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!
