Product Details

• Actors: Richard Greene, Gail Davis, George Burns, Buster Crabbe, Betty White
• Format: Black & White, DVD, Enhanced, NTSC, Original recording remastered
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005
• Run Time: 157 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CBCWPS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,481 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

CLASSIC TV CHRISTMAS VOL 1 - DVD Movie

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Had Hoped For, March 3, 2008

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Mr. Retrovision (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas: The Classic Television Collection (DVD)

The best thing about this DVD set is the packaging. It is very attractive. It is also misleading. Echo Bridge Entertainment is just a repackaging of Platinum Disc Corporation (PDC) product. The problem with PDC is that this company inserts the company name and logo onto the bottom right hand corner of the screen periodically throughout the program. I have never been able to overlook any program that does this to deter pirating. It takes away from the nostalgic feel of watching a vintage television program or movie. Vintage Entertainment practices this as well, so I have resisited buying any more product from them. If this sort of thing does not really bother you, then you may very well enjoy the diverse programming on this set of DVDs. It includes Burns and Allen, A Date With the Angels, Dragnet, Four Star Playhouse, Annie Oakley and The Racket Squad, among others. Each program is separated by the PDC intro as well, so you are constantly being reminded of what company has released this. Otherwise, it would be a nice collection of early holiday programming.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, July 19, 2009

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The Phantom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic TV Christmas V.1 (DVD)

Some of these episodes have better transfers, others worse. And some of them have a decidedly more "Christmasy" feel to them. The Annie Oakley episode in particular wasn't one that you'd really sit down on Christmas Eve to watch, and the Robin Hood one had little if anything to do with the holiday at all. But the "Date With an Angels" episode--starring a youthful Betty White--might make the purchase worthwhile by itself (though it does appear on a better DVD collection offered by Amazon, Christmas TV Classics, Vol. 2. Despite the poor transfer, the Burns and Allen ep also is a solid offering.

I've been buying up old TV episodes on DVD for several years ago, and if you enjoy that sort of thing as I do, go ahead and buy this. You won't be sorry because it's inexpensive.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Vintage TV isn't as good as we remember..., April 29, 2009

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H. Owsley (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas: The Classic Television Collection (DVD)

I'm a fan of clean, family-friendly movies and television. Naturally, I assumed my family would enjoy these vintage TV shows with Christmas themes. Frankly, some of them were just plain awful in terms of writing and acting. On the first disc (red case) I only watched two shows all the way through (Date with the Angels because I wanted to see a young Betty White and Burns and Allen because their comedy holds up even today.) The rest I skipped through. Two months later I plucked up enough courage to watch the second disc (green case) and was pleasantly surprised with most of it. The "Four Star Playhouse" was outstanding. Of the remaining shows The Scarlet Pimpernel was particularly painful. Meet Corliss Archer and Sherlock Holmes were okay.