Product Details

• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008
• Run Time: 359 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001CW802K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,974 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Rating: Nr

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movies with Superb Extras on all but the Singing Nun, November 25, 2008

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scesq "scesq" (New Milford, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warner Brothers Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 1 (Boys Town / A Christmas Carol [1938] / Christmas in Connecticut / The Singing Nun) (DVD)

This is a great dvd collection with plenty of extras. For me the extras add so much to a movie. Since all of these movies have been around for a while I just want to make some comments about the extras.

Boys Town

Unlike a previous reviewer my copy of Boys Town came with some great extras. The disk is double sided with the one side having Boys Town and the second including the less successful sequel Men of Boys Town also starring Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy.

Other features include the featurette "The City of Little Men" which is a 10:56 long and includes Father Flanagan. "Girls and Boys Town" is a 2:07 look at the modern Boys and Girls Town. There is also and excerpt from "Good News of 1939" which is a 16:42 long radio broadcast with Tracy and Rooney in excerpts from the movie. This is sound only with no video. Also included are theatrical trailers from both movies.

Christmas in Connecticut

This includes a superb Oscar winning short called "Star in the Night" which is 21:24 long. It is a modern story about a man and his pregnant wife who stop at an inn on Christmas evening only to find that it is full. Included in the movie, set in the southwest of the United States, are three wise cowboys attracted to a star at a gasoline station at the inn. It is a great story and highly recommended. Also included is a theatrical trailer for the movie.

A Christmas Carol

This includes a number of great extras aside from the theatrical trailer. It includes "Jackie Cooper's Christmas Party" a 9:00 long featurette in which Jackie Cooper convinces the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio to have a Christmas party for his football team and the servers include some well known stars of the time. There is a brief 1:41 film of Judy Garland singing "Silent Night" in front of a church choir. Finally there is an Oscar nominated cartoon called "Peace on Earth" which 8:47 long. This is the one feature I was troubled about. It is a cartoon that takes place after mankind has destroyed itself in a World War and the animals are the only ones left on the earth to sing holiday songs. While it makes a good statement about the dangers of war it is something that may trouble youngsters.

Singing Nun

Finally, there is the Singing Nun which includes a theatrical trailer. Importantly the movie does not include any chapters so if you want to skip to Debbie Reynolds singing Dominique you have to fast forward or use what ever chapter feature you have on your dvd player. This is the only disappointment in this great set of movies. The movie is fine but I like chapters on my dvd's.

This is a great set that is well worth the price. It is a treasured part of my Christmas movie collection.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Same movies as the first version plus "The SInging Nun", July 26, 2008

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This review is from: Warner Brothers Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 1 (Boys Town / A Christmas Carol [1938] / Christmas in Connecticut / The Singing Nun) (DVD)

This holiday collection is exactly the same as Warner Bros. Classic Holiday Collection (Boys Town / A Christmas Carol 1938 / Christmas in Connecticut) except The Singing Nun will also be included. Only two of these films have anything to do with Christmas, but Boys Town and The Singing Nun are great family films to have around during the holidays that the whole family can enjoy, and this set is a great way to introduce the youngsters to classic film. The movies have the following extra features:

A Christmas Carol (1938)
Reginald Owen plays Scrooge here rather than Lionel Barrymore, who had been the original choice. He was too ill at the time to perform the role.
2 festive vintage featurettes:
Jackie Cooper's Christmas Party and Judy Garland Sings "Silent Night"
Classic Oscar-nominated Cartoon "Peace on Earth"

Christmas in Connecticut
Barbara Stanwyck writes a column about cooking and housekeeping and tells her readers that she lives on a farm. However, she is actually a very urban New Yorker who knows nothing about farming or cooking. When the owner of the magazine where she works tells her that a sailor will be spending the holidays enjoying her farm and her cooking, she fears she will be found out as a fraud.
Oscar-winning short: Star in the Light

Boys Town has no extra features other than trailers. There have been no announcements yet as to extra features on "The Singing Nun".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HOLIDAY CLASSICS AND LOTS MORE!, October 7, 2010

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John P. Pripusich "Jack P." (Glen Ellyn, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warner Brothers Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 1 (Boys Town / A Christmas Carol [1938] / Christmas in Connecticut / The Singing Nun) (DVD)

I bought this great collection from Amazon for about $15.99 in late 2009. What a bargain! I saw it around that same time in a "big box" store for around $29.95. The extras are really interesting, and well worth purchasing. But "A Christmas Carol" and "Christmas In Connecticut" alone make the collection a must-have and tremendous bargain.
By far my favorite "Christmas Carol"...so old, so traditional, so authentic. Brilliant in it's original black and white splendor! Reginald Owen IS Scrooge, Gene Lockhart IS Bob Cratchit, and Leo G. Carroll IS Jacob Marley's Ghost. The picture is great and so is the sound.
I had not seen "Christmas In Connecticut" prior to getting the collection. But Stanwyck absolutely shimmers in this enormously enjoyable Holiday classic. The picture and sound are first-rate. This film is now on my "must-watch" list for the Holidays.
All-in-all, I give this collection top-marks across the board. You will be thrilled, and what a great gift of family-entertainment!