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Rare Christmas TV Classics Volume 1 & 2

Category: Comedy
Duration: 4 hours
Media: DVD
Catalog Number: 91512C
Price: $15.96


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Welcome the wonderful Spirit of Christmas Past into your home with these eight episodes of special yuletide television offerings from the 1950s! These rare gifts from TV's "Golden Age" offer timeless inspiration for all ages, especially for those who still have fond memories of the original shows!

Volume One:

1.) Joe Santa Claus (1951): Cynical Joe Peters (Ray Montgomery) isn't happy about being assigned to Santa duty at the department store, but the role teaches him about the things in life that truly matter - love and forgiveness.

2.) The Ruggles (1949-1952): Charlie Ruggles and his TV family decide to extend their bounteous Christmas spirit to the less fortunate folks in town.

3.) You Asked For It (1950-1959): Host Art Baker honors viewers' mail-in requests with special holiday segments. In this episode, he visits Traymore, the amazing balloon-animal maker, then leads a platoon of Marine Korean war vets in a medley of Christmas hymns. Thomas P, Dillon and Ludwig Donath re-enact the Christmas scene from Abie's Irish Rose, and American families create a "living" Christmas card.

4.) The Paul Winchell Show (1950-1954): Ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his wooden pal, Jerry Mahoney, star in a spoof of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, as they visit past and future celebrations of the holiday.

Volume Two:

1.) The Gift (1953): Starring Charles Boyer and Maureen O'Sullivan. Business owner Carl Baxter, a modern day scrooge who has abandoned Christmas the same way he believes his son has abandoned him, learns a lesson in love and humility. Directed by Robert Aldrich.

2.) The Blessed Midnight (1956): Starring Maureen O'Sullivan and Francis Bavier. Teddy O'Hara has a reputation as a bad kid and his theft of a cake from a bakery seems to confirm it. Only his friend Billy knows the truth about him, and with the help of Sister Mary Benedict, the Christmas spirit of forgiveness affords Teddy a second chance. Directed by Laslo Beredek.

3.) A Christmas Carol (1949): Vincent Price hosts this early TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," the ghostly story of the original humbug himself, Ebenezer Scrooge. Directed by Arthur Pierson.

4.) A Star Shall Rise (1952): Raymond Burr stars as Balthazar, one of three Babylonian wise men who witness a mysterious star rising in the west. His companions are sure they are witnessing the unfolding of prophecy, but Balthazar remains a skeptic until he arrives at the manger and looks into the eyes of the blessed virgin mother. Directerd by John Brahm.


 

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