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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

***Santa Claus is Comin' to Town*** is a 1970 stop motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York. The film stars the voices of Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner and Paul Frees, as well as an assistant song performance by the Westminster Children's Choir. The film tells the story of how Santa Claus and several Claus-related Christmas traditions came to be. It is based on the hit Christmas song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", which was introduced on radio by Eddie Cantor in 1934, and the story of Saint Nicholas.

The special was created using Japanese stop motion animation called "Animagic", in which all the characters are made out of wood and plastic and animated via stop-motion photography. The special was originally telecast December 14, 1970 by ABC and continues to air every year on sibling channel ABC Family (now Freeform) though both channels have at times edited the special to make room for commercials (ABC has cut two key songs, as well as two other songs in half; ABC Family/Freeform has cut several scenes that they believe may be traumatizing to younger viewers, such as Kris climbing and leaping to escape (which was cut to prevent children from trying to imitate the same stunt), Winter Warlock knowing Kris will return and telling him he will never escape, and the scene where the Burgermeister torches the seized toys in front of the children of Sombertown. The DVD releases include these deleted scenes given that they are vital to the story's plot. In 2019, Freeform's print of the special included the 2012 Universal Pictures logo preceding the film, due to their purchase of DreamWorks Animation, the current owner of the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass library, in 2016 and the scenes that were originally cut were added as well.
Million Dollar Mermaid

***Million Dollar Mermaid*** (also known as ***The One Piece Bathing Suit*** in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and the choreography by Busby Berkeley.

George Folsey received a 1953 Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, Color.

The film stars Esther Williams, Victor Mature, and Walter Pidgeon, with David Brian and Donna Corcoran.
In Search of the Castaways

***In Search of the Castaways*** is a 1962 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Hayley Mills and Maurice Chevalier in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley freely based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel *Captain Grant's Children*.

*In Search of the Castaways* was Hayley Mills' third film in the series of six for the Disney Studios.
Wei Wuxian

Xiao Zhan as Wei Wuxian

### Title Symbolism

Moonstone – intuition, dreams, energy, hope, femininity, sensitivity, sensuality, love, eroticism, fertility, mystery, magic, self-knowledge, spirituality, growth, ideas, creativity, beginnings, inspiration, balance, protection, peace, unconditional love, divine feminine, perception

## Personal Information

### Spouse(s)

* Jiang Wanyin
* Jin Zian
* Jin Zixuan
* Jin Ziyu
* Lan Wangji
* Lan Xichen
* Nie Huaisang
* Nie Mingjue
* Ouyang Shijian
* Song Chengmei
* Song Zichen
* Wen Guoliang
* Wen Qionglin
* Xiao Xingchen
* Yu Leilian

**Wei Wuxian** (魏无羡, *Wèi Wúxiàn*), courtesy name **Wei Ying** (魏婴, *Wèi Yīng*) is the Emperor of the Eight Realms who reigns from the Phoenix Palace.

## Personality

Wei Wuxian possesses an energetic and mischievous personality and doesn't care much for proper etiquette and politeness but he does expect a certain amount of respect when people speak to him, since he always makes sure to be respectful as well.

Beneath his carefree attitude, however, Wei Wuxian cares deeply for those he loves and can be very self-sacrificial and protective. This was one of the main traits that helped him earn a reputation for himself back when he was still a mortal.

He is also very intelligent and inventive, that paired with his curious and inquisitive tendencies makes him an excellent inventor and scholar.
Bugs and Thugs

***Bugs and Thugs*** is a 1954 Warner Bros. *Looney Tunes* cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on March 13, 1954, and stars Bugs Bunny, with Rocky and Mugsy. The film is a semi-remake of the 1946 cartoon *Racketeer Rabbit*. It is also the first Warner Bros short to credit Milt Franklyn as a musical director.
Dial M for Murder

***Dial M for Murder*** is a 1954 American crime mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott. The play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television, before being performed on stage in the same year in London's West End in June, and then New York's Broadway in October. Originally intended to be shown in dual-strip polarized 3-D, the film played in most theatres in ordinary 2-D due to the loss of interest in the 3-D process (the projection of which was difficult and error-prone) by the time of its release. The film earned an estimated $2.7 million in North American box office sales in 1954.
"I Can Only Imagine" - Christian Movie Mix

