Great bargain for holiday film nostalgia
I have only had time to watch two of the movies, Holiday Affair, and It Happened on Fifth Avenue, but they were both very entertaining. In Holiday Affair a very young and handsome Robert Mitchum, fresh out of the service, loses his job to protect a young, beautiful war widow from getting in trouble and losing hers. Janet Leigh is a struggling single mom working as a secret comparison shopper who buys a very expensive Lionel train for her store, takes it home where it is seen by her small son, and returns it the next day. Obviously the son thinks the train is for him, Mitchum keeps popping up in the mom's life, meets the son, finds out that the boy is expecting the train for Christmas, and buys it for him even though he is out of work and has little money. The rest is a Christmas romance with obvious outcomes. Cornell Wilde makes a nice appearance as Leigh's nice, but rather boring boyfriend. The film is a little dated now, but still a wonderful Christmas romance and seeing a...
GREAT CLASSICS
The films and quality of this set are AWESOME. You get 4 separate great quality DVDs, rather than multiple films copied onto one disc as so many of the "sets" are usually made. Every one of the films are great classics [especially "All Mine To Give]. You won't be disappointed.
Great collection of movies
This was a great collection of movies. I bought it for "Blossoms in the Dust" which is a beloved and inspiring movie of mine. "All Mine to Give" was a another tear jerker. Warning: watch both of these with a box of tissue.
I heard never heard of "It Happened on 5th Avenue" or "Holiday Affair". "Holiday Affair" was an okay movie. "It Happened on 5th Avenue" was surprisingly cute and a new favorite.
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