Published
Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2009.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (384 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
General Note
"Standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of their original theatrical exhibitions."--Container.
General Note
A Christmas carol originally released as a motion picture in 1938 ; Christmas in Connecticut originally released as a motion picture in 1945 ; It happened on 5th avenue originally released as a motion picture in 1947 ; The shop around the corner originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
General Note
Bonus features on disc 1: 2 featurettes (Jackie Cooper's Christmas party and Judy Garland sings Silent Night), Oscar-nominated cartoon Peace on Earth, theatrical trailer.
General Note
Bonus features on disc 2: Vintage: a new romance of celluloid short, Miracle of Sound, theatrical trailers.
General Note
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits
A Christmas carol (69 min.): screenplay by Hugo Butler ; directed by Edwin L. Marin ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Creation/Production Credits
Christmas in Connecticut (101 min.): screenplay by Lionel Houser & Adele Comandini ; from an original story by Aileen Hamilton ; directed by Peter Godfrey.
Creation/Production Credits
It happened on 5th Avenue (115 min.): screenplay by Everett Freeman ; additional dialogue by Vick Knight ; original story by Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani ; produced and directed by Roy Del Ruth.
Creation/Production Credits
Shop around the corner (99 min.): screenplay by Samson Raphaelson ; produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Participants/Performers
A Christmas carol cast: Gerald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry Mackay, Lynne Carver.
Participants/Performers
Christmas in Connecticut cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Shayne.
Participants/Performers
It happened on 5th Avenue cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles, Victor Moore, Gale Storm Grant Mitchell, Edward Brophy, Edward Ryan, Jr.
Participants/Performers
The Shop around the corner cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut.
Description
A Christmas carol: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present and future.
Description
Christmas in Connecticut: A magazine columnist totally devoid of the homemaking skills espoused in her column needs get some fast, as her boss has invited himself and a recently returned war hero for her home for Christmas.
Description
It happened on 5th Avenue: GI families hit by the post-World War II housing crunch take over an abandoned New York City mansion.
Description
The shop around the corner: Two bickering employees at a gift shop don't realize that they're falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer, double-sided.
Language
A Christmas carol: English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Language
Christmas in Connecticut: English dialogue, English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Language
It happened on 5th avenue: English and French subtitles.
Language
Subject headings for the deaf and hard of hearing and closed-captioned (both symbols listed on container)
Language
The shop around the corner: English and French, English, French or Spanish subtitles.