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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #8: Miracle on 34th Street
First released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom, in 1947, Miracle on 34th Street was written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies.…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #7: HOME ALONE
Written by the late, great John Hughes (who brought us Ferris Bueller and 16 Candles), Home Alone was the highest-grossing comedy of all time. Home Alone proved so popular that it…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #6: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
In 1970 they produced the stop motion special...Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. The film stars actor Fred Astaire as the narrator S.D. Kluger, Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus,…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #5: White Christmas
Within the film, a number of soon-to-be famous performers appear. Dancer Barrie Chase appears un-billed, as the character Doris Lenz ("Mutual, I'm sure!"). Future Academy Award winner George Chakiris also…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #4: Holiday Inn
It's one of my all time favs mostly for the musical number and Fred Astaire and it really just takes me back to time where the holidays were looked at…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #3: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Believe it or not 2020 marks the 55th Anniversary of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Take a listen to this fabulous look back a the historic classic via NPR Radio. Lee…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #2: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of The General Electric Fantasy Hour. The special…
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Top 10 Countdown to Christmas – Frosty The Snowman
Most of the characters were voiced by adults, including voice legend June Foray. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin. Bass was also responsible for several classics including The Little…
