Holiday family collection : 4 movie classics.

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Santa Claus conquers the Martians: Martians kidnap Santa Claus and demand that he make toys for the unhappy Martian children. A Christmas wish: The tale of Rupert, a lovable trained squirrel who unknowingly helps a family of vaudeville performers who are down on their luck. Scrooge: The classic tale...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Brentwood Home Video (Firm)
BCI Eclipse (Firm)
Other Authors: Webster, Nicholas
Call, John, 1915-1973
Hicks, Leonard
Beck, Vincent
Zadora, Pia
Pal, George
Pichel, Irving, 1891-1954
Vadnay, Laslo, 1904-1967
Allen, Ted
Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980
Moore, Terry, 1929-
Drake, Tom, 1918-1982
Cady, Frank, 1915-2012
Smith, Queenie, 1902-1978
Edwards, Henry, 1882-1952
Hicks, Seymour, 1871-1949
Calthrop, Donald, 1888-1940
Frost, Philip
Cochran, Steve, 1917-1965
Glynne, Mary
Asche, Oscar, 1871-1936
Seyler, Athene
Everest, Barbara, 1890-1968
Korty, John
Learned, Michael
Curtin, Valerie
Cromwell, James
Houseman, John
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Brentwood Home Video : BCI Eclipse [distributor], [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Second DVD set.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Santa Claus > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Mars (Planet) > Drama.
Vaudeville > Drama.
Squirrels > Drama.
Scrooge, Ebenezer > Drama.
Ghosts plays.
Misers > Drama.
England > Drama.
Choirs (Music) > Drama.
Choral conductors > Drama.
Divorced women > Drama.
Comedy films.
Christmas films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Christmas films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Santa Claus conquers the Martians: Martians kidnap Santa Claus and demand that he make toys for the unhappy Martian children.
A Christmas wish: The tale of Rupert, a lovable trained squirrel who unknowingly helps a family of vaudeville performers who are down on their luck.
Scrooge: The classic tale of the ultimate Victorian miser, who must face his past, present, and future through a series of ghosts.
A Christmas without snow: Loneliness leads a newly divorced woman to join a church choir which is under the direction of a stern but gifted choir master, who strives to get the ragtag assembly into shape to perform Handel's "Messiah" for the Christmas service.
Note:Title from container.
Santa Claus conquers the Martians originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
A Christmas wish (based on a story by Ted Allen) originally released as a motion picture in 1950 under the title, The great Rupert.
Scrooge (based on A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens) originally released as a motion picture in 1935.
A Christmas without snow originally seen on television in 1980.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CN9 D0056094 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: Not Rated. "Suitable for all ages"--Container.
Credits:Santa Claus conquers the Martians / written by Paul L. Jacobson and Glenville Mareth ; directed by Nicholas Webster.
A Christmas wish / produced by George Pal ; directed by Irving Pichel ; screenplay by Laslo Vadnay.
Scrooge / directed by Henry Edwards.
A Christmas without snow / Westlake Entertainment Group ; Telepictures Corporation ; story & direction by John Korty.
System Details:DVD, standard (Full frame) presentation.
Participant or Performer:
Santa Claus conquers the Martians: John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Pia Zadora.
A Christmas wish: Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Frank Orth, Sara Haden, Queenie Smith, Rupert (the squirrel).
Scrooge: Sir Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Philip Frost, Robert Cochran, Mary Glynne, Oscar Asche, Athene Seyler, Barbara Everest.
A Christmas without snow: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Valerie Curtin, James Cromwell.