Christmas, 2024-- December 25, 2024

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Merry Christmas, everyone. Peace on earth and goodwill to all my friends and relatives. We all need peace.

Actress Muriel Evans had a lovely voice. She appeared in movies with Charley Chase and Laurel and Hardy.

Kodaks Make Fine Xmas Gifts -- December 15, 2024

Hartford Courant, 10-December-1924

Christmas is coming. 

George Eastman's Kodak cameras allowed many people to take up photography. The Ciné-Kodak was a 16mm camera for home movies. Filmo was a 16mm Bell & Howell product.

Christmas, 2023-- December 25, 2023

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Merry Christmas, everyone. Peace on earth and goodwill to all my friends and relatives. We all need peace. 

Actress Grace Bradley waits for Santa Claus by her Christmas tree. Grace Bradley was the wife of Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd.

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A Merry Christmas to You All from Carl Laemmle -- December 24, 2023

Film Daily, 23-December-1923

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone. 

Carla Laemmle, president of Universal, wishes us all a Merry Christmas. I think the only movie of these presents that I have seen is The Merry Go Round. 

Holiday Number -- December 23, 2023

Christmas is coming. 

The cover of the holiday number of Motion Picture News has an ad for Name the Man, a Goldwyn picture. It was Victor Sjöström's (Seastrom's) first film directed in the US. I have not seen it. 

Thomas Meighan Wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year -- December 22, 2023

Christmas is coming. 

Actor Thomas Meighan (mee-han) sends holiday wishes. I have not seen any of these Thomas Meighan productions. 

Paramount Pictures for a Merry Christmas -- December 21, 2023

Motion Picture News, 29-December-1923

Christmas is coming. 

I don't think I have seen any of the movies listed. 

Christmas, 2021 -- December 25, 2021

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Merry Christmas, everyone. Peace on earth and goodwill to all my friends and relatives.

Actress Grace Bradley trims her Christmas tree. Grace Bradley was the wife of Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd.

Marion Davies -- Christmas Eve -- December 24, 2021

Motion Picture News, 31-December-1921

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone.

Cosmopolitan star Marion Davies appeared on the cover of the Motion Picture News' Holiday Number. Even though the issue is dated 31-December-1921, it would have come out before Christmas. 

Season's Greetings From Mabel Normand -- December 23, 2021

Motion Picture News, 31-December-1921

Christmas is coming.

Beautiful and funny Mabel Normand wishes us the season's greetings. Harry A Pollard was not Snub Pollard.

Christmas -- Gloria Swanson -- December 22, 2021

Cine-Mundial, December, 1921

Christmas is coming.

Gloria Swanson decorates for the holiday. 

Make Christmas Week Century Week -- December 21, 2021

Motion Picture News, 17-December-1921

Century Comedies featured Brownie the Wonder-Dog, Baby Peggy, Lee Moran and Harry Sweet. Santa seems to approve.

Motion Picture News, 31-December-1921

Eddie Lyon, Lee Moran's former partner, appeared in Arrow Comedies. 

Motion Picture News, 31-December-1921

Harry Cohn, his brother Jack and Joe Brandt provided the initials for C.B.C. Film Sales Corp. The Hallroom Boys Comedies were a long running series of short comedies, based on a comic strip by Harold MacGill. At this point, Sid Smith played Percy and Jimmy Adams played Ferdy. Percy and Ferdie offer Season's Greetings.

Motion Picture News, 17-December-1921

Al St John, Roscoe Arbuckle's nephew, appeared in comedies for Fox. He was good at bicycle tricks.

Motion Picture News, 10-December-1921

Clyde Cook also appeared in Fox comedies.

Motion Picture News, 24-December-1921

Snub Pollard appeared in one-reelers produced by Hal Roach.

Motion Picture News, 03-December-1921

Neal Burns and Viora Daniel appeared in comedies produced by the Christie Brothers. 

Motion Picture News, 31-December-1921

No comment. 

Harry Carey Merry Christmas -- December 11, 2021

Motion Picture News, 31-December-1921

Christmas is coming. 

Pioneering western star Harry Carey wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to his friends in the exhibition business.

Universal was calling The Fox with Harry Carey and Conflict with Priscilla Dean "the two biggest pictures of the day." 

Moving Picture World, 03-December-1921

I like the feeling of depth in this photo. I think scenes were shot around the Grand Canyon.

Albuquerque Evening Herald, 13-December-1921

Motion Picture News, 31-December-1921

Every now and then, someone, usually a film critic, says that westerns are dead. Harry Carey disagreed in 1921 and I disagree in 2021. 

Moving Picture Weekly, 11-September-1921

Merry Christmas, 2020 -- December 25, 2020

 

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Merry Christmas, everyone. Peace on earth and goodwill to all. Actress Jane Greer was the femme fatale in Out of the Past. Here she asks Santa for some items that were scarce during the war. 

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May Your Hands and Eyes Grow Weary From the Counting of Your Kale -- December 21, 2020

 

Motion Picture News, 25-December-1920

The Metro Parrot wishes everyone a Merry Christmas. The lion came along after the merger that created M-G-M. The stockings hung by the chimney with care hold Metro stars, including Bert Lytell, Viola Dana, May Allison, Alice Lake, Ina Claire and Buster Keaton. 

I did not know anyone had made a movie based on Jack London's The Star Rover. I would like to see that. 

Motion Picture News, 25-December-1920

A Tree Full of Good Things -- December 19, 2020

 

Motion Picture News, 25-December-1920

Harry Cohn, his brother Jack and Joe Brandt wish everyone happy holidays. The gifts on the Tree are different movies or series produced by C.B.C. Film Sales Corp. They include the Hallroom Boys Comedies and Screen Snapshots. 

Merry Christmas, 2019 -- December 25, 2019

Merry Christmas, everyone. Peace on earth and goodwill to all. Beautiful actress Betty Grable arrives with presents for all. She started playing in musicals when she was 12, but looked older. She appeared in a lot of Technicolor musicals for 20th Century-Fox. She was famous for her legs. She had been forgotten by many people. Her movies have been hard to find at times.

Christmas and New Year's Greetnings from Mack Sennett -- December 24, 2019

Moving Picture World, 03-January-1920

"Christmas and New Year's Greetnings from Mack Sennett.'

Merry Christmas, 2018 -- December 25, 2018

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Merry Christmas, everyone. Peace on earth and goodwill to all. Actress Virginia Grey is checking her list.

Wishing You a Merrie Christmas -- December 24, 2018

Moving Picture Magazine, January, 1918

"As things look in the costume room of moving picture plant on December 25th."