Inspiring Christmas films from the 1940s

Inspiring Christmas films from the 1940s

By Albany Herald News

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December 12, 2015

Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) and Alfred Kralik (Jimmy Stewart) bicker while store owner Hugo Matuschek (Frank Morgan) looks on in a scene from “The Shop Around the Corner.” (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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The decade of the 1940s was prolific for the creation of inspiring tales of Christmas spirit.

Judy Garland debuted the Christmas classic “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in the movie “Meet Me in St. Louis.” (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Dudley the angel (Cary Grant) tells a Bible story to Debby Brougham (Karolyn Grimes) as her parents Julia (Loretta Young) and Henry Brougham (David Niven) watch from the entry way. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

“It’s a Wonderful Life” airs on NBC during the Christmas season. (Photo: NBC courtesy of Your TV Link)

Natalie Wood starred as an idealistic young girl who befriends Santa Claus in “A Miracle on 34th Street.” (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Monty Wooley creates havoc for a well-to-do Ohio family when he injures himself on the sidewalk in front of their home and becomes an unwanted house guest through the Christmas holidays in “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Barbara Stanwyck as food columnist Elizabeth Lane finds her fictional life is catching up with her when she entertains war hero Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) for the holidays at the behest of her publisher in “Christmas in Connecticut.” Two “Casablanca” alums, Sydney Greenstreet and S.Z. Sakill, also star. (Special photo)