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Christmas at the Movies: Images of Christmas in American, British and European Cinema
By Mark Connelly
I. B. Tauris | ISBN: 1860643973 | 2001-01-06 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | 11 mb

Whether we love it or hate it, Christmas has always played a special role in the cinema, and Christmas movies like It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street have a special place in popular affections. Christmas at the Movies takes a good look at these popular films, decoding the messages they convey about popular preoccupations and attitudes and about the different societies that produce them. Written in an entertaining and illuminating style, this book gives a brand new view of Christmas and its rituals.

Contents
Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
General Editor’s Introduction xi
Contributors xiii
Introduction 1
Mark Connelly
1 God Bless Us, Every One: Movie Adaptations of A Christmas Carol 9
James Chapman
2 A Hollywood Carol’s Wonderful Life 39
Jonathan Munby
3 Dreaming of Christmas: Hollywood and the Second World War 59
H. Mark Glancy
4 Christmas Under Fire: The Wartime Christmas in Britain 77
Sarah Street
5 Crisis at Christmas: Turkey Time, The Holly and the Ivy,The Cheaters 97
Jeffrey Richards
6 Santa Claus: the Movie 115
Mark Connelly
7 You Better Watch Out: Christmas in the Horror Film 135
Kim Newman
8 ‘Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All Men’: The Depiction of Christmas in Modern Hollywood Films 143
Rowana Agajanian
9 Christmas in French Cinema 165
Guy Austin
10 Father Frost on 31 December: Christmas and New Year in Soviet and Russian Cinema 185
Birgit Beumers
11 Satirizing the Spanish Christmas: Plácido 211
Peter William Evans
Filmography 223
Index of cast, crew, characters and film locations 233
General Index 239