## A montage of powerful Christian films:

* Courageous
* Facing the Giants
* Fireproof
* Flywheel
* Heaven is For Real
* Jesus
* Joshua
* The Nativity Story
* The Prince of Egypt
* Son of God

## A montage of powerful Christian TV shows:

* 7th Heaven
* A.D. The Bible Continues
* The Bible
* Davey and Goliath
* Highway to Heaven
* Touched by an Angel
* VeggieTales
* VeggieTales in the City
* VeggieTales in the House
* When Calls the Heart

## Song:

"I Can Only Imagine" performed by MercyMe (2002).
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special

***Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas*** is a 2011 computer animated television special and part of the *Ice Age* franchise, produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Karen Disher. It premiered on November 24, 2011 on Fox in the United States and in the United Kingdom at Christmas on Channel 4 and E4 and it was released 2 days later to DVD and Blu-ray. This Christmas special takes place between *Dawn of the Dinosaurs* and *Continental Drift*.

Despite being produced by Blue Sky Studios, the film's animation was actually done by some animators at Blue Sky and mainly by the Los Angeles/Dallas based special effects and animation company, Reel FX Creative Studios.
Oklahoma!

***Oklahoma!*** is a 1955 American musical film based on the 1943 musical of the same name by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones (in her film debut), Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore, and Eddie Albert. The production was the only musical directed by Fred Zinnemann. *Oklahoma!* was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process (and was simultaneously filmed in CinemaScope 35mm).

Set in Oklahoma Territory, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams (Jones) and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain (MacRae) and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry (Steiger). A secondary romance concerns Laurey's friend, Ado Annie (Grahame), and cowboy Will Parker (Nelson), who also has an unwilling rival. A background theme is the territory's aspiration for Statehood, and the local conflict between cattlemen and farmers.

The film received a rave review from *The New York Times*, and was voted a "New York Times Critics Pick". In 2007, *Oklahoma!* was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Aladdin (2019 film)

***Aladdin*** is a 2019 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Guy Ritchie, from a script he co-wrote with John August, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film of the same name, which itself is based on the eponymous tale from *One Thousand and One Nights*. The film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen, and Numan Acar, as well as the voices of Alan Tudyk and Frank Welker, reprising his roles from all previous media. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting Genie, and battles the wicked Jafar.

In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action *Aladdin* remake. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. Principal photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January 2018. Additional filming and pick-ups took place in August 2018.

*Aladdin* was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2019. It grossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2019, and the 34th highest-grossing film of all-time. The film received mixed reviews from critics; while the visual effects, musical score, costume design, humor, and performances of Smith, Massoud, and Scott were praised, criticisms were aimed at Ritchie's direction, the CGI effects (specifically on the Genie's blue design), the deviations from the original film (despite its faithfulness to the source material), and the questionable casting and portrayal of Kenzari as Jafar. A sequel is in development.
Avengers: Endgame

***Avengers: Endgame*** is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the direct sequel to *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin. In the film, the surviving members of the Avengers and their allies attempt to reverse the damage caused by Thanos in *Infinity War*.

The film was announced in October 2014 as *Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2*, but Marvel later removed this title. The Russo brothers joined as directors in April 2015, with Markus and McFeely signing on to write the script a month later. The film serves as a conclusion to the story of the MCU up to that point, ending the story arcs for several main characters. Filming began in August 2017 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, shooting back-to-back with *Infinity War*, and ended in January 2018. Additional filming took place in the Metro and Downtown Atlanta areas, New York, Scotland, and England. The story revisits several moments from earlier films, bringing back actors and settings from throughout the franchise as well as music from previous films. The official title was revealed in December 2018. With an estimated budget of $356 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.

*Avengers: Endgame* was widely anticipated, and Disney backed the film with Marvel's largest marketing campaign. It premiered in Los Angeles on April 22, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 26, as part of Phase Three of the MCU. The film received praise for its direction, acting, musical score, action sequences, visual effects, and emotional weight, with critics lauding its culmination of the 22-film story. It grossed nearly $2.8 billion worldwide, surpassing *Infinity War*'s entire theatrical run in just eleven days and breaking numerous box office records, including becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. The film received numerous awards and nominations, including a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 92nd Academy Awards, three nominations at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards (winning two), and a nomination for Special Visual Effects at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards.
Singin' in the Rain

***Singin' in the Rain*** is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds, and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies".

