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We're No Angels (1955) with Humphrey Bogart as Joseph,
Aldo Ray as Albert, Peter Ustinov as Jules, Joan Bennett as Amelie
Ducotel, Basil Rathbone as Andre Trochard, Leo G. Carroll as Felix
Ducotel — color/106 minutes — Three convicts escape
Devil's Island and become embroiled in the problems of a family
(comedy)
The Bishop's Wife (1947) with Cary Grant as Dudley, Loretta
Young as Julia Brougham, David Niven as Henry Brougham, Monty
Woolley as Professor Wutheridge — black & white / 105
minutes — A bishop (David Niven) asks for guidance in building
a cathedral
A Christmas Story (1983) with Melinda Dillon as Mrs. Parker (Mother), Darren McGavin as Mr. Parker (The Old Man), Peter Billingsley as Ralph 'Ralphie' Parker — color / 94 minutes — fun, lighthearted family movie
A Christmas Carol (1984) with George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, Frank Finlay as Marley's Ghost, Angela Pleasence as Ghost of Christmas Past — color / 100 minutes
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983) with Loretta Swit as Grace Bradley
Ben Hur (1959,
MGM) Charlton Heston plays Judah Ben-Hur.
Film takes place
in the beginning of the 1st century. Rich Jerusalem citizen,
Judah Ben-Hur, meets his old boyhood chum, Messala, who arrives
as commanding officer of the Roman legions to Jerusalem.
(Can you spot ... a trumpeter wearing a watch in the chariot scene?
a modern bolt holding the spikes to the chariot hub? Heston, when
visiting the hurt Messala, places his head covering on the table
but when he returns not only the headcovering but the table are
gone? the Holstein calf in the stable was a breed unknown in this
area until 1922?)
Based on the book
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace @ 1880. Lew
Wallace is interesting. He helped to hang Lincoln's assassins.
As a humanist, his goal was to go to the Holy Land and "prove"
Christ was a hoax. Obviously, he changed his mind and wrote the
book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
King of Kings (1961)
Jeffrey Hunter stars in this beautifully filmed life of Christ.
Panoramic scenes of battles between Roman legions and Judean rebels
contrast with the serene faith of Jesus. Includes scenes
of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, His selection of the apostles,
His Passion, Crucifixion and Ascension. The life of Christ
with simplicity, taste and reverence. 2 hr 50 min —
Scriptural correction will be required
Trials and Testimony of the Early Church is an especially poignant study to experience this Christmas season. Our Christmas Schedule varies from the one we follow at Easter.
Truce in the
Forest
Christmas Eve 1944 in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge. A
woman hides three American soldiers and German soldiers appear
at her door unexpectedly!
Holiday Inn (1942) with Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy,
Fred Astaire as Ted Hanover. Fred Astaire's dancing is wonderful
and Bing Crosby's crooning is terrific! Great family fun —
100 minutes — black and white
White Christmas (1954) with Bing Crosby as Bob Wallace, Danny Kaye as Phil Davis, Rosemary Clooney as Betty Haynes, Vera-Ellen as Judy Haynes — color / 120 minutes
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) with Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker, John Payne as Fred Gailey, Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle, Gene Lockhart as Judge Henry X. Harper, Natalie Wood as Susan Walker, Porter Hall as Mr. Granville M. Sawyer, William Frawley as Charles Halloran, Jerome Cowan as District Attorney Thomas Mara — 96 minutes — black and white — Could this nice old man really be Santa Claus?
The Santa Clause (1994) with Tim Allen as Scott Calvin/Santa Clause. Santa Claus is accidentally killed by Scott Calvin who must now take his place! (Hysterical) — 97 minutes — Color
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) with Tim Allen as Scott Calvin/Santa Clause/Toy Santa — 105 minutes — color.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) with James Stewart as George
Bailey, Donna Reed as Mary Hatch Bailey, Lionel Barrymore as Mr.
Potter, Thomas Mitchell as Uncle William 'Billy' Bailey,
Henry Travers as Clarence Oddbody. — 130 minutes —
black and white
Fitzwilly (1967) with Dick Van Dyke as Claude
Fitzwilliam, Barbara Feldon as Juliet Nowell, John McGiver as
Albert. Anything with Dick Van Dyke is worthy to be seen!
— 102 minutes — Color
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