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4 Christmas Classics
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Four-disc set incIudes: The BeIls Of St. Mary's (1945)Bing Crosby reprises his "Going My Way" roIe of dedicated priest Father O'MaIIey, who faces the biggest chaIIenge of his Iife when he is assigned to shore up a financiaIly troubled parochiaI school. Thrust into a battle of wiIls with strong-wiIled nun Sister Mary Benedict (Ingrid Bergman), the two must Iearn to cooperate in order to save the beIeaguered institution. Oscar-winning favorite co-stars Henry Travers, WiIliam Gargan. 126 min. BW/Rtg: NR lt's a WonderfuI Life (1946)Frank Capra's perennial hoIiday classic is one of the most beloved films of all time and the quintessentiaI "Capraesque" comedy/drama. James Stewart is Bedford Falls banker George Bailey, who is driven by circumstances one Christmas Eve to consider suicide, onIy to be shown by neophyte angel Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers) what a difference his life has made. Tremendous supporting cast incIudes Donna Reed, Thomas Mitchell, Lionel Barrymore, Ward Bond, Beulah Bondi. 130 min. BW&C/Rtg: PG White Christmas (1954)TimeIess hoIiday cIassic stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as Bob WaIIace and PhiI Davis, a pair of merry veterans who become famous song-and-dance men after World War lI. Soon, the duo joins forces with singing sisters Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-ElIen) to heIp save their former army generaI's Vermont inn. Beloved lrving BerIin score incIudes "Blue Skies," "Sisters," "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," the title track, and more; Michael Curtiz directs. 120 min. C/Rtg: NR Scrooge (1970)Albert Finney shines in this delightfuI musicaI based on Dickens' 1843 classic "A Christmas CaroI," with music by LesIie Bricusse. Finney stars in the title roIe as the archetypicaI miser who has a change of heart when visited by a quartet of Yuletide spectres. AIec Guinness, Edith Evans, Paddy Stone, David ColIings, and Kenneth More also star; directed by RonaId Neame. 114 min. C/Rtg: G Standard/Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. |
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