Lions, Towers & Shields

20: Merry Christmas. Don't Mention It!

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By popular demand among both members and panelists actual and potential, we explore this 1945 classic. Peter Godfrey (who?) directs Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and a cast of delightful character actors in a holiday story about covering up lies with more lies on a farm in Connecticut on Christmas Eve. Holiday food and sleigh rides aplenty.

"Christmas in Connecticut:" the Original

Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra and David J. Loehr

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Christmas in Connecticut
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Old Movies, New Things: discs, books and other physical objects

  • Blu-ray: The Lost Weekend (Kino Lorber), Libeled Lady (Warner Archive), The Pirate (Warner Archive), We’re No Angels, Attack (Kino Lorber), Rita Hayworth Ultimate Collection (Mill Creek)

    • .Sightings: classics on TV, streaming, and (someday) the festival circuit

    • This month’s TCM Spotlights: Star of the Month: Shelley Winters, Christmas movies on TCM

      • The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

      • Christmas in Connecticut (1945) trailer
        • Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
        • On disc: DVD
        • On TV: TCM, 12/6 @ 6 pm ET, 12/22 @ 8 pm ET, 12/24 @ 6 pm ET

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          • Ball of Fire (1941)

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