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I've got a suggestion for your list. The Egyptian (1954). Kinda hard to find these days but it's an interesting story.

BTW "You've Got Mail" was not the first remake of the classic 1940 "The Shop Around the Corner" movie, that honor belongs to the classic 1949 musical "In the Good Old Summertime" starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson. I recommend you also react to this "Golden Age of Hollywood" classic, it's very good.

12:10 - "You're entitled to a month's pay, that's 200 Pengo." He didn't say, "dollars," he said "pengo." Remember, though everyone is speaking English, most with American accents, this film is actually set in Budapest, Hungary. According to Wikipedia: "The pengő (Hungarian: [ˈpɛŋɡøː]; sometimes spelled as pengo or pengoe in English) was the currency of Hungary between 1 January 1927, when it replaced the korona, and 31 July 1946, when it was replaced by the forint." As it is an outdated currency, I was not able to quickly find a conversion rate between 1940 pengo and 2024 U.S. dollars, so I couldn't say how much he was making per month. But you can be sure based on the context that it was probably a relatively comfortable amount.

Edmund Gwenn was the actor who played Kris Kringle. He really did grow out his own beard for this film. A feat which impresses the heck outta me, as I know from experience that not everyone can simply grow a Santa Claus beard on demand. But he did! His beard is glorious, but not ostentatious; his mustache curls just right. And, as you observed, he was a right jolly old elf! Charming, caring, shrewd, jolly, humble, kind, loving, gregarious, etc: everything that Santa Claus should be. There have been many, MANY depictions of Santa on film. I honestly do not think that ANYONE else holds a candle to Mr. Edmund Gwenn in this film. In the 1990s version, Richard Attenborough's beard was nothing. White stubble, practically. For a guy who is already known for having a white beard, he didn't put any time into cultivating an actual Santa-length beard, which was a foolish thing to not do.

38:47 - "Maybe I didn't do such a wonderful thing after all." I LOVE this film. This story has been re-made several times in film, TV, and radio; this version is THE absolute best version, hands-down, no question. HOWEVER- if I were to make one single change, I would change that closing line to: "Maybe what I did wasn't so amazing after all." Our connotation of "wonderful" usually means "very good." So when he says "I didn't do such a wonderful thing," folks tend to hear, "I didn't do such a good thing," which is NOT the intent! He means "wonderful" as in "full of wonder." "Amazing" still holds that meaning, so re-wording that line would convey the intention better. Both he and Doris love and respect Kris, 'believing' in what he stands for. But neither actually, truly *believe* that he is THE Santa Claus, until the moment they see that cane. Fred is pretty full of himself, thinking that he proved a harmless old man was The Santa Claus- but if he actually IS the real deal, then what he did wasn't so "amazing" after all. It was very, very wonderful- in the sense of being good- but not so amazing, given the truth. I'd hate for the last line of the film to be mis-interpreted by modern audiences, as I'm sure it has been many times, already. Oh, well.

14:30 - Keep in mind: When he says, "For the past fifty years or so I've been worried..." this film was made in 1947. Fifty years ago was 1897!

11:25 - The Dutch girl: This film came out in 1947, just a couple years after the end of WW2. There were MANY European orphans of war. Many were adopted by American parents. So this was extremely timely for when it was made. The 1990s re-make film took the idea and used sign language instead, as another relatively "rare" language for Santa to speak to a little kid.

Golden Age movie recommendations: The Big Sleep from 1946, A Shot In The Dark 1964, The Thin Man 1934, Life With Father 1947, The Searchers 1956, Rear Window 1954, Superman 1978, The Woman In The Window 1944, The Day Of The Jackal 1973, What's Up, Doc? 1972, Mister Roberts 1955, The Manchurian Candidate 1962, Funny Girl 1968, Now, Voyager 1942, The Long, Long Trailer 1954, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981, To Have And Have Not 1944, All About Eve 1950, The Women 1939, Shadow of a Doubt 1943, The Bride Wore Black 1968 (in French with subtitles), 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968, L.A. Confidential 1997, A Christmas Story 1983, The Ten Commandments 1956, Bullitt from 1968, Pillow Talk 1959, The French Connection 1971, Goldfinger 1964, Double Indemnity 1944, For Your Eyes Only 1981, Psycho 1960, Saboteur 1942, The GodFather 1972 and (the best) Casablanca 1942.

