Movies for Thursday December 21st, 2017

Here is a list of movies from the Documentary:  TCM at the Movies: Merry Christmas- hope you enjoy this list of movies highlighted by Turner Classic Movies:

Part Two:

1.  Trading Places (1983) Director: John Landis
Charming movie where Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd trade places and learn much about life...

2.  A Christmas Story (1983) Director: Bob Clark
Cute holiday classic about a young boy growing up in the 1940’s and dreaming of a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas…

3.  Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) Director: Charles Sellier
Movie about a teenager who dons the personae of Santa to murder...

4.  Love Actually (2003) Director: Richard Curtis
Follows the stories of love over the holidays...

5.  Holiday Affair (1949) Director: Don Hartman
Little known Christmas movie about a widower (Janet Leigh) who falls for a sales clerk (Robert Mitchum) during the holiday season; Leigh and Mitchum are charming in their roles…

6.  Remember the Night (1940) Director: Mitchell Leisen
If you can get past the outdated depictions, there is a charming story of love between a district attorney and the woman he is supposed to prosecute, taking place over the holidays...

7.  Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Director: Peter Godfrey
Sweet film about Martha Stewart type writer who must pretend to have a country home, husband and child to keep her job over Christmas.  Barbara Stanwyck is great as usual...

8.  White Christmas (1954) Director: Michael Curtiz
Story of two singers who try to make a go of a Christmas show in Vermont...

9.  The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Romantic comedy about two employees (James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan) at a gift shop who start out hating each other and eventually falling for one another; great cast, with standout performances by Stewart & Sullavan…

10.  Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) Director: Vincente Minnelli
Follows the stories of four sisters...

11.  Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) Roy Rowland
Tells the story of the ups and downs of a farming family...

I have seen all but Silent Night Deadly Night and Meet Me In St. Louis.  My Favourites from this list are The Shop Around the Corner and Christmas in Connecticut and Trading Places and A Christmas Story are my guilty pleasures- Enjoy!

Dianezy
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