[Blindtlk] Christmas Movies

Sat Nov 25 22:40:00 CST 2006

I remember the George C. Scott version from when I was in London in 1985.  I
was there over Christmas, waiting for a ski trip to Austria to begin, and I
was sick as a dog.

The hotel I was staying in had only a few TV channels, and as I was too sick
to go anywhere for a solid 24 hours, I watched the channel with the George
C. Scott version of A Christmas Carole about a hundred times.  I was fevered
and kind of out of it -- a very surreal experience.

I also really like the Muppett Christmas Carole with Michael Cain -- very
funny, and not too far from the original, actually.

Brian  M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:58 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] Christmas Movies

> Hello Ray and  listers,
>
> We have that version in our video collection too. It's considered to be
the
> classic version of A Christmas Carol for the reasons you gave. We were
drawn
> to the 1984 version starring George C. Scott from having seen it on
> television, and by being able to purchase it with DVS. If it's not the
most
> faithful to the book it's a close second.
>
> Peter Donahue----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray Foret Jr." <rforetjr at bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Christmas questions
>
>
> Got news for y'all.  There is no more accurate interpretation of the story
> "A Christmas Carol" than the 1951 movie version which stars Allister Sims
as
> Scrooge.  That version is the most faithful to the book which there ever
> was.  There has never been a better version before or since.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> The Constantly Barefooted,
> Ray
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> God bless President George W. Bush!
> God bless our troops!
> and God bless America
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Christmas questions
>
>
> Hello Judy  and listers,
>
>     And don't forget to gather the family around the radio, or the home
> theater to listen to the Campbell Playhouse's Production of A Christmas
> Carol starring Orson Wells, and Lionel Barrymore. As for the film side of
> Christmas there's Miracle On 34th Street, A Christmas Carol starring
George
> C. Scott as Scrooge, and It's a Wonderful Life with none other than Jimmy
> Stewart as George Bailey, and Lionel Barrymore as the villainous Mr. Henry
> S. Potter. We'll be watching It's A Wonderful Life later tonight as I just
> bought it on DVD this afternoon. In the animation department How the
Grinch
> Stold Christmas stands head and shoulders above them all with Rudolph the
> Red Nosed Reindeer, (The 1964 version) by it's side.  Concerning recent
> Christmas movies The Polar Express will be chugging in to an I-Max theater
> near you soon if it's not there all ready. We're anticipating the launch
of
> The Nativity Story and plan to see it once it begins playing. It's
supposed
> to begin playing in theaters on December First. A wonderful topic for a
> future Christmas film would be one about a little known event that
occurred
> during World War I; the Christmas Truce of 1914. The History Channel
> produced a documentary about it, but it would be a great topic for a
> full-length holiday movie.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judy Jones" <nfbwatac at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Christmas questions
>
>
> Hi, Kasondra and list,
>
> Another thing we do is--Chris and I are Oldtime radio fanatics, and each
> year we listen to The Cinnamon Bear.  You can download at www.rusc.com.
> There may be other places, too, am not sure.  However, it's a kids serial
> that was first aired in 1937, and you listen to an episode a day, which
> finishes on Christmas Eve.
>
> I'll admit it, it's easy to be a kid at heart around Christmas.
>
> Judy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36 at msn.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Christmas questions
>
>
> >I love Christmas!  We play Christmas music and do all the usual things.
We
> > can't use real trees because my husband, Shawn, is allergic to pine
> > needles.
> > We have a tree that we usually put up.  We put the ornaments up, and
tell
> > the stories of how we got each one.  Two of my children are blind, and I
> > want both of them to fully experience the holiday season.  I always
have,
> > and there is no reason  why blindness should limit a persons joy in this
> > season.
> >
> > Kasondra Payne
> >
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