The 3 Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time!

It's a Wonderful Life (Liberty Films, 1946-released 1947) Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and Frank Faylen among others. Not much I can tell you about this one. There are times when I wonder if this is in fact the best movie ever made. I've never understood why a flick that considers such dark possibilities and starkly displays a very American type of evil, could be considered Capra-corn. Some people just don't get the things they're meant to. Anyway, this rocks, keep watching it!

A Miracle on 34th Street (20th Century Fox, 1947) Directed by George Seaton. Starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood and a truly amazing supporting cast. This movie is really, really funny. Not just funny for a holiday flick, but really funny. Seaton cast great comic actors in all of the non-leading rolls, and it worked wonders. How funny is William Frawley in this flick? Everything he does is awesome. Never miss this, and never watch a remake or the colorized original. Santa finds any of those actions totally naughty.

Scrooge (also called A Christmas Carol) (1951) Directed by Brian Desmond-Hearst and Produced by Carol Reed. Starring Alaister Sim as Scrooge. A lot of people get confused about which filmed version of A Christmas Carol to watch. This is the one. Alaister Sim is literally phenomenal as Scrooge. You know the story. Sim's transformation from a miserable shark of a man into the finest man in town is something to behold. Incidentally, I have always thought that Gene Wilder studied this movie before becoming Willie Wonka. Anyway, this is the one you want. Don't watch that 1938 Reginald Owen nonsense. Merry Christmas!