 
Happy Holidays With
Bing and Frank
Frank Sinatra directed this 1957 Christmas special in which he
joins forces with Bing Crosby to run through a bumper crop of
holiday favorites. In cozy production numbers set both in
Victorian England and present-day 1950s America, these American
legends duet on "Jingle Bells," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing,"
"O Come All Ye Faithful," "White Christmas," and more. This is
swinging holiday history that will never go out of style.
Sonny and Cher Christmas
Collection
Back in the 1970s, Sonny and Cher were huge TV stars, as well as
being a formidable presence in the music scene. This collection
gathers highlights from three of their Christmas shows, offering
laughs, music, and special guests galore| The seasonal fun
carries an infectious sense of reverie, making this an ideal
gift to place beneath the bristles of a brightly colored
Christmas tree. Guests include Bernadette Peters, Chastity Bono,
and many others.
Stealing Christmas
Tony Danza stars as Jack Clayton, a small town crook who finds
himself in hot water after a botched heist at a shopping mall.
In an attempt to elude the cops, he catches a bus out of town.
Landing in the quaint town of Evergreen, Jack dons a Santa Claus
suit and takes a job in a Christmas tree lot where he meets Sara
Gibson (Lea Thompson), a kind single mother. When Jack realizes
that he may have a chance to take a large amount of money from
the town bank vault on Christmas Eve, it becomes a race against
time to see if the good people of his new town can make him see
the error of his criminal ways.
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Holiday Family
Collection / 4 Movies
This collection presents four lighthearted holiday films for family-viewing fun:
in SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS (1964), Santa attempts to return to earth
after being kidnapped and taken to Mars; in A CHRISTMAS WISH (1950), a friendly
squirrel named Rupert helps save the holidays for two poor families; SCROOGE
provides another adaptation of the timeless Charles Dickens tale of a grumpy
miser who changes his ways after being visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve;
and in A CHRISTMAS WITHOUT SNOW (1980), a lonely woman rediscovers the meaning
of the holiday season when she joins a church choir to perform Handel's MESSIAH
for a Christmas service.
The Bells Of St.
Mary's
This GOING MY WAY sequel stars Bing Crosby, reprising his role as worldly-wise
Father Chuck O'Malley, and introduces Crosby's beloved song "Aren't You Glad
You're You?" Father O'Malley is transferred to the soon-to-be-condemned school
run by Sister Benedict (Ingrid Bergman), and the two quickly match wits and
stubbornness, eventually finding a middle ground. A surprisingly light touch of
sentimentality and humor gives this film by director Leo McCarey a glow of
genuine feeling that effortlessly captures viewers' hearts. Though the debate
still rages over which Father O'Malley film is better (GOING MY WAY or THE BELLS
OF ST. MARY'S), the two films' nominations in back-to-back years for the Best
Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Song Academy Awards declare that
both films are a treat to watch.
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