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Post by topbilled on Oct 30, 2022 2:12:57 GMT
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (1944) hit screens in late July.
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945) had an advance showing in July and went into wide release in August, months before Christmas.
CHRISTMAS EVE (1947) was released on October 31...that's Halloween!
I REMEMBER MAMA (1948) is associated with Mother's Day but was released in March.
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989) was not released in July but in late December to qualify for the Oscars.
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Post by BingFan on Oct 30, 2022 18:05:24 GMT
Great topic!
Holiday inn (1942) premiered at New York City’s Paramount Theatre on August 4, 1942. That means that at least some audience members heard “White Christmas,” which was written by Irving Berlin for the movie, for the first time in the summer, not during the Christmas season. In reality, however, many people had already heard the song for the first time the previous Christmas Day, when Bing introduced it on The Kraft Music Hall radio program, which he hosted. In any event, by October 1942, Bing’s recording of the song topped the charts, going on to become the top-selling recording of all time.
White Christmas (1954) was released on October 14, 1954 — before the start of the holiday season, no question, but then running in theaters throughout the holiday season. The movie became the biggest moneymaker of 1954.
Easter Parade (1948) was released June 30, 1948, well after the holiday that year.
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Post by CinemaInternational on Nov 1, 2022 20:10:08 GMT
Pretty sure Miracle on 34th Street was released in July 1947.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Nov 1, 2022 22:30:26 GMT
Remember the Night (1940) was released after Christmas. It was mid-January.
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Post by LiamCasey on Nov 2, 2022 1:56:05 GMT
Now, there is this whole school of thought that Die Hard (1988) is a Christmas movie. Maybe a misguided school of thought, but a school of thought nonetheless.  With that in mind, I like to note that both Die Hard and Die Hard 2 (1990) are set on Christmas Eve (albeit two years apart). But both were released in July. |
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Post by starliteyes on Dec 9, 2022 7:51:56 GMT
Love Finds Andy Hardy, which takes place at Christmas time, came out in July of 1938.
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Post by BingFan on Dec 9, 2022 17:24:03 GMT
Bachelor Mother, which starts on Christmas Eve and goes through New Year’s, was released on June 30, 1939.
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 9, 2022 17:57:51 GMT
Bachelor Mother, which starts on Christmas Eve and goes through New Year’s, was released on June 30, 1939. |
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Post by dianedebuda on Dec 9, 2022 20:42:26 GMT
Bachelor Mother, which starts on Christmas Eve and goes through New Year’s, was released on June 30, 1939. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 9, 2022 21:11:50 GMT
This one's really grown on me over the years. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 11, 2022 12:58:12 GMT
This one's really grown on me over the years. |
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Post by BingFan on Dec 18, 2022 16:50:04 GMT
On this week’s “holiday” edition of Noir Alley (it’s off for the next two weeks for special holiday programming), Eddie Muller noted that Mr. Soft Touch, “despite its holiday trappings,” was released in August 1949.
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Post by topbilled on Dec 26, 2022 14:59:57 GMT
On this week’s “holiday” edition of Noir Alley (it’s off for the next two weeks for special holiday programming), Eddie Muller noted that Mr. Soft Touch, “despite its holiday trappings,” was released in August 1949. |
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With that in mind, I like to note that both Die Hard and Die Hard 2 (1990) are set on Christmas Eve (albeit two years apart). But both were released in July.
