Product Details

• Actors: Ricky Nelson, Vincent Price, George Burns, Red Skelton, Raymond Burr
• Format: Box set, 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: Mill Creek Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 22, 2008
• Run Time: 1260 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00198PJNA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,569 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Holiday TV Classics: 49 TV Classic Episodes" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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71 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Holiday Treat!!, December 12, 2008

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This is a 4-disc set of 50's and early 60's era TV sit-coms, variety and drama for the Christmas season. An added bonus is a link on Disc One for a Virtual Fireplace that you can keep on the screen while listening to music,wrapping presents, trimming the tree, etc. Cozy.
This set is one of the best values I have seen anywhere for the price. Unbeatable. Curious that some reviewers are complaining about audio/video discrepancies. I have played through all of the discs several times and could not see or hear anything out of the ordinary. They are all in black and white, common in 50's TV, some shows are a little creaky, production-wise, but all the more charming, seeing these early TV holiday shows with a few creaks make them even more enjoyable.
Contents include 5 Christmas episodes of Ozzie and Harriet, 4 of the Beverly Hillbillies, also Christmas episodes of Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Dragnet, Burns and Allen, Abbot and Costello, Petticoat Junction. Variety and music shows, such as Liberace and Fred Waring. Drama shows include Four Star Playhouse, Dickens' A Christmas Carol with Vincent Price, even Sherlock Holmes and a Lux Theatre production of Holiday Affair. Many, many more. Other reviewers have included a complete listing here on Amazon. I was astounded to see original commercials included with some of the shows, giving it a real 50's feel! A wonderful step back in time! This is truly marvelous entertainment for the Christmas Season. Sit back with a mug of hot cocoa and some Christmas cookies, with the Christmas tree lights twinkling, curl up with the afghan and enjoy!!

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Program list, December 13, 2008

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CONTENTS for HOLIDAY TV CLASSICS (one episode each, unless indicated)--

THE ADVENTURES OF LONG JOHN SILVER ("The Orphans' Christmas") (Australia-1955) - Robert Newton/Connie Gilchrist/Kit Taylor/Billy Kay/Grant Taylor
THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE & HARRIET - 5 episodes
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
ANNIE OAKLEY ("Santa Claus Wears a Gun") (1956) - Gail Davis/Jimmy Hawkins/Brad Johnson/Stanley Andrews
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES - 4 episodes
THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW ("Love That Bob")
CAPTAIN GALLANT OF THE FOREIGN LEGION ("The Little Boy Who Found Christmas") (1955) - Buster Crabbe/Cullen Crabbe
The Christmas Carol (1949) - Vincent Price (host)/Taylor Holmes/Patrick Whyte/Queenie Leonard/Jill St. John
DATE WITH THE ANGELS ("Santa's Helper") (1957) - Betty White/Bill Williams/Richard Deacon/Nancy Culp
DEAR PHOEBE ("The Christmas Show") (1954) - Peter Lawford/Marcia Henderson/Charles Lane/Jesse White/Jan Clayton
THE DOCTOR ("A Tale of Two Christmases") (1952) - Richard McMurray/Janie Alexander/Margaret Hayes/Raymond Bramley
DRAGNET - 3 episodes
DUPONT THEATRE (aka "Cavalcade of America")
FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE - 2 episodes
GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER ("A Child is Born") (1956) - Ronald Reagan/Nancy Davis/Patti Davis/Robert Middleton/Harve Presnell
GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER ("Music For Christmas") (1954) - Ronald Reagan (host)/Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians
THE GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN SHOW
GRUEN GUILD PLAYHOUSE ("Joe Santa Claus") (1951) - Maria Palmer/Ray Montgomery/Housley Stevenson/Peter Brocco
THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM - 3 episodes
THE LIBERACE SHOW - 2 episodes
LUX VIDEO THEATER ("Holiday Affair") (1955) - Scott Brady/Phyllis Thaxter/Elliott Reid/George Baxter/Walter Brennan/Margaret O'Brien/Otto Kruger
MEET CORLISS ARCHER ("The Christmas Story") (1954) - Ann Baker/Mary Brian/John Eldredge/Robert Ellis/Vera Marshe
THE PAUL WINCHELL & JERRY MAHONEY SHOW
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
RACKET SQUAD - 2 episodes
THE RAY BOLGER SHOW (aka "Where's Raymond?") (1954)
THE RED SKELTON SHOW - 3 episodes
THE RUGGLES (1952) - Charles Ruggles/Erin O'Brien-Moore/Margaret Kerry/Tom Bernard
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL ("The Christmas Present") (UK-1955) - Marius Goring/Anthony Newlands/Stanley Van Beers
SCREEN WRITERS PLAYHOUSE ("A String of Blue Beads") (pilot-1953) - Louis Jourdan/Margaret Hamilton/Ellen Cobb-Hill
SHERLOCK HOLMES (TV-1954) - Ronald Howard/Howard Marion-Crawford/Archie Duncan
A Star Shall Rise (1952) - Raymond Burr/Anthony Caruso/Morris Ankrum/Richard Hale/John Crawford
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Also recommended:
MILL CREEK's 21 hour, 4 DVD set HOLIDAY FAMILY FAVORITES features a mix of vintage TV shows, movies and cartoons.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So many memories, January 18, 2009

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There are so many episodes on this DVD we still haven't seen them all. If you grew up in the 50's and 60's you will remember some of these shows and commercials. We really enjoyed taking a little step back in time. The video quality of some of these episodes is a little rough or I would have given it 5 stars.