It’s here again, the holidays. And what is the holidays without the Christmas movies we all know and love? Or maybe looking for a classic you missed? Here’s my personal list of favorites.
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
Writer Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) is put into a sticky situation when she has to provide the perfect cottage Christmas for her boss and a recovering soldier, who both take her for the Martha Stewart-esque woman she portrays herself to be in her articles. In reality, she can’t even find her way around a farm and most of her printed recipes belong to her uncle Felix. To make matters more complicated, she finds herself falling for the soldier when she is due to marry her Fiance’ that very holiday. It’s a really adorable, feel-good comedy with just enough Christmas spirit.
The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) works as top sales clerk in a Budapest shop, while spending his free-time exchanging romantic letters with a stranger only known as “Dear friend”. Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) becomes the newest clerk in the shop and the two butt-heads from day one, without either knowing she is in fact his secret pen-pal. With an intriguing side story that all comes together on Christmas Eve, it is one of my favorite romantic comedies and just about one of the most sincere films I think I’ve ever seen.
The Thin Man (1934)
If you’re looking for something a little different this holiday, how about a witty murder-mystery? This is the first of the Thin Man series starring William Powell as dry-humored detective Nick Charles and Myrna Loy as his equally clever and lovely wife Nora Charles. Together they investigate the disappearance of a friend who is a suspect in the murder of his wife during Christmas, with hilarious hi jinks to boot.
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