Great idea for a channel!

You can't fool kids all of the time, they scrutinize Santas like I did myself. Movies like this made me the Santa I am. You must not drop the magic for a moment or you have lost them. There was a old B&W television show called Amous & Andy with an all star black cast I used to watch all of the time. A holiday episode found the cast unable to get a Santa to come to their part of the city for the kids there. So they hit on one of the guys who was a much larger individual than the rest and talked him into doing Santa. Now this was the first time I even imagine ever seeing a Black Santa so I was a little kid skeptical. He was an excellent Santa and all the kids thought nothing of his 'color change.' One of many things (including this film) that made me want to put on the suit.

It's been remade so many times but this is the pent ultimate version.

Just sayin', have you yet seen as well this modern remake, You've Got Mail? Also, have you seen the 1939 original movie The Women, which was remade I'm the 2000's (also with Meg Ryan?)

so many films to recommend from hollywood's "golden age." i'll suggest a few from one of my favotite directors - frank capra. most of capra's films carry an emotional PUNCH! today capra is mainly known for the christmas classic "its a wonderful life" (1946) but here's a list of some of his other GREAT films: 1932's "american madness," 1936's "mr. deeds goes to town," "mr. smith goes to washington" (1939) and "meet john doe" (1941). he also directed the screwball comedy classic "it happened one night" (1934) which was the first movie to win ALL of the top 5 oscars for that year. capra is one of my favorite filmmakers and its so sad he's mainly remembered for only "its a wonderful life." thanks for the video.

You'd be OK if you'd just come out of your shell a little.

If you like this pairing of Stewart and Sullivan you should watch "The Mortal Storm" as well.

I'm so glad that I found your channel. I love movies from the Golden Age, and one of my favorite James Stewart movies is "Harvey." It's a comedy about a man named Elwood P Dowd (played by Mr Stewart), whose best friend is a 6 foot 3 and 1/2 inch tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. I hope that you might consider reacting to it in a future video.

This was my favorite Christmas movie!!!🍿 It’s a wonderful life made me feel claustrophobic because I was trapped in a home and place too.

If older films are your goal, I am happy to make suggestions. If you can't tell from my channel name, older and obscure films are my favorites. What range are you looking at? I had a friend once recommend something and said, "it's old, from the 80s." I rolled my eyes and told him that I had the Marx Brothers on my shelf - 1935's A Night at the Opera to be exact. Other older films I enjoy include the original versions of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), Angels in the Outfield (1951), and Yours. Mine, and Ours (1968). Other must sees are the musical Singin' in the Rain (1952), the thriller Psycho (1960), and the comedy What's Up Doc? (1972). I have more I could list, but I'd like to sleep tonight. ;)

I don't know if anyone translated for the Dutch girl, but I watched another reaction of someone who spoke Dutch and did a real time translation. I don't remember the exact words, but it was something like ... Santa: What do you want for Christmas? Girl: I don't want anything. Santa: Nothing? Girl: I already got what I wanted when I got to live with this kind lady. The body language helps if you don't know the words, but knowing makes the scene even sweeter.

Request: the family man. Nicholas cage, tea Leoni.

Attention à ne pas montrer la conclusion d’un dialogue sans en avoir montré l’importance : il est difficile de comprendre ce qui a pu se passer !

… "In the Good Old Summertime"

I still get chills when I see that cane at the end . . . great reaction!

Enjoyed your reaction to this classic... subscribed.... a 67 yr old usa Rock and Roller......

