| Neptune's Daughter (1949) |
| A swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters. |
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05/25/1949
Not Rated
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C
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Christmas Elements:
| Cast:
Esther Williams
/ Eve Barrett
Red Skelton
/ Jack Spratt
Ricardo Montalban
/ José O'Rourke
Betty Garrett
/ Betty Barrett
Keenan Wynn
/ Joe Backett
Xavier Cugat
/ Xavier Cugat
Ted de Corsia
/ Lukie Luzette
Mike Mazurki
/ Mac Mozolla
Mel Blanc
/ Pancho
George Mann
/ Tall Wrangler
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| Trivia: First occurrence of the song "Baby It's Cold Outside", the Academy Award winner for Best Song |
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| The Moon and Sixpence (1942) |
| Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has always wanted to do. He is from then on an awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty. |
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1942
10/27/1942
Approved
Film
89 minutes
C
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Drama
Romance
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Director(s):
Albert Lewin
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| Cast:
George Sanders
/ Charles Strickland
Herbert Marshall
/ Geoffrey Wolfe
Doris Dudley
/ Blanche Stroeve
Eric Blore
/ Capt. Sandy Nichols
Albert Bassermann
/ Dr. Coutras
Florence Bates
/ Tiare Johnson
Steven Geray
/ Dirk Stroeve
Elena Verdugo
/ Ata
Fernando Alvarado
/ Native Boy at Wedding
Gino Corrado
/ Man Seated in Paris Dive
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| Come To The Stable (1949) |
| Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various townspeople to help them build a children's hospital. |
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1949
07/27/1949
Approved
Film
94 minutes
C
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Comedy
Drama
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Director(s):
Henry Koster
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| 00:00:01 |
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Star in the credits |
| 00:01:00 |
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Bethlehem, Nazareth signs |
| 00:02:41 |
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Nativity scene in barn |
| Cast:
Loretta Young
/ Sister Margaret
Celeste Holm
/ Sister Scholastica
Hugh Marlowe
/ Robert 'Bob' Mason
Elsa Lanchester
/ Amelia Potts
Thomas Gomez
/ Luigi Rossi
Dorothy Patrick
/ Kitty Blaine
Basil Ruysdael
/ The Bishop
Dooley Wilson
/ Anthony James
Regis Toomey
/ Monsignor Talbot
Mike Mazurki
/ Sam
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| The Facts of Life (1960) |
| Sophisticated comedy with Bob and Lucy leaving their spouses for an interlude together. |
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1960
11/14/1960
Approved
Film
103 minutes
C
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Comedy
Drama
Romance
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Director(s):
Melvin Frank
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| 00:03:55 |
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Halloween Dance |
| 01:14:00 |
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the Christmas holidays |
| 01:15:45 |
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Christmas begins |
| 01:15:50 |
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tree and electricity |
| 01:15:55 |
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wreath |
| Cast:
Bob Hope
/ Larry Gilbert
Lucille Ball
/ Kitty Weaver
Ruth Hussey
/ Mary Gilbert
Don DeFore
/ Jack Weaver
Louis Nye
/ Hamilton Busbee
Philip Ober
/ Doc Mason
Marianne Stewart
/ Connie Mason
Peter Leeds
/ Thompson - the Dry Cleaner
Hollis Irving
/ Myrtle Busbee
William Lanteau
/ Airline Clerk
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| Pocketful of Miracles (1961) |
| A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty. |
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1961
12/18/1961
Approved
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136 minutes
C
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Comedy
Drama
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Director(s):
Frank Capra
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Apple Annie |
God bless everybody |
| 00:00:01 |
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3 minute - Christmas opening sequence |
| 00:15:20 |
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Christmas |
| 00:30:00 |
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Nutcracker music; Apple Annie writes letter |
| 00:33:53 |
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Christmas tree outside |
| Cast:
Glenn Ford
/ Dave the Dude
Bette Davis
/ Apple Annie
Hope Lange
/ Elizabeth (Queenie) Martin
Arthur O'Connell
/ Count Alfonso Romero
Peter Falk
/ Joy Boy
Thomas Mitchell
/ Judge Henry G. Blake
Edward Everett Horton
/ Hudgins
Mickey Shaughnessy
/ Junior
David Brian
/ Governor
Sheldon Leonard
/ Steve Darcey
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| Donovan's Reef (1963) |
| In an ideal society on a picturesque South Sea island, people of several races and backgrounds live together in harmony. John Wayne is a WWII hero, who worked hard to own a shipping company and finds his true love. She is as strong a woman as he is a man. An adventure and love story. |
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1963
07/19/1963
Approved
Film
109 minutes
C
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Genre:
Adventure
Comedy
Romance
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Director(s):
John Ford
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| 00:45:00 |
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wouldn't want to miss Christmas on the island |
| 00:57:07 |
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Cutting down Christmas tree on the island |
| 01:00:54 |
John Wayne |
singing Jingle Bells, driving in jeep |
| 01:01:00 |
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What would Christmas be without a Christmas tree? |
| 01:01:10 |
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Would you like to spend Christmas at my house? |
| Cast:
John Wayne
/ Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan
Lee Marvin
/ Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley
Elizabeth Allen
/ Amelia Dedham
Jack Warden
/ Dr. William Dedham
Cesar Romero
/ Marquis Andre de Lage
Dick Foran
/ Australian Navy Officer Sean O'Brien
Dorothy Lamour
/ Miss Lafleur
Marcel Dalio
/ Father Cluzeot
Mike Mazurki
/ Sgt. Monk Menkowicz
Jacqueline Malouf
/ Lelani Dedham
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