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Director:Norman Taurog
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Bundle of Joy (1956)
After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.
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1956
12/12/1956
Approved
Film
98 minutes
B
Genre:
Comedy
Musical
Romance
Director(s):
Norman Taurog
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:01:00 Christmas in store
00:04:10 Christmas rush is over, Christmas rush, Jingle Bells underscore
00:05:15 SC / Adolphe Menjou, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
00:11:14 I think What are you getting me for Christmas?
00:13:00 You may still come to the Christmas party
Cast:

Eddie Fisher / Dan Merlin
Debbie Reynolds / Polly Parish
Adolphe Menjou / J.B. Merlin
Tommy Noonan / Freddie Miller
Nita Talbot / Mary
Una Merkel / Mrs. Dugan
Melville Cooper / Adams - the Butler
Bill Goodwin / Mr. Creely
Howard McNear / Mr. Appleby
Robert H. Harris / Mr. Hargraves



Trivia: remake of Bacherlor Mother
Bundle of Joy  (1956)



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Boys Town (1938)
When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
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1938
12/09/1938
Passed
Film
96 minutes
C
Genre:
Biography
Drama
Family
Director(s):
Norman Taurog
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:18:30
00:18:55 Kid nose against window
00:18:59 Boys Town tree
00:19:06 Silent Night kid singing
00:20:40 presents?
Cast:

Spencer Tracy / Father Flanagan
Mickey Rooney / Whitey Marsh
Henry Hull / Dave Morris
Leslie Fenton / Dan Farrow
Gene Reynolds / Tony Ponessa
Edward Norris / Joe Marsh
Addison Richards / The Judge
Minor Watson / The Bishop
Jonathan Hale / John Hargraves
Bobs Watson / Pee Wee



Boys Town  (1938)



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Men of Boys Town (1941)
Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy return in this sequel to the original Boys Town. This time the school faces financial trouble as Father Flanagan tries to help every little boy he meets. Larry Nunn and Dwayne Hickman join in this time around as Flanagan discovers a reform school that has neither reforming nor schooling. It's up to Flanagan, Whitey, and the rest of the school to teach them there's no such thing as a bad boy.
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Video Type:
1941
04/11/1941
Passed
Film
96 minutes
C
Genre:
Biography
Drama
Family
Director(s):
Norman Taurog
Writer(s):
James Kevin McGuinness
Christmas Elements:

00:00:00 Gloria, In Excelsius Deo (traditional Christmas song), played and sung by the St Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers, reprised at Beau Hunk's funeral
01:30:05 was gonna buy you somethin' for Christmas
Cast:

Spencer Tracy / Father Flanagan
Mickey Rooney / Whitey Marsh
Bobs Watson / Pee Wee
Larry Nunn / Ted Martley
Darryl Hickman / Flip
Henry O'Neill / Mr. Maitland
Mary Nash / Mrs. Maitland
Lee J. Cobb / Dave Morris
Sidney Miller / Mo Kahn
Addison Richards / The Judge
Men of Boys Town  (1941)



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Room for One More (1952)
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose become foster parents to several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
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1952
01/26/1952
Approved
Film
98 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Director(s):
Norman Taurog
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:00:10 Up on the Housetop
00:06:30 What old Santa overheard
01:13:26 Christmas
01:13:50 Merry Christmas
01:13:55 Christmas presents
Cast:

Cary Grant / George Rose
Betsy Drake / Anna Perrott Rose
Lurene Tuttle / Miss Kenyon
Randy Stuart / Gladys Foreman
John Ridgely / Harry Foreman
Irving Bacon / Mayor Michael J. Kane
Mary Treen / Grace Roberts
Iris Mann / Jane Miller
George Winslow / Teenie
Clifford Tatum Jr. / Jimmy John Wilson



Room for One More  (1952)



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The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
When a movie star is kidnapped, everyone thinks it's a publicity stunt. It's not.
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1957
08/23/1957
Passed
Film
87 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Crime
Director(s):
Norman Taurog
Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Jane Russell / Laurel Stevens
Keenan Wynn / Dandy
Ralph Meeker / Mike Valla
Fred Clark / Police Sergeant McBride
Una Merkel / Bertha
Benay Venuta / Daisy Parker
Robert H. Harris / Barney Baylies
Bob Kelley / Television Announcer
Dick Haynes / Disc Jockey
John Truax / Publicity Agent



The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown  (1957)



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