I recommend the major and the minor

When they were filming this, (1946) they shot it at the actual Macy's Thanksgiving parade, and they got Edmund Gwenn to ride in the Santa's Sleigh float as that years' Santa. Kind of a real New York story. As for "Susie" she was played by young (remarkably talented) Natalie Wood--who grew up to be one of the most attractive Hollywood stars (like as Maria in West Side Story and Judy in Rebel Without a Cause). BTW...that house they stopped at on Long Island still stands.

If you like murder mysteries with private detectives then after the holidays I highly recommend The Thin Man (1934). There were 5 sequels spanning into the 40's as well.

Ex-bartender. Coffee just makes a wide awake drunk. Coca Cola is better to sober you up..plus food to help absirb the alcohol.

Most people miss the fact that Kris Kringle's black umbrella that he hit Mr. Sawyer on the head with is also lying down right beside his cane he left behind. If you look quickly you can see it lying down on a pillow or cushion in front of the cane leaning against the corner wall.

I loved your sweet reaction! If you are interested in the history of the Most Decorated Naval Ship that most don't know about, Look up The USS Liberty. Also look up Gen Smedley Butler. Merry Christmas!

As far as other great classic films go, here are a few recs: Casablanca (obv) The Apartment (1960) -- great holiday film The Hustler (1961) -- Paul Newman's breakout role The Maltese Falcon (1941) -- great intro to film noir Roman Holiday (1953) -- lovely Audrey Hepburn romance Only Angels Have Wings (1939) -- Cary Grant in top form Holiday (1938) -- Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn dramedy So many more but I'll stop myself here! Look forward to exploring the great classics with you!

Hi Lizzie, this is a great idea for a channel! I love how you got all the jokes and were so into the story. You are definitely a classic film lover!! Have you thought about starting a Patreon page? I would love to be able to watch the full-length reactions there with you!

This is one of my favorite movies. I'm black from the Southside of Chicago. My days in retail during my college years and the Christmas atmosphere.

Try The Three Godfathers it my favorite Christmas 🎄 movie

So basically Norah Ephron stole / "heavily borrowed" at least two of her biggest boxoffice films from previous Hollywood classics (You've Got Mail -- The Shop Around the Corner, and Sleepless in Seattle -- An Affair to Remember).

Do I believe in Santa? You bet I do. When I was in high school, my cousin and I worked in the Santa booth at the local mall. One evening, Santa called in sick, so we needed someone to fill in. After calling all of our friends, to no avail, I called my daddy. I asked him to check at his bank office for some underpaid teller who wanted some extra cash. Within the hour, my daddy suited up and became one of the best Santas the mall had ever seen. He stayed with us through the season. Even after I left home, he continued to play Santa in the mall, moving to the larger mall, across town. Mom made him a beautiful velvet Santa suit and she made herself a Mrs. Claus outfit. Until the year before he died, my daddy played Santa for church, the Lion's Club, Rotary Club, and for friends and family. When someone asks if I believe in Santa, I say of course, he's my Daddy. I have an ornament on my tree that is a picture of my first born, at 9 months (his first Christmas), sitting on Santa's lap. The Santa is my Dad (his Paw Paw). Now I tell my grandchildren that Santa was their great granddad.

If you don’t want to read Anna Karenina, you could always check out the Greta Garbo version from 1935!

You can find that house online, Even one of the trees is still there.

The Dutch girl represents WW II, immigrants from devastated countries in Europe.

Thelma Ritter is deserving of a major career retrospective.

"Suzie" = Natalie Wood.

I recommend _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_.

From the same year (1940), also with James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan: "The Mortal Storm".

The director Ernst Lubitsch had a special humorous touch. The "setting" for this film seems to be Hungary. Note the currency on the cash register -- not dollars and cents.

The director Ernst Lubitsch had a special humorous touch. I grew up seeing this film on TV. It is still a delight. See also "Casablanca" (Humphrey Bogart) and "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (James Cagney) from the same years.

it one my fav holiday movie.

After the Holidays, I would love to see you cover The Quiet Man (1952) if you can find the time.