The film was only a modest hit when it was first released. O'Connor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Betty Comden and Adolph Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for their screenplay, while Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, it has since been accorded legendary status by contemporary critics, and is often regarded as the greatest musical film ever made, and the greatest film ever made in the "Freed Unit" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It topped the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list and is ranked as the fifth-greatest American motion picture of all time in its updated list of the greatest American films in 2007. In 1989, *Singin' in the Rain* was one of the first 25 films selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2005 the British Film Institute included it in its list of the 50 films to be seen by the age of 14. In 2008, Empire Magazine ranked it as the eighth best film of all time. In *Sight & Sound* magazine's 2012 list of the 50 greatest films of all time, *Singin' in the Rain* placed 20th.
Roman Holiday

***Roman Holiday*** is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design also won.

The script was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit; instead, Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Trumbo's credit was reinstated when the film was released on DVD in 2003. On December 19, 2011, full credit for Trumbo's work was restored. Blacklisted director Bernard Vorhaus worked on the film as an assistant director under a pseudonym.

The film was shot at the Cinecittà studios and on location around Rome during the "Hollywood on the Tiber" era. The film was screened in the 14th Venice Film Festival within the official program.

In 1999, *Roman Holiday* was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

***It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown*** is a 1966 American prime time animated television special based on the comic strip *Peanuts* by Charles M. Schulz.

A Halloween special, it was the third *Peanuts* special (and second holiday-themed special, following *A Charlie Brown Christmas*) to be produced and animated by Bill Melendez. The special features music composed by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, whose contributions include the theme song “Linus and Lucy”. It was also the first *Peanuts* special to use the titular pattern of a short phrase, followed by "Charlie Brown", a pattern which would remain the norm for almost all subsequent *Peanuts* specials.

Its initial broadcast took place on October 27, 1966, on CBS, preempting *My Three Sons*. The original sponsors were Coca-Cola, the original sponsor of *A Charlie Brown Christmas*, and the Dolly Madison brand of baked snack foods, which would go on to be a longtime co-sponsor of the *Peanuts* specials on CBS. CBS re-aired the special annually through 2000, with ABC picking up the rights beginning in 2001, where it now airs annually during the Halloween season. Since 2006 ABC has usually aired the special twice, once in a truncated format during a half-hour time slot and once in full during an hour-long time slot (filled out with an abridged version of the 1972 special *You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown*). The special is also aired on Family Channel in Canada since 2018.

The program was nominated for a 1966 Emmy Award. It has been issued on home video several times, including a *Remastered Deluxe Edition* of the special released by Warner Home Video on September 2, 2008, with the bonus feature *It's Magic, Charlie Brown* which was released in 1981. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, a retrospective book was published in 2006. *It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic* includes the entire script, never-before-seen photographs, storyboard excerpts, and interviews with the original child actors who provided the voices of the *Peanuts* gang.

A history of the program and the various religious interpretations of Linus' sincere belief in the Great Pumpkin are explained in the 2015 book, *A Charlie Brown Religion*.
Rich Little's Christmas Carol

***Rich Little's Christmas Carol***, broadcast in Canada as ***A Christmas Carol***, is a TV special that premiered on CBC Television in December 1978, and in the United States on Home Box Office (HBO) on December 16, 1979. It was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978. It starred Rich Little in a one-man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens' famous 1843 holiday story, *A Christmas Carol*.
Return of the Seven

***Return of the Seven***, later marketed as ***Return of the Magnificent Seven***, is a 1966 American-Spanish Western film, and the first sequel to *The Magnificent Seven* (1960). Yul Brynner, who reprises his role as Chris Adams, is the sole returning cast member from the original film, while Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos and Elisa Montés replace Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz and Rosenda Monteros as Vinn Tanner, Chico and Petra respectively.

The film was written by Larry Cohen and directed by Burt Kennedy, and features Warren Oates, Claude Akins, Jordan Christopher and Virgilio Teixeira. Emilio Fernández is the villain. Fernando Rey portrays a priest. Rey was in the next film, *Guns of the Magnificent Seven*, as a different character.
Looney Tunes

***Looney Tunes*** is an American animated comedy series produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation alongside its sister series *Merrie Melodies*. It is known for introducing Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Tasmanian Devil, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and many other cartoon characters.

