck has now won a contest to be entertained over the Holidays at her country estate! Oh, no! What will Babs do?
- DirectorTerry ZwigoffStarsBilly Bob ThorntonBernie MacLauren GrahamA miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.This is so raunchy, it's hysterical. Billy Bob Thornton as a drunken, foul-mouthed Santa has to deal with his job and a sassy black dwarf as a helper. Also has John Ritter in one of his last roles. Not to be missed!
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsJason RobardsMildred NatwickLisa LucasIn 1946 Nebraska, a young girl named Addie desperately craves a Christmas tree, but her bitter widower father refuses because of events from the family's past.Addie lives with her grandmother and dad. They have never had a Christmas tree or celebrated the holiday. Addie wants to change that. With Lisa Lucas, Jason Robards, and Mildred Natwick. Touching and heartwarming.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.A classic for all time. Covers a year in the life of the Smith family, including the Christmas season. Judy Garland was at her loveliest here, and sings 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' to little Margaret O'Brien. Packed with stars like Mary Astor, Henry Davenport (Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind), Lucille Bremer, Marjorie Main, and Leon Ames, this is as good as Hollywood ever put out.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsBette DavisAnn SheridanMonty WoolleyAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.Monte Wooley as a bossy curmudgeon who injures himself outside a mension and ends up having to stay for the holidays. Bette Davis is his long-suffering secretary. Very funny and festive. Also with Ann Sheridan.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.For those who like their holidays with a little mayhem. Sorority girls + crazed killer + Christmas break + blizzard = Total fun. This is the original and not the remake. With Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, and Margot Kidder.
- DirectorHenry HathawayHoward HawksHenry KingStarsFred AllenAnne BaxterJeanne CrainJohn Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.An anthology of immortal O. Henry stories. The Christmas one is the classic, The Gift of the Magi, with Jeanne Crain and Farley Granger. Other stories feature Marilyn Monroe, Charles Laughton, Anne Baxter, Fred Allen, and Oscar Levant. Narrated by John Steinbeck. Delightful!
- DirectorJack SmightStarsArt CarneyJohn FiedlerRobert P. LiebAfter a derelict Santa Claus is fired on Christmas Eve, he finds a mysterious bag that gives out presents. With this bag he sets out to fulfill his one wish - to see the less fortunate inherit the bounties of Christmas.Art Carney as a drunken, fired store Santa who finds a magic bag, which will give him anything he wants.
- DirectorPhillip BorsosStarsMary SteenburgenGary BasarabaHarry Dean StantonAn angel must show a mother the true meaning of Christmas. It's not just presents and materialistic things, but the people she cares about too.Harry Dean Stanton as the sad-sackiest guardian angel ever.