12 Days of Christmas Films

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Christmas is without a doubt my favorite time of the year. I love everything about it, especially putting up the tree and baking all the delicious Christmas treats. So, I thought it would be really fun to do a «12 Days of Christmas Films» feature, where I will be posting an article about a Christmas film every day starting tomorrow and ending on December 25. This of course means that there won't be a «Film Friday» for the next couple of weeks, so I hope you don't mind. I don't know if I'm going to be able to pull this off, but I will definitely try my best. Here is the planned schedule:
 
 
DAY 1 | December 14, 2015
I'll Be Seeing You (1940)
Directed by William Dieterle | Starring Joseph Cotten, Ginger Rogers and Shirley Temple | Selznick International Pictures | 85 minutes
DAY 2 | December 15, 2015
Remember the Night (1940)
Directed by Mitchell Leisen | Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Beulah Bondi | Paramount Pictures | 91 minutes
DAY 3 | December 16, 2015 
Directed by Vincente Minnelli | Starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien and Mary Astor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 112 minutes
DAY 4 | December 17, 2015
Directed by Mark Sandrich | Starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynold and Virginia Dale | Paramount Pictures | 100 minutes
DAY 5 | December 18, 2015
Directed by Peter Godfrey | Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet | Warner Bros. | 102 minutes
DAY 6 | December 19, 2015
Directed by Michael Curtiz | Starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov | Paramount Pictures | 106 minutes

DAY 7 | December 20, 2015
Directed by Don Hartman | Starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh and Wendell Corey | RKO Pictures | 87 minutes

DAY 8 | December 21, 2015
Directed by Henry Koster | Starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | 109 minutes

DAY 9 | December 22, 2015
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch | Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 99 minutes

DAY 10 | December 23, 2015
Directed by George Seaton | Starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood | 20th Century Fox | 96 minutes
DAY 11 | December 24, 2015
Directed by Michael Curtiz | Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen | Paramount Pictures | 120 minutes
DAY 12 | December 25, 2015
Directed by Frank Capra | Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore | Liberty Films | 130 minutes

 
And that is it. I am aware that some of these films are more Christmas-y than others, but they are all associated with Christmas in some way or the other, hence why they are in the list. I hope to make this a fun feature for all of you lovely people to read and I hope it puts you in the mood for Christmas. It will most definitely put me.
 

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  1. Phyl13 December 2015 at 19:51

    What a great line-up!! So glad you're including "We're No Angels." I want to write about it but it is highly unlikely I'll get around to it lol. Love your festive new banner!!!

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    1. Cátia14 December 2015 at 22:16

      I saw "We're No Angels" for the first time over Christmas last year and I absolutely loved it, so I just had to include it. Aww, thank you. :)

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