*Looney Tunes*' name was inspired by Walt Disney's musical series *Silly Symphonies*. They initially showcased musical compositions whose rights were held by Warner's music publishing interests through the adventures of cartoon characters such as Bosko and, after losing him, Buddy. The animation studio gained a higher profile, however, following their addition of directors Tex Avery and Chuck Jones and voice actor Mel Blanc. From 1942 to 1964, *Looney Tunes* and *Merrie Melodies* were the most popular animated shorts in movie theaters.

*Looney Tunes* has since become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides, as well as serving as Warner Bros.' flagship franchise. Many of the characters have made and continue to make cameo appearances in various other television shows, films, and advertisements. The most famous *Looney Tunes* character, Bugs Bunny, is regarded as a cultural icon and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Several *Looney Tunes* films are considered among the greatest animated cartoons of all time (e.g. *Duck Amuck*, *One Froggy Evening* and *What's Opera, Doc?*; All three *Merrie Melodies*), and five (three *Merrie Melodies*: *Tweetie Pie*, *Speedy Gonzales* and *Birds Anonymous*; and two *Looney Tunes*: *Knighty Knight Bugs* and *For Scent-imental Reasons*) have won Academy Awards.
Pocahontas

***Pocahontas*** is a 1995 American animated musical romantic drama film loosely based on the life of the Native American woman Pocahontas. It portrays a fictionalized account of her historical encounter with Englishman John Smith and the Jamestown settlers that arrived from the Virginia Company. The film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 16, 1995. It is the 33rd Disney animated feature film and the sixth film produced and released during the period known as the Disney Renaissance.

The film was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg (in Goldberg's feature directorial debut). The voice cast stars Irene Bedard and Mel Gibson as Pocahontas and Smith, respectively, with David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Billy Connolly and Linda Hunt providing other voices. The score was written by Alan Menken, who also wrote the film's songs along with Stephen Schwartz.

After making his directorial debut with *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990), Gabriel conceived the film during a Thanksgiving weekend. The project went into development concurrently with *The Lion King* (1994) and attracted most of Disney's top animators. Meanwhile, Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg decided the film should be a serious romantic epic in the vein of *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), in hope that, like *Beauty*, it would also be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Screenwriters Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, and Philip LaZebnik took creative liberties with history in an attempt to make the film palatable to audiences.

*Pocahontas* received mixed reactions from reviewers, who praised its animation, musical score, themes, voice performances, and songs but criticized its story with its lack of focus on its tone. The film's historical inaccuracies and racial overtones received polarized responses. *Pocahontas* earned $346 million at the box office and its gross was seen as disappointing compared to that of *The Lion King*. The film received two Academy Awards for Best Musical or Comedy Score for Menken and Best Original Song for "Colors of the Wind". A video game based on the film was released across various platforms, and the film itself was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, titled *Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World*, in 1998. According to critics, *Pocahontas* has influenced subsequent films.
Frozen

***Frozen*** is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 53rd Disney animated feature film, it is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale "The Snow Queen". It tells the story of a fearless princess who sets off on a journey alongside a rugged iceman, his loyal reindeer, and a naive snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped their kingdom in eternal winter.

*Frozen* underwent several story treatments before being commissioned in 2011, with a screenplay written by Jennifer Lee, who also co-directed with Chris Buck. The film features the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, and Santino Fontana. Christophe Beck was hired to compose the film's orchestral score, while Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote the songs.

*Frozen* premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on November 19, 2013, had a limited release on November 22 and went into general theatrical release on November 27. It was met with praise for its visuals, screenplay, themes, music, and voice acting; some film critics consider *Frozen* to be the best Disney animated feature film since the studio's renaissance era. The film also achieved significant commercial success, earning $1.280 billion in worldwide box office revenue, including $400 million in the United States and Canada and $247 million in Japan. It went on to surpass *Toy Story 3* (which was also distributed by Disney) as the highest-grossing animated film at the time as well as the highest grossing musical film before being surpassed by the remake of *The Lion King* in 2019; it also ranks as the 16th highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film of 2013, and the third highest-grossing film in Japan. It was also the highest-earning film with a female director in terms of US earnings, until surpassed by Warner Bros. Pictures' *Wonder Woman*. With over 18 million home media sales in 2014, it entered the list of best-selling films in the United States. By January 2015, *Frozen* had become the all-time best-selling Blu-ray Disc in the United States.

