Christmas on the screen

By Jim Hendricks

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December 13, 2016

Tom Hanks performs multiple roles, including the conductor, in “The Polar Express.” (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Flicks that’ll bring the yuletide spirit to even the grinchiest Scrooge.

Bill Murray gives an updated take on “A Christmas Carol” as TV executive F.X. Cross in “Scrooged.” (Photo: Your TV Link)

Will Ferrell, right, stars as Buddy the Elf in New Line Cinemas film “Elf.” (Photo: New Line Productions)

Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) runs into an unexpected roadblock from Santa Claus in his quest for a Red Ryder BB gun. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) runs into all sorts of trouble in “National Lampoon’s Christmas vacation.” (Special photo)

George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) celebrates Christmas with his wife Mary (Donna Reed) and daughter ZuZu (Karolyn Grimes) is a scene from “It’s a Wonderful Life.” (Special photo)

Natalie Wood stars as an idealistic young girl who befriends Santa Claus in “A Miracle on 34th Street.” (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)

Bishop Brougham (David Niven) and his wife Julia (Loretta Young) look on as the angel Dudley (Cary Grant) tell their daughter Debby (Karolyn Grimes) a biblical story. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye are a pair of soldiers turned entertainers looking to find romance and a chance to help their old commanding officer in “White Christmas.” (Special photo)

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