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GlamAmor-ous Holidays - Classic Style of 1947's IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE

GlamAmor Posted by on Dec 16, 2019

Happy holidays! I realize I have been a bit quiet online because of my Pre-Code screening series The Style of Sin and working on my book Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s. The book will be on sale Fall 2020 and I'm very excited about it. Because copy is due by the end of the year, I've been buried i read more

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 18, 2017

Originally published December 6th, 2014 A series of comic miscommunications and mistaken identity lead to a fun holiday story perfect for the post-WWII family. It Happened on Fifth Avenue focuses on a problem common to several films made after 1945 – the housing crisis – but combines it read more

GlamAmor-ous Holidays--Holiday Style of 1947's IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE

GlamAmor Posted by on Dec 12, 2017

Every year at this time I enjoy looking at style in movies that celebrate the holidays. In the past, this has included The Thin Man (1934), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), and White Christmas (1954). Anyone who knows me knows how much I love film noir, so last y read more

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 30, 2016

The fact that Miracle on 34th Street and this film came out the same year seems to suggest that there was something special in the air of New York City that year. It was a magical place, specifically during the Christmas season with Santa Claus going on trial and winning, while tramps helped reform read more

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 30, 2016

The fact that Miracle on 34th Street and this film came out the same year seems to suggest that there was something special in the air of New York City that year. It was a magical place, specifically during the Christmas season with Santa Claus going on trial and winning, while tramps helped reform read more

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 16, 2016

Originally published December 6th, 2014 A series of comic miscommunications and mistaken identity lead to a fun holiday story perfect for the post-WWII family. It Happened on Fifth Avenue focuses on a problem common to several films made after 1945 – the housing crisis – but combines it read more

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 4, 2015

Originally published December 6th, 2014 A series of comic miscommunications and mistaken identity lead to a fun holiday story perfect for the post-WWII family. It Happened on Fifth Avenue focuses on a problem common to several films made after 1945 – the housing crisis – but combines it read more

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 6, 2014

A series of comic miscommunications and mistaken identity lead to a fun holiday story perfect for the post-WWII family.  It Happened on Fifth Avenue focuses on a problem common to several films made after 1945 – the housing crisis – but combines it with screwball antics to show wealthy read more

Classic Films in Focus: IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 27, 2013

Most holiday movie viewers are familiar with a handful of classic pictures that get a lot of airing this time of year, especially It's a Wonderful Life (1946), but there are actually quite a few seasonally appropriate movies that attract admiration from serious fans. It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) read more

Overlooked Gems: It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Dec 10, 2013

Being a female of a certain age, I have very fond and specific memories of a little movie called The Parent Trap.  Not the Lindsay Lohan remake, but a film from the 1960s that starred Haley Mills, Brian Keith, and Maureen O’Hara.  But the actor who has the strongest memory for me will always be read more

It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 23, 2011

(I wrote this post for Flying Down to Hollywood’s 12 Days of Christmas blogathon. Check out the site on Christmas Eve for links to more entries.)  It’s funny, It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) is one of my favorite Christmas movies, but you don’t even see a Christmas tree unt read more