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THE CHRISTMAS CLASSICS COLLECTION
FILMS AND TELEVISION DRAMAS
5 DVD SETSYNOPSIS:
Here's a fun and fascinating holiday treasure: A 5-DVD collection of classic Christmas-themed films and television dramas that run the gamut from heartwarming to hilarious and cover more than half a century, from rare silent shorts to classic feature films and television dramas.
Full-length Christmas films include a rarely seen 1935 version of Scrooge (starring a man who had played the role more than 2,000 times onstage before committing his performance to film); Frank Capra's 1941 classic Meet John Doe, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck; The Great Rupert, starring Jimmy Durante and Terry Moore and a very talented squirrel; and the 1964 camp classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, starring a 10-year-old Pia Zadora!
See how such turn-of-the-century cinema pioneers as D.W. Griffith, Edwin S. Porter, and Thomas Edison set the tone for so many Christmas movies to come, and how imaginative writers managed to weave such timeless characters as Sherlock Holmes and Long John Silver into holiday tales.
Disc 1:
Scrooge (1935) - Sir Seymour Hicks, who had already played Scrooge more than 2,000 times onstage, reprises the role in this vintage telling of Dickens' immortal classic. Maurice Evans, soon to be a major stage star, plays the Poor Man. (78 mins.)
Santa Claus (1925) - On Christmas Eve, two children meet Santa, who tells them what he does the rest of the year. The scenes of "The North Pole" were actually filmed on location in Northern Alaska! (30 mins.)
A Christmas Accident (1912) - An early variation on Dickens' story, with a wealthy - but miserly - man living next door to a large - and struggling - family. Produced by the Edison Film Manufacturing Corp. (15 mins.)
A Trap For Santa (1909) - D.W. Griffith directed this sentimental tale about two children who set a trap for Santa, since their house has no chimney. Henry B. Walthall (Birth of a Nation) is the father and future comedy legend Mack Sennett plays a surly bartender! (16 mins.)
Disc 2:
Beyond Tomorrow (1940) - An It's a Wonderful Life-type holiday tale about three elderly ghosts who try to help a young couple whom they knew before they died in a plane crash. The cast of great character actors includes Harry Carey (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), Sir C. Aubrey Smith (Rebecca), Maria Ouspenskaya (The Wolf Man), and Charles Winninger (Show Boat). (84 mins.)
A Christmas Carol (1910) - A very early version of Dickens' classic, with Marc McDermott (He Who Gets Slapped) as Scrooge and Charles Ogle (who had just played the monster in Edison's Frankenstein that same year) as Bob Cratchit! (17 mins.)
Our Gang's Christmas (aka Good Cheer) (1926) - Hal Roach's silent gang of "little rascals" in a Yuletide tale where the kids earn Christmas money by selling heated bricks to shoppers with cold feet! Starring Mickey Daniels, Joe Cobb, Mary Kornman, and Farina. (3 mins.)
Santa Claus vs. Cupid (1915) - An offbeat holiday tale centering on two men in love with the same girl at Christmastime. The story is by Alan Crosland, who would go on to direct The Jazz Singer. (16 mins.)
Disc 3:
Meet John Doe (1941) - Frank Capra's other dark Christmas classic, with Gary Cooper as a jobless man hired by reporter Barbara Stanwyck to say he'll commit suicide by jumping off the roof of an office building on Christmas Eve to protest social problems. (122 mins.)
The Gift
The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus (1914) - Octavius, the Amateur Detective (Barry O'Moore) dresses as Santa to delight some children, but is mistaken for a burglar who is also wearing a Santa suit! Another Edison production. (14 mins.)
The Night Before Christmas (1905) - A very early Christmas story, directed by Edwin S. Porter (The Great Train Robbery) that uses miniatures and dioramas in a still-impressive sequence where Santa and his reindeer fly from the North Pole to the U.S.A. (10 mins.)
A Winter Straw Ride (1906) - Another Edwin S. Porter/Edison Christmas tale, this one about a group of young ladies and gentlemen in a horse-drawn cart who get into a snowball fight with some children. (7 mins.)
Disc 4:
The Great Rupert (1950) - A stop-motion squirrel (created by animation giant George Pal) helps two struggling families at holiday time. Stars Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore (Mighty Joe Young), Tom Drake (Meet Me in St. Louis), and Preston Sturges favorite Jimmy Conlin. The director, Irving Pichel, can be glimpsed as a Puzzled Pedestrian! (88 mins.)
A Holiday Pageant at Home (1901) - Extremely early Christmas story about a family that decides to put on a holiday play for their own enjoyment, with the proud parents watching in delight as their children perform. (5 mins.)
The Orphans' Christmas (1955) - In this heartwarming episode of The Adventures of Long John Silver, the legendary pirate (Robert Newton in his career-defining role) and Purity Pinker (Connie Gilchrist) decide that the local orphans could use some holiday cheer to help them cope with their cruel caretaker. (26 mins.)
You Asked For It (1951) - In this Christmas episode of the legendary TV "reality" show, host Art Baker assists a group of marines with a holiday medley and Ludwig Donath (The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler) reenacts a memorable Christmas story. (22 mins.)
Disc 5:
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964) - The classic so-bad-it's-good Christmas favorite. The "plot" concerns a band of Martians who kidnap Santa so that their children can enjoy Christmas, too. Ten-year-old Pia Zadora is a green-faced Martian girl and Bill McCutcheon, who would go on to appear in Steel Magnolias and win a Tony Award for a revival of Anything Goes, is the "comic" relief. Filmed on location - in an abandoned aircraft hangar on Long Island! (86 mins.)
The Case of the Christmas Pudding (1955) - British actor Ronald Howard (I Accuse) stars as Sherlock Holmes in this holiday-themed episode (even though it's about a serial killer!) in which a murderer vows to kill Holmes before his execution. His loving wife bakes him a Christmas pudding - that allows him to escape! (30 mins.)
TECHNICAL FEATURES:
All Regions, NTSC
4:3 Standard, Color/B&W Screen Format
Language: English
Dolby Digital Mono
695 mins
SKU: PIP-DV-5230
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