The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1973) |
Santa and the Bookies (1953) S.E |
Believing that Alice is pregnant, Ralph takes a job as a sidewalk Santa, with Norton as his helper, in order to earn extra money. But they are unaware of the fact that their new bosses are bookies who are using Ralph and Norton as a front to receive their betting slips. |
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1953
12/19/1953
TV-G
TV Series Episode 31 minutes
A
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Genre:
Comedy
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Director(s):
Frank Satenstein
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Jackie Gleason
/ Self - Host / Ralph Kramden
Jack Albertson
/ Self - Tipsy Man
Evelyn Ay
/ Self - Miss America 1954
Art Carney
/ Self / Ed Norton
Elisha Cook Jr.
/ Self - as Lefty
Joseph Ferko
/ Self - Guest Band Leader
Eddie Hanley
/ Self - as Knuckles Grogan
Nell Harrison
/ Self - Grandma
The June Taylor Dancers
/ Themselves
Jack Lescoulie
/ Self - Announcer
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) |
Mickey Rooney plays Mike Halligan, a retired cop from Manhattan living in California with his family who decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But he dies from a sudden heart attack in which Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas and show his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City. |
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1984
12/15/1984
Unrated
TV Movie 97 minutes
B
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Genre:
Drama
Family
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Director(s):
Peter H. Hunt
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Mickey Rooney
/ Mike Halligan
Scott Grimes
/ Robbie Westin
Barrie Youngfellow
/ Kate Westin
George Gaynes
/ Arch Angel
Gary Bayer
/ Rick Westin
William Griffis
/ Wiley Boggs
Christina Pickles
/ Chris
Hamilton Camp
/ Meek Angel
Elisha Cook Jr.
/ Mr. Bibbs
Nicholas Hormann
/ Mr. Jones
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I, the Jury (1953) |
Dectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman. |
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1953
08/14/1953
Approved
Film 87 minutes
C
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Genre:
Crime
Drama
Film-Noir
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Director(s):
Harry Essex
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Christmas Elements:
00:00:00 |
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Christmas title card |
00:07:50 |
Besser |
singing Jingle Bells |
00:08:25 |
Besser |
whistling Jingle Bells |
00:08:50 |
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Seasons Greetings title card |
00:10:25 |
Alan Reed |
visiting over the Christmas holidays |
| Cast:
Biff Elliot
/ Mike Hammer
Preston Foster
/ Police Captain Pat Chambers
Peggie Castle
/ Charlotte Manning
Margaret Sheridan
/ Velda
Alan Reed
/ George Kalecki
Mary Anderson
/ Eileen Vickers
Tom Powers
/ Milt Miller
Frances Osborne
/ Myrna Devlin
Bob Cunningham
/ Hal Kines
Tani Guthrie
/ Esther Bellamy
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1941 (1979) |
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. |
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1979
12/14/1979
PG
Film 118 minutes
C
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Genre:
Action
Comedy
War
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Director(s):
Steven Spielberg
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Christmas Elements:
00:03:00 |
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Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas |
00:03:05 |
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present |
00:03:05 |
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Merry Christmas |
00:14:10 |
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Air raid, Santa Claus |
00:27:50 |
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Christmas wreath |
| Cast:
Dan Aykroyd
/ Sgt. Frank Tree
Ned Beatty
/ Ward Douglas
John Belushi
/ Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
Lorraine Gary
/ Joan Douglas
Murray Hamilton
/ Claude Crumn
Christopher Lee
/ Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Tim Matheson
/ Capt. Loomis Birkhead
Toshirô Mifune
/ Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
Warren Oates
/ Col. 'Madman' Maddox
Robert Stack
/ Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
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