While adding our finishing touches for a wonderful festive celebration of a beautiful holiday, I realized that the television playing in the background had nothing but boring reruns. What happened to the holiday specials? One of the TV stations even had a fireplace with logs burning while playing Christmas carols. I remember that sort of programing a couple of decades ago... What happened to the fun joyous specials of yesteryear? Ahhhhhhhh, must be the writers strike! The networks should rerun the fun programs or favorite classic movies of all time.
Will thank goodness for a couple of my dear friends & fellow artist's CHRISTOPHER KLINGLER & CAROLEE CLARK. They have tagged me to share MY FAVE 25 MOVIES OF ALL TIME. Perfect timing because these make great DVD Christmas & New Year stocking stuffer gifts too. AND now with the holiday music playing through our home we also have fabulous movies for everyone.
I could share my top 100 favorite movies but I'll keep to the 25 by only adding my favorite all time classic movies. With all the celebrations, it's like a great big hug from those that cannot be here for the holidays. But most of all it's wonderful memories of sharing laughter & tears with those I love & hold so dear past & present.
Just click your ruby red slippers together three times & say 'There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home'...
MY FAVE 25 CLASSIC MOVIES OF ALL TIME:
*CLASSIC HOLIDAY MOVIES*
* THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939 ~ Directed by Victor Fleming
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan & Ray Bolger
* IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
1947 ~ Directed by Frank Capra
James Stewart & Donna Reed
* MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
1947 ~ Directed by George Seaton
Maureen O'Hara, John Payne & Natalie Wood
* THE BISHOP'S WIFE
1948 ~ Directed by Henry Koster
Cary Grant & Loretta Young
* CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT
1945 ~ Directed by Peter Godfrey
Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan
*CLASSIC EPIC MOVIES*
* GONE WITH THE WIND
1939 ~ Directed by George Cukor & Sam Wood
Vivien Leigh & Clark Gable
* CITIZEN KANE
1941 ~ Directed by Orson Welles
Orson Welles & Joseph Cotten
* BEN HUR
1959 ~ Directed by William Wyler
Charlton Heston & Jack Hawkin
* OUT OF AFRICA
1985 ~ Directed by Sydney Pollack
Meryl Streep & Robert Redford
* TITANIC
1997 ~ Directed by James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet
*CLASSIC ROMANTIC MOVIES*
* CASABLANCA
1942 ~ Director: Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman
* THE QUIET MAN
1952 ~ Directed by John Ford
John Wayne & Maureen O’Hara
* AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
1957 ~ Directed by Leo McCarey
Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr
* DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
1965 ~ Directed by David Lean
Omar Sharif & Julie Christie
* LOVE STORY
1970 ~ Directed by Arthur Hiller
Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'Neal
*CLASSIC ROMANTIC MYSTERY MOVIES*
* CHARADE
1963 ~ Directed by Stanley Donen
Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn
* REBECCA
1940 ~ Directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine
* NOTORIOUS
1946 Directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman
* MARNIE
1964 ~ Directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Sean Connery & Tippi Hedren
* ROMANCING THE STONE
1984 ~ Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner
*CLASSIC ROMANTIC COMEDY MOVIES*
* SOME LIKE IT HOT 
1959 ~ Director Billie Wilder
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon
*IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1934 ~ Directed by Frank Capra
Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert
*BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
1961 ~ Directed by Blake Edwards
Audrey Hepburn & George Peppard
*HATARI
1962 ~ Directed by Howard Hawks
John Wayne, Hardy Krüger & Elsa Martinelli
*THAT TOUCH OF MINK
1962 ~ Director by Delbert Mann
Doris Day & Cary Grant
OK, I had to add my:
*TOP TEN CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES*
*PINK PANTHER1962 ~ Present
Directed by Black Edwards
David Niven & Peter Sellers my fave leads!
Composer Henry Mancini my fave composer!
*THE THIN MAN
1934 ~ Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell & Myrna Loy
*JAMES BOND 007
1962 ~ Present
Many Directors/Ian Fleming Author
Sean Connery & Pierce Brosnan my fave 007's
*STAR TREK
1979 ~ Present
Many Directors/Gene Roddenberry Author
William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy
*STAR WARS
1977 ~ Present
Directed by George Lucas
Harrison Ford & Mark Hamill my fave leads
*PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN2003 ~ Present
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom
*INDIANA JONES
1981 ~ Present
Directed by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg
Harrison Ford & Sean Connery
*BACK TO THE FUTURE
1985 ~ Present
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox & Christopher Lloyd
*HARRY POTTER
2001 ~ Present
Many Directors/J.K. Rowlings Author
Daniel Radcliffe & Emma Watson
*NATIONAL TREASURE
2004 ~ Present
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Nicolas Cage & Jon Voight
2007 Sequel:
National Treasure Book of Secrets
*STAR WARS FILM TRIVA ABOUT 'THE FORCE' WHICH WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON REAL LIFE FORCE & SORCERY*
The Force is one of the most recognizable elements of the Star Wars series. It is described by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars film as, "An energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us & binds the galaxy together." Those who can use the Force, such as the Jedi, can perform feats of telepathy, psychokinesis, prescience, clairvoyance & mental control. In addition, they can use the force to amplify certain traits, for example: amplifying their reflexes enough to use a lightsaber to bounce lasers back at the target that fired them. The light side of the Force is the facet aligned with good, benevolence & healing. The dark side of the Force is aligned with fear, hatred, aggression & malevolence. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS!
AND PLAY IT AGAIN SAM OR SHOULD I SAY SANTA:
BECKY FEDERICO
SUZANNE URBAN
JODI CREAGER
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world,
AND BEHOLD, everything is softer & more beautiful.
1898-1993MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL, LYNDY
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