American Women's Club of Hamburg Currents Magazine November/December 2013 | Page 11

FEATURE

Naught y and N ice Santa Claus Flicks
by Marinell H.

The
longstanding
question is: Was
Santa Claus real or
not? Synonymous with
Christmas, the sheer number
of movies about him is proof of the
pudding: Santa is real! At the end of a hectic
day, or when it’s too snowy/rainy/cold or whatever,
snuggle down with a nice, or naughty flick. I’ve added
some titles to a list of Santa films I came across, so there’s
one for each day of December leading up to Santa’s big night!
1. Miracle on 34th Street, 1947. Director: George Seaton; Santa: Edmund Gwenn
2. A Christmas Carol, 1951. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst; Scrooge: Alastair Sim
3. It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946. Director: Frank Capra; Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
4. Elf, 2003. Director: Jon Favreau; Santa: Edward Asner
5. Arthur Christmas, 2011. Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook; Santa: Jim Broadbent (voice)
6. The Polar Express, 2004. Director: Robert Zemeckis; Santa: Tom Hanks (voice)
7. The Santa Clause, 1994. Director: John Pasquin; Santa: Tim Allen
8. White Christmas, 1954. Director: Michael Curtiz; Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney
9. Christmas in Connecticut, 1945. Director: Peter Godfrey; Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
10. Holiday Inn, 1942. Director: Mark Sandrich; Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds
11. Nanny McPhee, 2005. Director: Kirk Jones; Nanny McPhee: Emma Thompson
12. Matilda, 1996. Director: Danny DeVito; Matilda: Mara Wilson
13. Rise of the Guardians, 2012. Director: Peter Ramsey; Santa: Alec Baldwin (voice)
14. Santa Claus: The Movie, 1985. Director: Jeannot Szwarc; Santa: David Huddleston (Jeffrey Lebowski – The Big Lebowski)
15. Bad Santa, 2003. Director: Terry Zwigoff; Santa: Billy Bob Thornton
16. Trading Places, 1983. Director: John Landis; Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy
17. Home Alone, 1990. Director: Chris Columbus; Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
18. The Nightmare Before Chr