TRIVIA CONNECTION December 2014
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas with
Classic Christmas Movies Trivia BY PAULA GREEN
Since we have presented you with glittery information on “classic” holiday movies, we must now unwrap this Christmas query. Get set to don those Santa hats because it’s time to get a little trivial... 1. It’s a Wonderful Life was based on a short story called? 2. Who played the nun who tried to save a Catholic school in The Bells of St. Mary’s? 3. In White Christmas, where was General Waverly’s ski lodge (inn) located? 4. Who portrays Ted Hanover in the movie Holiday Inn? 5. Name the first animated holiday special (it aired Dec. 1962) ever produced for TV. 6. Which Christmas film was released during the month of May because the studio head felt that more people went to the movies during the summer? 7. What was the name of the suave angel that Cary Grant portrayed in The Bishop’s Wife? 8. This 1944 movie has a famous Christmas scene where Judy Garland sings Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. 9. What was Barbara Stanwyck’s occupation in the movie Christmas in Connecticut? 10. Name the “Mouseketeer” who starred in the 1961 film Babes in Toyland. 11. In Charlie Brown Christmas, which character quotes the Bible and delivers the true meaning of Christmas? 12. How many spirits visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol? 13. The set of Holiday Inn was reused 12 years later for which Christmas film? 14. What was the name of the orphan boy in Little Drummer Boy? 15. In It’s a Wonderful Life what holiday movie was showing at the Bedford Falls theatre? F Sources: http://www.imdb.com/, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1013970miracle_on_34th_street/, http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/, http:// funtrivia.com Answers: 1. The Greatest Gift 2. Ingrid Bergman 3. Pine Tree, Vermont 4. Fred Astaire 5. Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol 6. Miracle on 34th Street (1947 version) 7. Dudley 8. Meet Me in St. Louis 9. food writer 10. Annette Funicello 11. Linus quotes Luke 2:8-14 12. four (spirit of Jacob Marley, ghost of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come). 13. White Christmas 14. Aaron 15. The Bells of St. Mary’s
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he holiday season brings about fun, excitement and plenty of busyness. It can be enjoyable to take a break from the hustle and bustle of shopping and kick back and watch a classic holiday film. I am referring to Christmas movies from 1940s-1960s. It’s a Wonderful Life is one those heart-warming hits. Ironically, when it was released in theatres in 1946 it performed poorly at the box office. Over the years, it has, however, come to be regarded as a classic and is a staple of Christmas television. An angel named Clarence shows frustrated businessman George Bailey what life would have been like if he never existed. The film was produced and directed by Frank Capra and it starred James Stewart and Donna Reed. Miracle on 34th Street opened in 1947. Edmund Gwenn plays Kris Kringle, a bearded old gent who is the living image of Santa Claus. Gwenn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. The film also starred Maureen O’Hara and a young Natalie Wood. Another 1947 holiday movie is The Bishop’s Wife, which featured Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven. Remember the Night is a 1940 American romantic comedy/drama Christmas film which showcased Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. Five years later, Stanwyck starred in another holiday flick Christmas in Connecticut. Actor Bing Crosby had his share of Christmas films. They included Holiday Inn in 1942 and The Bells of St. Mary’s in 1945, and White Christmas in 1954. Both films featured songs composed by Irving Berlin. In White Christmas, Crosby and Danny Kaye portrayed a pair of famous performers whose quest was to help out their old Army general. It co-starred Rosemary Clooney and VeraEllen. Holiday Affair opened in theatres in 1949; it featured Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh. A Christmas Carol premiered in 1938 and Scrooge was released in 1951; this Charles Dickens’ tale was repeatedly remade numerous times under various different titles. Disney’s Babes in Toyland premiered in 1961. Shortly after, there was a surge of short holiday TV films – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (1966), Cricket on the Hearth (1967), The Little Drummer Boy (1968) and Frosty the Snowman (1969).
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