Yesterday I watched "Miracle On 34th St." (1947) with Edmund Guinn as Kris Kringle, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne and a very young Natalie Wood. An almost perfect movie. All the great character actors filling the smallest of roles make it a lot of fun to watch.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124930/
Today was "The Bishops Wife" with Cary Grant as the Angel, David Niven as the Bishop, and lovely Loretta Young in the title role. Again the character actors in secondary roles are the icing on the cake.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039190/
Both of these films have been remade over and over, but the charm of the originals has not carried over to the new films. Maybe it is because they are remade in color, and that means more reality, while the black and white and greys give an unreal and dreamlike quality to the first films. Whatever it is, these films are great for Holiday viewing.
And Cary Grant was one gorgeous man!
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