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25 Days of Christmas: White Christmas (1954)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 17, 2016
This originally ran December 14th, 2011. Really my thoughts on this film haven’t changed. I still adore Vera-Ellen‘s dancing but I don’t love this movie. Yep, it’s official: I’m not a Bing Crosby fan. It’s not the movies themselves that are bad, but as an read more
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 16, 2016
Originally published December 6th, 2014 A series of comic miscommunications and mistaken identity lead to a fun holiday story perfect for the post-WWII family. It Happened on Fifth Avenue focuses on a problem common to several films made after 1945 – the housing crisis – but combines it read more
25 Days of Christmas: The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 15, 2016
Originally published December 17th, 2012 The Bishop’s Wife was my big discovery last Christmas after a viewing on TCM. I’m a Cary Grant fan, and thankfully one of the box sets of his films came with this included! The Bishop’s Wife is a sweet, inspirational film about faith and read more
25 Days of Christmas: The Thin Man (1934)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 14, 2016
Originally published December 4th, 2011 We move on to another diverse Christmas film, one that has a more tenuous connection to Christmas than even Rent could boast, but nonetheless takes place on Christmas! The 1934 W.S. Van Dyke noir The Thin Man is one of my favorite movies and continues my ador read more
25 Days of Christmas: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 13, 2016
Originally published December 7th, 2014 Christmas in Connecticut is a screwball charmer proving Barbara Stanwyck’s prowess as an unlikely comedienne. I reviewed a Stanwyck film last Christmas, 1940’s Remember the Night (which is also receiving a new Blu-ray this year). It’s appare read more
25 Days of Christmas: Holiday Inn (1942)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 12, 2016
Originally published December 4th, 2012 Tonight’s 25 Days of Christmas film appears on many “Best Of Christmas” lists and I figured I’d give it a look. It’s one of two classic Bing Crosby films I have and if my thoughts on Holiday Inn are any indication…let’ read more
25 Days of Christmas: Remember the Night (1940)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 11, 2016
Originally reviewed Remember the Night on December 16th, 2011 We journey back to 1940 for today’s 25 Days of Christmas film featuring two huge stars of day, Remember the Night. I found this movie via Wikipedia and only knew it was the first film pairing up Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck read more
25 Days of Christmas: Holiday Affair (1949)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 10, 2016
Originally published December 24th, 2012 Coming into the home stretch of 25 Days of Christmas 2012, and the final three movies cannot come sooner. I don’t hate Christmas movies; it’s just I lost a day and the whole slate of films ran away with me. Today’s film is another first-ti read more
25 Days of Christmas: Come to the Stable (1949)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 9, 2016
Originally published December 27th, 2012 My final review for Christmas 2012 is the 1949 film Come to the Stable. It’s not a Christmas movie per se, but it does include the building of a church in a town called Bethlehem so it’s good enough to round out the series. Come to the Stable read more
25 Days of Christmas: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 8, 2016
Originally published December 3rd, 2014 A double post to catch me up, and another Christmas first-time viewing! Tonight’s film is the Jim Henson 1977 movie Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas. I’d heard people rave about how fantastic this television movie is, that it was one of Hen read more
25 Days of Christmas: Little Women (1949)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 7, 2016
Originally published December 4th, 2012 I decided to watch all three film adaptations of Little Women as a subset of my 25 Days of Christmas. I’ve seen them all separately, but this will be the first time I watch them in a small time-span allowing me to note similarities and differences in to read more
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 6, 2016
Originally published December 16th, 2014 Merry Christmas to all my awesome readers (or whichever holiday you choose to celebrate around this time). I always close out my 25 Days of Christmas with a new movie for Christmas Day and this year I had two newly introduced movies up for review, this and read more
25 Days of Christmas: The Lion in Winter (1968)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 5, 2016
Originally published December 2nd, 2014 The Lion in Winter was an eleventh-hour addition to the list simply because I wanted one more Christmas movie I’ve never seen. I would say this is probably the strangest Christmas movie out there for its ability combine historical drama and soap opera read more
25 Days of Christmas: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 4, 2016
Originally published December 1st, 2014 As one comment on the Facebook page read when I alluded to my less-than-positive review of this film, it may be time to get out your pitchforks, readers. It’s not that I didn’t like The Shop Around the Corner; it’s just not my favorite Ernst read more
Lady on a Train (1945)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 3, 2016
Originally published December 15th, 2015 Maybe it’s the forced togetherness and spirit of brotherhood that makes the holidays so perfect for the noir genre. Whether it’s the glittery Hollywood pulp of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) or the nightclubs and trains in Lady on a Train, the subgenr read more
Babes in Toyland (1961)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 2, 2016
Originally published December 24th, 2015 The 1950s were a comfortable time for the Walt Disney Company; they knew how to cater to 1950s audiences. Their movies are perfect representations of the decade. By the time the 1960s rolled around Disney was starting to lose their footing (before completing read more
25 Days of Christmas: O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 1, 2016
Originally published December 2nd, 2011 This is an odd one to group with Marilyn movies as she’s literally in it for a minute (I’d say less but I didn’t time it). O. Henry’s Full House an anthology film of adapted stories from the works of O. Henry. It’s certainly not read more
The TCM Top 12 for December 2016
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Nov 30, 2016
As cool as the slideshow effect is, it lacks the intimacy of me sharing my thoughts on the films I’ve selected for the TCM Top Ten. So, let’s get down to looking at what’s on TCM this month! December is the time to relax and enjoy time with the ones you love. So what better way to read more
Ticklish Business: Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Nov 28, 2016
Ticklish Business returns, honoring TCM’s Star of the Month Natalie Wood. Guest Diana Bosch and I talk about Wood’s transition from child to adult in 1961’s Splendor in the Grass. I also read some of your favorite Natalie Wood movies. Feel free to leave a review on iTunes! If you h read more
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Nov 21, 2016
Catching lightening in a bottle is a next to impossible journey, so it’s understandable that director Otto Preminger struggled to recapture the same romantic noir mood he evoked in Laura (1944). Three years later Preminger created another romance with Daisy Kenyon, though the tone is remarkabl read more