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There are 10756 movie, TV, and many other titles having to do with Christmas
 
Total number of characters named Santa: 1267
 
Total number of elves represented: 1012
 




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Buddy Ebsen born this day in 1908 and left us on Jul 06 in 2003
American actor and dancer
Playing:  Santa Claus 1 time
Alec Guinness born this day in 1914 and left us on Aug 05 in 2000
English actor
Playing:  Jacob Marley 1 time
Jack Webb born this day in 1920 and left us on Dec 23 in 1982
American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter
A Cadaver Christmas (2011)
United by terrifying and bizarre circumstances, the janitor, the drunk, the bartender, the cop, his perp, and the student security guard must fight to undo the professor's work. A dark force is at work in the cadaver lab this Christmas and this unconventional band of heroes are the only hope the world has against an army of living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members. The undead have been given the gift of life and it's up to the janitor to take it back.
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2011
04/02/2011
Not Rated
Film
85 minutes
A
Genre:
Comedy
Horror
Director(s):
Joe Zerull
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Cast:

Daniel Rairdin-Hale / The Janitor 
Hanlon Smith-Dorsey / Tom Tunninbum
Yosh Hayashi / Sam Sheriff
Ben Hopkins / Eddie
Jessica Denney / Kristen Stable
Andrew Ryan Harvey / The Perp
Michael Kennedy / Professor Hildencress
Mark Weitzel / Zed Cadaver
Matt Cox / Plunger Face Cadaver
Megan Cox / Broken Foot Cadaver



A Cadaver Christmas  (2011)



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The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive. /// A racetrack tout has a month to pay back the money a gangster lost on a touted horse just before Christmas. Silver Bells
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1951
04/02/1951
Approved
Film
91 minutes
B
Genre:
Comedy
Crime
Musical
Romance
Director(s):
Sidney Lanfield
Frank Tashlin
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00:00:01 Opening credits as ornaments on the Christmas tree
00:06:52 Race on Christmas Day
00:11:40 I always turn green this time of the year
00:12:32 Only 23 shopping days 'Til Christmas
00:12:52 If I only had till Christmas
Cast:

Bob Hope / Sidney Milburn - aka The Lemon Drop Kid
Marilyn Maxwell / 'Brainey' Baxter
Lloyd Nolan / Oxford Charlie
Jane Darwell / Nellie Thursday
Andrea King / Stella
Fred Clark / Moose Moran
Jay C. Flippen / Straight Flush Tony
William Frawley / Gloomy Willie
Harry Bellaver / Sam the Surgeon
Sid Melton / Little Louie



The Lemon Drop Kid  (1951)



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The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
Four college students are stalked by an unknown assailant while staying on campus over the Christmas holidays to help clear out a dormitory which is to be demolished.
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1982
04/02/1982
R
Film
88 minutes
B
Genre:
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Director(s):
Stephen Carpenter
Jeffrey Obrow
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Cast:

Laurie Lapinski / Joanne Murray
Stephen Sachs / Craig
David Snow / Brian
Pamela Holland / Patti
Dennis Ely / Bobby Lee Tremble
Woody Roll / John Hemmit
Daphne Zuniga / Debbie
Jake Jones / Bill Edgar
Robert Fredrickson / Tim
Chris Morrill / Jack



The Dorm That Dripped Blood  (1982)



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How the Hamsters Saved Winter (2009)
Hampton and the Hampsters go on a "snowy adventure where they help make a family's dream come true."
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2009
04/02/2009
Approved
Video
B
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Drew De Carvalho / Fuzzy
Ronnie Gent / Hampton
Lisa Molina / Hado
How the Hamsters Saved Winter (2009)



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Korn Plastered in Africa (1931)
Rustic personality Trader Korn recounts his surreal adventures in darkest Africa, among the peculiar wildlife and the cannibals.
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1931
04/02/1931
Not Rated
Film Short Animated
7 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Director(s):
John R. McCrory
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Cast:

Don Carney / Trader Korn (voice)
Korn Plastered in Africa  (1931)



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Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.
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1942
04/02/1942
Approved
Film
67 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Mystery
Director(s):
Lew Landers
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Christmas Elements:

00:00:46 decorating tree / Christmas tree talk
00:02:00 presents
00:02:50 Merry Christmas, Happy Noel
00:03:21 MC
00:03:30 Christmas prison, Christmas Eve (?)
Cast:

Chester Morris / Boston Blackie
Adele Mara / Eve Sanders
Richard Lane / Inspector Farraday
George E. Stone / The Runt
Lloyd Corrigan / Arthur Manleder
Walter Sande / Detective Mathews
Larry Parks / Joe Trilby
George McKay / Roggi McKay
Cy Kendall / Jumbo Madigan
Paul Fix / Steve Caveroni



Alias Boston Blackie  (1942)



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Springtime in Budapest (Budapesti tavasz) (1955)
Set during Christmas Eve in 1944, the film follows the story of Pintér and Gozsó, who manage to get through the Soviet blockade around Budapest. Pintér seeks refuge in a flat he believed was abandoned by his relatives, only to discover that the Turnovszkys are hiding there, along with a Jewish woman named Jutka. As the narrative unfolds, a love story develops between Zoltán and Jutka amidst the backdrop of war-torn Budapest.
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1955
04/02/1955
Approved
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99 minutes
C
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Cast:

Gábor Rajnay / Turnovszky
Miklós Gábor / Pintér Zoltán
Mária Mezei / Turnovszkyné
Zsuzsa Gordon / Jutka
Nusi Somogyi / Unknown
Tibor Molnár / Gazsó Bertalan
Mária Lázár / Unknown
Lajos Rajczy / Markó
László Bánhidi / Unknown
István Somló / Unknown



Springtime in Budapest  (Budapesti tavasz)  (1955)



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John Rabe (2009)
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
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2009
04/02/2009
Approved
Film
134 minutes
C
Genre:
Biography
Drama
History
Director(s):
Florian Gallenberger
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Cast:

Ulrich Tukur / John Rabe
Daniel Brühl / Dr. Georg Rosen
Steve Buscemi / Dr. Robert Wilson
Anne Consigny / Valérie Dupres
Dagmar Manzel / Dora Rabe
Jingchu Zhang / Langshu
Teruyuki Kagawa / Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Mathias Herrmann / Werner Fließ
Tetta Sugimoto / Col. Nakajima Kesago
Akira Emoto / Gen. Matsui Iwane



John Rabe  (2009)



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Welcome to Unity (2018)
In a sleepy mountain town nestled in rural America, seven foreign exchange students set out to tackle the 'American Dream'.
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2018
04/02/2018
Approved
Film
94 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Documentary
Drama
Director(s):
Katharine Mahalic
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Cast:

Whitni Anderson / Sophomore at Burnt River High School
Caleb Andrews / Senior at Burnt River High School
Kan Bakai Uchkun Uulu / Student from Kyrgyzstan
Cameron Browning / Sophomore at Burnt River High School
Tuan Chau / Student from Vietnam
Darla Derrick / Host Mom
Roger Derrick / Host Dad
Ban Du / Student from China
Cem Erdogdu / Student from Germany
Celina Kezerle / Junior at Burnt River High School



Welcome to Unity  (2018)



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Sandy Claws (1954)
Tweety Bird is taken by his mistress, Granny, to a beach, where Sylvester Cat spots him and tries to reach his cage, only to be stopped again and again by tidal waves.
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1954
04/02/1955
Approved
Film Short
7 minutes
M
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Cast:

Mel Blanc / Unknown
Mel Blanc / Unknown
Bea Benaderet / Granny (voice)
Sandy Claws (1954)



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