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4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 25, 2019
Christmas Holiday begins as a movie we’ve probably seen before countless times. A returning G.I. (Dean Harens) is getting ready for some Christmas leave except our star is as stiff as cardboard and that comes before he gets the sobering news. The girl he was intent on marrying has duped him t
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Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on Dec 12, 2018
Noir Nook: Five Things You Need to Know About Christmas Holiday (1944) Christmas Holiday is a 1944 noir starring Deanna Durbin as a devoted young bride who slowly comes to realize that her husband, played by Gene Kelly, is a charming sociopath and killer. The cast includes Gale Sondergaard as Kelly’
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Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on Dec 17, 2017
Noir Nook: Christmas Holiday It’s called Christmas Holiday. It stars famed hoofer Gene Kelly and popular singer Deanna Durbin. This is noir? You bet your rain-swept streets it is. Christmas Holiday, 1944, stars Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly Released in 1944 and directed by Robert Siodmak, Christmas
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Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on Sep 4, 2015
Unusual Suspects Week 4: Gene Kelly in Christmas Holiday (1944)
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Posted by Summer Reeves in 1940s, Crime, Drama, Holiday, Musicals, Politics, Romance
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Tags1940s, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Holida
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Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on May 27, 2010
I became interested in classic film early in my teens. Able to stay up late during summer vacations I passed the time with American Movie Classics. (TCM was still more than a decade away.) Despite being weaned in a house where films such as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Rebecca, and Laura were pa
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