Would you rather Richard Attenborough’s Kris Kringle got jail time in Miracle on 34th Street or a blizzard covered Bing Crosby’s head as he sang White Christmas? Or maybe you’d love James Stewart’s bank manager to jump before Clarence the Angel persuades him his place in the world is important. If so here is an alternative list of Christmas movies.
The Thin Man (WS Van Dyke, 1934)
Set over Christmas Nick and Nora Charles are world class drinkers and married Private Eyes caught up in a murder mystery though whodunit is less important than the witty repartee between leads William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Blast of Silence (Allen Baron, 1961)
In this little-seen Noir masterpiece hitman Frankie ‘Baby Boy’ Bono returns to New York to kill a gangster. Used to his solitary existence and craving solitude Frankie arrives to find carol singers in Central Station and the department stores decorated with lights. Frankie gets to thinking about his childhood in an orphanage. Then he meets a girl he used to know called Laurie (Molly McCarthy) and suddenly Frankie doesn’t want to be alone anymore.
- The Christmas Bells Are Ringing
- Christmas Mommy Morning
Who doesn't remember the thrill of getting up on Christmas morning and racing to the Christmas tree to see what Santa brought us? After that, there
- Card Christmas Free Gift Thank
- Christmas Carole
- Frog Christmas Tree
