Showing posts with label The Shop Around the Corner. Show all posts
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Friday, December 05, 2014

Christmas Classic Movies added to my Amazon Watchlist

Every year struggle to catch viewings of my favorite Christmas classic movies. So this year I am compiling lists. I am a purist so I usually only consider Christmas movies as "classics" if they predate 1960. Doing a search for "christmas classic movies" on Amazon Instant Video doesn't filter according to my strict parameters. So here's a list of timeless holiday classics I gathered for my personal Amazon Instant Video Watchlist. I have the Prime Account which enables me to enjoy unlimited streaming of many classics. Unfortunately not many of the "true" classics listed here are Prime Instant Videos but a number of them are available for immediate streaming for a nominal fee.(Often as little as $2) Click the links below posters to view trailers and your options to stream, download, rent or buy. Hope I have added a little cheer and convenience to your holiday season. Please let me know if I have overlooked any other "classics" off my Amazon list.

It's A Wonderful Life (Black & White Version)
It's A Wonderful Life (Black & White Version) 


Crosby, Bing - White Christmas Show
Crosby, Bing - White Christmas...

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 

A Christmas Wish (In Color)
A Christmas Wish (In Color)

Bells of St. Mary's, The
Bells of St. Mary's, The

Going My Way
Going My Way 

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945... 

Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) 

White Christmas
White Christmas

Holiday Affair (1949)
Holiday Affair (1949)

The Shop Around The Corner
The Shop Around The Corner 

Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn

It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (194...

A few post 1960 films that are so nostalgic or iconic I'll add as classics...

A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas 

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!/Horton Hears a Who
How the Grinch Stole Christmas..

Home Alone
Home Alone 


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Monday, December 01, 2014

TCM 2014 Christmas Classics


Beginning Thursday, December 4, every Thursday leading up to Christmas Day TCM has yuletide classics scheduled. For your convenience I have posted TCM's categorized schedule of Christmas Classics, Religious Favorites, Robert Osborne's Christmas Eve Picks, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, and the jolly Christmas with Mel Brooks! The list is not necessarily sequential as many of our seasonal favorites are repeated 2-3 times. Click through the links to get TCM articles.

TCM Christmas Classics 2014

    Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! The TCManiac

[ updated 12/7/2014 to add dates & times ]
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Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Shop Around the Corner Inspires 2 Movie Remakes


 The Shop Around the Corner is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. This film was ranked #28 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions. In 1999, The Shop Around the Corner was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Set in and around a Budapest store, co-workers Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) and Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) hold an intense dislike for each other, while maintaining a secret letter-writing relationship, neither realizing who their pen-pal is.

The film spawned a 1949 musical remake, In the Good Old Summertime, which starred Judy Garland and Van Johnson in the title roles.

The plot element of two people who detest each other while having a romance by anonymous mail is used in the film You've Got Mail (1998) with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, in which one of the protagonists owns a bookstore named "The Shop Around The Corner."
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