| Description |
4 videodisc (490 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono stereo surround rdacpc |
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Dolby Digital Dolby digital 2.0 Dolby digital 5.1 rdaspc |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD, wide screen and full screen; Dolby Digital mono, 2.0 stereo, 5.1 surround; region 1. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue; English or French subtitles. |
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Bells Of St Mary's : English or French dialogue ; optional subtitles in English or French. |
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White Christmas : English, French, or Spanish dialogue ; optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish. |
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It's A Wonderful Life : English or French dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
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Scrooge: In English with optional subtitles in English |
| Note |
English SDH and Closed captioned. |
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Title from containers insert ; individual film titles from disc surfaces. |
| Cast |
Bells Of St Mary's : Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, with Henry Travers. |
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White Christmas: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger. |
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It's A Wonderful Life : James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore |
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Scrooge: Albert Finney, Dame Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Alec Guinness. |
| Credits |
White Christmas lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. |
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Scrooge based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. |
| Audience |
Bells Of St Mary's and White Christmas : Not rated |
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It's A Wonderful Life : rated PG for thematic elements, smoking, and some violence. |
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Scrooge: rated G. |
| Contents |
The Bells Of St Mary's (1945, 126 minutes) / screenplay by Dudley Nichols ; written, directed, and produced by Leo McCarey -- White Christmas (1954, 120 minutes) / written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank ; directed by Michael Curtiz -- It's A Wonderful Life (1946, 130 minutes) / screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Frank Capra ; directed and produced by Frank Capra -- Scrooge (1970, 114 minutes) / screenplay by Leslie Bricusse ; directed by Ronald Neame. |
| Summary |
Bells Of St Mary's : Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the skinflint businessman next door wants the school condemned. |
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White Christmas : Two song-and-dance men team up in show business after the war. Joining forces with a sister act, they trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. The real adventure starts when Crosby and Kaye discover that the inn is run by their old army general who's now in financial trouble. |
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It's A Wonderful Life: George Bailey, a desperate and suicidal man, is visited by a guardian angel who shows him how important he has been to those around him in his life. |
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Scrooge: London's stingiest employer has a change of heart after three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. |
| Note |
White Christmas special features: commentary by Rosemary Clooney. |
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It's A Wonderful Life special features: making-of documentary hosted by Tom Bosley ; Personal remembrance. |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Drama.
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Priests -- Drama.
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Winter resorts -- Vermont -- Drama.
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Best friends -- Drama.
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Sisters -- Drama.
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Holidays -- Vermont -- Drama.
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Suicidal behavior -- Drama.
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Angels -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Romance films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Nichols, Dudley, 1895-1960, screenwriter.
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Krasna, Norman, screenwriter.
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Panama, Norman, screenwriter.
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Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988, screenwriter.
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Goodrich, Frances, screenwriter.
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Hackett, Albert, screenwriter.
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Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, screenwriter, film director, film producer.
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Bricusse, Leslie, screenwriter, composer, lyricist.
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McCarey, Leo, screenwriter, film director.
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Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, film director.
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Neame, Ronald, film director.
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Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, performer, actor.
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Travers, Henry, 1874-1965, actor.
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Kaye, Danny, performer, actor.
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Clooney, Rosemary, performer, actor.
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Vera-Ellen, 1921-1981, performer, actor.
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Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991, actor.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997, actor.
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Reed, Donna, 1921-1986, actor.
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Evans, Edith, 1888-1976, actor.
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Finney, Albert, 1936-2019, actor.
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Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor.
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Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954, actor.
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Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Christmas carol.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Christmas classics, four movie collection. |
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Container of (work): Bells of St. Mary's (Motion picture)
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Container of (expression): Bells of St. Mary's (Motion picture). French.
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Container of (work): White Christmas (Motion picture : 1954)
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Container of (expression): White Christmas (Motion picture : 1954). French.
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Container of (expression): White Christmas (Motion picture : 1954). Spanish.
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Container of (work): It's a wonderful life (Motion picture)
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Container of (expression): It's a wonderful life (Motion picture). French.
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Container of (work): Scrooge (Motion picture : 1970)
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| Standard No. |
191329256022 |
| Music No. |
SDS1000832863 Paramount |
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2589581X |