*Frozen* won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Let It Go"), the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, five Annie Awards (including Best Animated Feature), two Grammy Awards for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Song Written for Visual Media ("Let It Go"), and two Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Let It Go"). An animated short sequel, *Frozen Fever*, premiered on March 13, 2015, an animated featurette titled *Olaf's Frozen Adventure*, premiered on November 22, 2017, and a feature-length sequel, *Frozen II*, was released on November 22, 2019.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

***Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer*** is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Videocraft International, Ltd. (later known as Rankin/Bass Productions) and currently distributed by Universal Television. It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of *The General Electric Fantasy Hour*. The special was based on the Johnny Marks song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which was itself based on the poem of the same name written in 1939 by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May. Since 1972, the special has aired on CBS; the network unveiled a high-definition, digitally remastered version of the program in 2005.

As with *A Charlie Brown Christmas* and *How the Grinch Stole Christmas*, *Rudolph* no longer airs just once annually, but several times during the Christmas and holiday season. It has been telecast every year since 1964, making it the longest continuously running Christmas TV special. The 50th anniversary of the television special was marked in 2014 and a series of postage stamps featuring Rudolph were issued by the United States Postal Service on November 6, 2014.
Fred Claus

***Fred Claus*** is a 2007 American fantasy comedy adventure film directed by David Dobkin, screenplay by Dan Fogelman and a story by Dan Fogelman and Jessie Nelson, and starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti. The film was released on November 9, 2007, in the US and later released in the UK on November 30, 2007, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is loosely based on the poem "A legend of Santa and his brother Fred" written by Donald Henkel.
Mr. Duck Steps Out

***Mr. Duck Steps Out*** is a Donald Duck cartoon made by The Walt Disney Company. The film was released on June 7, 1940 and featured the debut of Daisy Duck. The short was directed by Jack King and written by Carl Barks, Chuck Couch, Jack Hannah, Harry Reeves, Milt Schaffer, and Frank Tashlin.

Clarence Nash performs all the voices in the film—Donald, Daisy and Donald's nephews.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

***It Happened on 5th Avenue*** (1947) is a motion picture comedy, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Don DeFore, Charles Ruggles and Gale Storm. Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, losing to Valentine Davies and another Christmas-themed story, *Miracle on 34th Street*.

It was remade in Hindi twice in India: *Pugree* (1948) and *Dil Daulat Duniya* (1972).
Christmas Magic

A musical video montage of Christmas in films, TV shows and specials, featuring "Jingle Bells" written by James Pierpont (1857), performed by Barry Manilow (2000), and "God Bless Us Everyone" written by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, performed by Andrea Bocelli (2009).

## Featuring the films:

* Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
* Christmas in Connecticut
* A Christmas Story
* Disney's A Christmas Carol
* Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
* Four Christmases
* The Grinch
* The Holiday
* Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
* Love Actually
* Love the Coopers
* Mean Girls
* Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
* Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
* Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
* Monsters, Inc.
* A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
* The Polar Express
* The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
* Sleepless in Seattle
* White Christmas
* You've Got Mail

## Featuring the TV Shows/Television Specials:

* Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas
* Barney and the Backyard Gang: Waiting for Santa
* Barney and Friends: Barney's Christmas Star
* Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
* Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
* Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
* Family Matters
* A Flintstone Christmas
* Frosty the Snowman
* Happy Days
* Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas
* It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
* My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Holidays Unwrapped
* The Office
* Rich Little's Christmas Carol
* Roseanne
* Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
* Shrek the Halls
* Thomas and Friends
* VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas
* Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper

## Featuring the Video Games:

* Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
* Banjo Tooie
* Banjo-Kazooie
* Diddy Kong Racing
* Donkey Kong 64
* Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
* Donkey Kong Country
* Donkey Kong Country 2
* Donkey Kong Country 3
* Golden Sun
* Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
* Kirby's Dream Course
* Kirby's Epic Yarn
* Mario Kart Wii
* Mario Kart: Super Circuit
* New Super Mario Bros. U
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii
* Paper Mario
* Paper Mario: Color Splash
* Sonic Unleashed
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Super Mario Galaxy 2
* Super Mario Odyssey
Frasier

***Frasier*** (/ˈfreɪʒər/) is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons, premiering on September 16, 1993, and concluding on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub Street Productions) in association with Grammnet (2004) and Paramount Network Television. The series was created as a spin-off of *Cheers*, continuing the story of psychiatrist Frasier Crane as he returned to his hometown of Seattle and started building a new life as a radio advice show host while reconnecting with his father and brother and making new friends. *Frasier* starred Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin, and John Mahoney. The show was critically acclaimed, with the show itself and the cast winning thirty-seven Primetime Emmy Awards, a record at the time for a scripted series. It also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years. As of 2019, the possibility of a revival was being discussed, to air in 2020.
Kiss Me Kate

***Kiss Me Kate*** is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name.

Inspired by *The Taming of the Shrew*, it tells the tale of musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, who were once married, and are now performing opposite each other in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway-bound musical version of William Shakespeare's play.

