Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781559601702
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6301415094
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Release Date: 1999-09-28
Running Time: 86
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 1949-12-24

One of the lesser holiday movies, this 1949 comedy stars Janet Leigh as a war widow who can't afford to buy her son a toy train for Christmas. A veteran (Robert Mitchum) who happens to be standing by in a department store overhears her plight and offers to purchase the toy, thus setting into motion a series of funny complications. Wendell Corey plays Leigh's suspicious, condescending boyfriend, whose jealousy compounds Mitchum's problems, and Harry Morgan is very good as a night-court judge trying to make sense of everything that happens. The movie didn't do so well at the box office at the time of its release, but it has gained an affectionate fan base over the years. Don't expect Miracle on 34th Street, but as a spirited lark for Yuletide, this is a lot of fun. --Tom Keogh

Customer Rating:
Summary: One of our Favorite Christmas Movies
Comment: We had been waiting for several years for the DVD Holiday Affair to be released. We were so happy to get it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I guess I'm in the minority here
Comment: I guess I am in the minority here, but I couldn't get into this movie. I love Christmas movies and movies from this era but this movie didn't click with me. The acting isn't bad, but the suiters for our heroine's hand didn't seem convincing and the son, Timmy, just seemed squeaky and annoying.

If you want a great Christmas movie from the 40's, try Christmas in Connecticut! My whole family loves that movie!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Fine Romance
Comment: Ostensibly this is marketed as a holiday film but it's appeal is for all seasons. How rare a romantic film involving a love triangle where all the principals are full-blooded characters. We naturally root for the Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh characters to connect but we have more than a dollop of sympathy for Wendell Corey. Some comic elements but the film smacks of romantic drama. As a bonus Harry Morgan has a terrific bit as a harried police lieutenant. Highly recommended. Torn between giving the film four or five stars but in the spirit of the holidays I'll lean towards the latter.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Holiday Affair
Comment: I love this version. There is one before it, and one after it, but this is the best.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Fantastic Film Finally On DVD
Comment: Finally On Dvd!!! I Love Everything About This Film....Robert Mitchum Is Wonderful,Handsome And Always A Terrific Actor!!!!! Great Addition To My Holiday Movie Collection!!!

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