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Well, things have wound down here at the old lodge. We hope everyone had a very, merry Christmas and that you have a blessed new year. We will most definitely see you all in 2012. So, until then, Merry Christmas! ...
Starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh, Holiday Affair is a romantic comedy about a veteran drifter who is employed as a clerk by a New York dept. store who falls for a war widow and her son, Timmy. Distributed by RKO pictures....
Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Sydney Greenstreet, this farcical comedy tells the story of one Elizabeth Lane, a writer for Housekeeping magazine who writes about her homestyle life as a cook, expert mother and wife. The only problem is, she is neither. The...
Featuring the voice talents of Hal Smith and Jean Van Der Pyl (who was the voice of Wilma Flinstone) and written and directed by Tony Benedict, this production from Modern Sound Film tells the story of a park ranger who shares the story of Christmas with two bear...
Directed by Henry Edwards, this 1935 British film is the first sound adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Starring Seymour Hicks as the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge, this film differs from all other adaptations in that none of the ghosts of Christmas...
Andy Williams told the audience at his Moon River theater in Branson, MO on Saturday that he has Bladder cancer. Andy, who is 83, vowed to return next year to celebrate his 75th year in show business. "I do have cancer of the bladder," Williams said....
The Gathering is a made-for-tv movie starring Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton about a man who learns he is dying and tries to gather his dis-jointed family together for one last Christmas. The caveat is that none of his children know he is dying. Rounding...
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Here is another performance by Andy Williams and the Osmond Brothers from one of Andy's earliest Christmas shows....
Last year, the Bing Crosby estate release a second DVD containing the specials of Bing Crosby. This time, the Christmas specials. A selection of four including The Bing Crosby Show produced in London in 1961, the first color holiday special...
Here is a vintage commercial from the 1978 Holiday season from Burger King©....
Offically, Christmas in July isn't until the 25th but I wanted to share this now. Bing Crosby hosted many radio shows throughout the years and each one had a Christmas show. Later, Bing would host a Christmas radio broadcast specifically and these are still...
A Christmas Portrait was released by A & M records on October 13, 1978 and became an instant classic. That same year, a television special was produced. For this year's Christmas in July, here is part one of that special. Want to send special...
Here is a wonderful Christmas medley from The Ray Conniff Singers...
Well, it's summer. That means that it's almost time for Christmas in July. Gonna try and cook up something good for that day so stay tuned.....