Already on poor terms, the pair begin an all-out emotional war mid-performance that threatens the production's success. The only thing keeping the show together are threats from a pair of gangsters, who have come to collect a gambling debt.

Dorothy Kingsley's screenplay, which was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award, was adapted from the musical's book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The songs were by Cole Porter, with musical underscoring by Saul Chaplin and André Previn, who were nominated for an Oscar. Hermes Pan choreographed the dance routines.

The movie was filmed in 3-D, using the most advanced methods of that technique then available. Devotees of the stereoscopic 3-D medium usually cite this film as one of the best examples of a Hollywood release in polarized 3D.
Old Yeller

***Old Yeller*** is a 1957 American drama film produced by Walt Disney. It stars Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, and Beverly Washburn. It is about a boy and a stray dog in post-Civil War Texas. The film is based upon the 1956 Newbery Honor-winning book of the same name by Fred Gipson. Gipson also co-wrote the screenplay along with William Tunberg. The film's success led to a 1963 sequel, *Savage Sam*, which was based on a 1962 book by Gipson.

In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Show Boat

***Show Boat*** is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy-drama film, based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber. It was made by MGM, adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney.

Filmed previously in 1929 and in 1936, this third adaptation of *Show Boat* was shot in Technicolor in the typical MGM lavish style. The film stars Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel, with Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, William Warfield, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead and Leif Erickson. Unlike the 1936 film, none of the members of the original Broadway cast of the show appeared in this version.

The 1951 *Show Boat* was the most financially successful of the film adaptations of the show: one of MGM's most popular musicals, it was the second-highest grossing film of that year.
I'll Be Home for Christmas

***I'll Be Home for Christmas*** is a 1998 American Christmas family comedy film directed by Arlene Sanford. The plot follows a college student who must make it from his campus in Los Angeles, California to his family's home in Larchmont, New York in time for Christmas dinner in order to win his father's Porsche. It stars Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Sean O'Bryan and Gary Cole and was released on November 13, 1998.
On the Beach

***On the Beach*** is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, that stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins. This black-and-white film is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike in the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war; the film hints that global annihilation may have arisen from an accident or misjudgment.
Melody Time

***Melody Time*** (working title ***All in Fun***) is a 1948 American hybrid musical film and the tenth theatrically released animated feature produced by Walt Disney. It was released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of seven segments set to popular music and folk music, the film is, like *Make Mine Music* before it, the popular music version of *Fantasia*. *Melody Time*, while not meeting the artistic accomplishments of *Fantasia*, was mildly successful. It is the fifth Disney package film following *Saludos Amigos*, *The Three Caballeros*, *Make Mine Music*, and *Fun and Fancy Free*.
Christmas in Connecticut

***Christmas in Connecticut*** is a 1945 American Christmas romantic comedy film about an unmarried city magazine writer who pretends to be a farm wife and mother and then falls in love with one of her fans. The film was directed by Peter Godfrey, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, and Sydney Greenstreet.
Muppet Babies

***Jim Henson's Muppet Babies***, commonly known by the shortened title ***Muppet Babies***, is an American animated television series that aired from September 15, 1984, to November 2, 1991, on CBS. The show portrays childhood versions of the Muppets living together in a nursery under the care of a human woman identified only as Nanny (the whereabouts of their parents are never addressed), who appears in almost every episode, but her face is never visible; only the babies' view of her pink skirt, purple sweater, and distinctive green and white striped socks is shown. The idea of presenting the Muppets as children first appeared in a dream sequence in *The Muppets Take Manhattan* (1984), released two months before *Muppet Babies* debuted, in which Miss Piggy imagined what it would be like if she and Kermit the Frog had grown up together.

