Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Holiday Family Collection

After hunting around Amazon last night, I stumbled across this little gem, the Holiday Family Collection. It's an 8 disc set chock full of all kinds of classic Christmas movies, TV episodes and animated shorts. From what I understand, the picture quality does not come from the best transfer, but that's an incredible amount of films for the price! Here is a full list of what it contains:


FEATURE FILMS:
  • Beyond Tomorrow
  • Christmas Without Snow, A
  • Great Rupert, The
  • Little Women: Jo's Story
  • Little Women: Meg's Story
  • Littlest Angel, The
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • Nativity, The
  • Pilgrimage Play, The
  • Santa Claus
  • Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  • Scrooge

TV EPISODES
  • The Adventures of Long John Silver - 1 episode
  • The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet - 5 episodes
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood - 1 episode
  • Annie Oakley - 1 episode
  • The Beverly Hillbillies - 4 episodes
  • The Bob Cummings Show Love That Bob - 1 episode
  • Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion - 1 episode
  • Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - 1 episode
  • Date with the Angels - 1 episode
  • Dear Phoebe - 1 episode
  • The Doctor - 1 episode
  • Dragnet - 3 episodes
  • Dupont Theatre - 1 episode
  • Four Star Playhouse - 2 episodes
  • General Electric Theater - A Child is Born
  • General Electric Theater - Fred Waring Christmas Music
  • The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show - 1 episode
  • Gruen Guild Playhouse - Joe Santa Claus
  • The Jack Benny Program - 3 episodes
  • The Liberace Show - 2 episodes
  • Lux Video Theatre - Holiday Affair
  • Meet Corliss Archer - 1 episode
  • Paul Winchell Show - 1 episode
  • Petticoat Junction - 1 episode
  • Racket Squad - 2 episodes
  • The Ray Bolger Show Where's Raymond? - 1 episode
  • The Red Skelton Show - 3 episodes
  • The Ruggles - 1 episode
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel - 1 episode
  • Screen Writers Playhouse - A String of Blue Beads
  • Sherlock Holmes - 1 episode
  • A Star Shall Rise - 1 episode
  • Telephone Time - 1 episode

CARTOONS:
  • The Candlemaker
  • Christmas Comes But Once A Year
  • A Christmas Dream
  • Christmas Fairy Tale
  • Christmas Night
  • A Christmas Visit
  • The Christmas Visitor
  • The Elf and Mr. Little
  • The First Christmas
  • Hector's Hectic Life
  • Howdy Doody's Christmas
  • Jack Frost
  • Jingle Bells
  • The Little Lamb
  • The Little Match Girl
  • Merry Christmas
  • The Night Before Christmas
  • O' Come All Ye Faithful
  • O' Little Town of Bethlehem
  • A Present for Santa Claus
  • Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
  • Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen
  • Santa and the Three Bears
  • Santa Claus Story
  • Santa in Animal Land
  • Silent Night: Story of the Christmas Carol
  • Snow Foolin'

As a bonus, it also includes a virtual fireplace DVD! According to one review, the fire is in color and has a very clear picture.  I ordered my copy from Deep Discount for $15.29 (free s/h).  Should keep a person busy until next Christmas!

3 comments:

Geoff said...

4 Beverly Hillbillies Christmas episodes? Where's my wallet?

Kristin said...

Wow, they really had to dig into the coffers to find some of those. You will have to give a full review when you get it. (That is a TON of shows!)

Jakki said...

I'm most interested in the Ozzie & Harriet, Jack Benny and Red Skeleton as far as TV shows go. The cartoons and a couple movies as well.