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It's fascinating how many of the films we now consider Christmas classics came from the 1940s. The decade began with the romances Remember the Night (1940) and The Shop Around the Corner (1940) as well as the witty The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942). But as the decade we read more

For over ten years on this site I have been banging the drum every holiday season about It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947), Holiday Affair (1949), and The Shop Around the Corner (1940). I never felt like they got enough love, though awareness of these charming films appears to have grown at a steady p read more

Holiday Affair might be a bit of an oxymoron as far as Christmas movies go. It’s not too far off the truth to christen it an old-modern Christmas classic, at least depending on how you define your terms. It’s a Christmas picture that has all but sailed under the radar since its original read more

After Robert Mitchum was released from jail for marijuana possession, his studio was looking to clean up his image. The answer was a romantic holiday comedy, “Holiday Affair” (1949). “At this time Robert Mitchum was operating under the cloud. The head of the studio was eager to clean up his image read more

Originally published December 24th, 2012 Coming into the home stretch of 25 Days of Christmas 2012, and the final three movies cannot come sooner.  I don’t hate Christmas movies; it’s just I lost a day and the whole slate of films ran away with me.  Today’s film is another first-ti read more

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78191/Holiday-Affair/#tcmarcp-136511-145880  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. Holiday Affair (1949) isn’t as famous as White Christmas (1954) or It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), but its status as a Christmas film has grown quite a bit since read more

To say that Holiday Affair was a Christmas Eve release (most modern reports state this) is true only from the perspective that it was seen around Christmas at most theaters nationwide; another film added to that always growing list of the soft-roll-out-national-opening. Post Standard, Syracuse, New read more

To say that Holiday Affair was a Christmas Eve release (most modern reports state this) is true only from the perspective that it was seen around Christmas at most theaters nationwide; another film added to that always growing list of the soft-roll-out-national-opening. Post Standard, Syracuse, New read more

Originally published December 24th, 2012 Coming into the home stretch of 25 Days of Christmas 2012, and the final three movies cannot come sooner.  I don’t hate Christmas movies; it’s just I lost a day and the whole slate of films ran away with me.  Today’s film is another first-ti read more

Originally published December 24th, 2012 Coming into the home stretch of 25 Days of Christmas 2012, and the final three movies cannot come sooner.  I don’t hate Christmas movies; it’s just I lost a day and the whole slate of films ran away with me.  Today’s film is another first-ti read more

To say that Holiday Affair was a Christmas Eve release (most modern reports state this) is true only from the perspective that it was seen around Christmas at most theaters nationwide; another film added to that always growing list of the soft-roll-out-national-opening. Post Standard, Syracuse, New read more

To say that Holiday Affair was a Christmas Eve release (most modern reports state this) is true only from the perspective that it was seen around Christmas at most theaters nationwide; another film added to that always growing list of the soft-roll-out-national-opening. Post Standard, Syracuse, New read more

To say that Holiday Affair was a Christmas Eve release (most modern reports state this) is true only from the perspective that it was seen around Christmas at most theaters nationwide; another film added to that always growing list of the soft-roll-out-national-opening. Post Standard, Syracuse, New read more

Holiday Affair is a Christmas movie filmed with an adult sensibility, romantic, witty, sometimes acerbic; this Christmas gem is a must see for the Christmas Holiday Season. Robert Mitchum performs warmly as the sentimental, amorous lead – Steve; Wendell Corey, smooth as always, as Carl the fiancé, read more

Originally posted on Classic Film Aficionados: Holiday Affair is a Christmas movie filmed with an adult sensibility, romantic, witty, sometimes acerbic; this Christmas gem is a must see for the Christmas Holiday Season. Robert Mitchum performs warmly as the sentimental, amorous lead – Steve; Wendel read more

Holiday Affair is a Christmas movie filmed with an adult sensibility, romantic, witty, sometimes acerbic; this Christmas gem is a must see for the Christmas Holiday Season. Robert Mitchum performs warmly as the sentimental, amorous lead – Steve; Wendell Corey, smooth as always, as Carl the fiancé, read more

Classic Film Aficionados Holiday Affair is a Christmas movie filmed with an adult sensibility, romantic, witty, sometimes acerbic; this Christmas gem is a must see for the Christmas Holiday Season. Robert Mitchum performs warmly as the sentimental, amorous lead – Steve; Wendell Corey, smooth as alw read more

Holiday Affair is a Christmas movie filmed with an adult sensibility, romantic, witty, sometimes acerbic; this Christmas gem is a must see for the Christmas Holiday Season. Robert Mitchum performs warmly as the sentimental, amorous lead – Steve; Wendell Corey, smooth as always, as Carl the fiancé, read more

Classic Film Aficionados Holiday Affair is a Christmas movie filmed with an adult sensibility, romantic, witty, sometimes acerbic; this Christmas gem is a must see for the Christmas Holiday Season. Robert Mitchum performs warmly as the sentimental, amorous lead – Steve; Wendell Corey, smooth as alw read more

Starring Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum, this Christmas romantic comedy revolves around a young widow, her son, and the two men in her life. The film opens with Leigh shopping at Crowley’s in New York and buying a toy train from a clerk. She takes it home and her excited boy sneaks a peak at i read more