A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (TV 2011)

Director:

Laurent Bouzereau

Writer:

Laurent Bouzereau

Stars:

Julie Salamon, Michael Patrick Hearn, Seymour Hicks

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julie Salamon	...	Herself - Interviewee
Michael Patrick Hearn	...	Himself - author
Seymour Hicks	...	Ebenezer Scrooge (archive footage)
Joe Dante	...	Himself - Interviewee
Chevy Chase	...	Himself - Interviewee
Brian Henson	...	Himself - Interviewee
Michael Caine	...	Ebeneezer Scrooge (archive footage)
Chazz Palminteri	...	Himself - Interviewee
James Stewart	...	George Bailey (archive footage) (as Jimmy Stewart)
Alonso Duralde	...	Himself - Interviewee
Karolyn Grimes	...	Herself - Interviewee / Zuzu Bailey
Cary Grant	...	Dudley the Angel (archive footage)
David Niven	...	(archive footage)
Natalie Wood	...	(archive footage)
Edmund Gwenn	...	Kris Kringle (archive footage)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

christmas

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 December 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Mono

Color:

Black and White (archive footage) Color Color (also archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

All interviewees were identified by an on-screen graphic. These interviewees identified the credited cast members seen in archive footage.

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Connections

Features Scrooge (1951)

User Reviews

Pretty much covers the territory, though without adding anything new or exciting to the field...

Christmas special from Turner Classic Movies walks through the obligatory holiday perennials in cinema, with interesting background history on how the trend initially started (with silent versions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" appearing in the early 1900s). Authors, actors, and filmmakers comment on pictures such as "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street", though most film buffs will be one step ahead of the speakers. Notable among the missing titles is 1940's "Beyond Tomorrow" (aka "Beyond Christmas") and "Holiday Inn" from 1942. Former child stars Karolyn Grimes (from "It's a Wonderful Life" and "The Bishop's Wife") and Margaret O'Brien (of "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "Little Women") share some colorful tidbits regarding their films, but overall this TV stocking-stuffer has a been-there-done-that flavor.