*Muppet Babies* was produced by Jim Henson Productions and Marvel Productions. The rights are now held by The Walt Disney Company which separately acquired both the Muppets characters and Marvel. Although the episodes were 30 minutes (including commercials), it was typically shown in 60- and even 90-minute blocks during the peak of its popularity. Outside the United States, the show was distributed by Walt Disney Television. A reboot of the series premiered on Disney Junior on March 23, 2018.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

***Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse*** is a 2018 American computer-animated superhero film featuring the Miles Morales incarnation of the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The first animated feature in the *Spider-Man* franchise, the film was directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman (in Persichetti and Rothman's feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rothman, and a story by Lord. It stars Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man, alongside the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber. Set in a shared multiverse called the "Spider-Verse," the story follows Miles Morales as he becomes the new Spider-Man and joins other Spider-People from various dimensions to save New York City from Kingpin.

Plans for an animated Spider-Man film by Lord and Christopher Miller were leaked in 2014 and announced in April 2015. Persichetti, Ramsey and Rothman joined over the next two years, with Moore and Schreiber cast in April 2017. Lord and Miller wanted the film to have a unique style, combining computer animation with traditional hand-drawn comic book techniques inspired by the work of Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli. The film required up to 140 animators, the largest crew used by Sony Pictures Animation on a feature film. The film was dedicated to the memories of the creators of Spider-Man, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, who both died in 2018.

*Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 14, in Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX formats. The film grossed over $375 million worldwide against a $90 million budget. It received praise from critics for its animation, direction, characters, story, voice acting, humor and soundtrack, and won numerous awards, including Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, 46th Annie Awards, and 76th Golden Globe Awards. It was the first non-Disney/Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since *Rango* (2011), as well as the first non-Disney/Pixar film since *Happy Feet* (2006) to win that award when a Disney or Pixar film was also in contention. A sequel is set to be released on October 7, 2022, and a spin-off is also in development.
Long-Haired Hare

***Long-Haired Hare*** is a 1949 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. It was produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of the *Looney Tunes* series, and was the 60th short to feature Bugs Bunny. In addition to including the homophones "hair" and "hare", the title is also a pun on "longhairs", a characterization of classical music lovers. Nicolai Shutorov provides the singing voice of Giovanni Jones.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

***Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*** is a 1967 American drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton.

The film was one of the few films of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light, as interracial marriage historically had been illegal in most states of the United States. It was still illegal in 17 states—mostly Southern states—until June 12, 1967, six months before the film was released. Roughly two weeks after Tracy filmed his final scene (and two days after his death), anti-miscegenation laws were struck down by the Supreme Court in *Loving v. Virginia*.

The film is notable for being the ninth and final on-screen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn, with filming ending just 17 days before Tracy's death. Hepburn never saw the completed film, saying the memories of Tracy were too painful. The film was released in December 1967, six months after his death.

In 1998, the film was ranked #99 on the 100 Years...100 Movies list, by the American Film Institute.

In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film's Oscar-nominated score was composed by Frank De Vol.
Pollyanna

***Pollyanna*** is a 1960 live action drama Walt Disney Productions feature film, starring child actress Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan, in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town. Based on the novel *Pollyanna* (1913) by Eleanor H. Porter, the film was written and directed by David Swift. The film won Hayley Mills an Academy Juvenile Award. It was the last film of actor Adolphe Menjou.

*Pollyanna* was Hayley Mills' first film in the series of six for Disney.
A Knight for a Day

***A Knight for a Day*** is a 1946 Disney short film starring Goofy and which is loosely based on the novel *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court*. Directed by Jack Hannah, this 7-minute animated comedy short was scripted by Bill Peet. While classified as a Goofy cartoon, Goofy himself is not used in this film, but his lookalikes are used as a basis for all the characters.
12 Angry Men

***12 Angry Men*** is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. This courtroom drama tells the story of a jury of 12 men as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of an 18-year old defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt, forcing the jurors to question their morals and values.

*12 Angry Men* explores many techniques of consensus-building and the difficulties encountered in the process among this group of men whose range of personalities adds to the intensity and conflict. It also explores the power one person has to elicit change. The jury members are identified only by number; no names are revealed until an exchange of dialogue at the very end. The film forces the characters and audience to evaluate their own self-image through observing the personality, experiences, and actions of the jurors. The film is also notable for its almost exclusive use of one set, where all but three minutes of the film takes place.

In 2007, the film was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was selected as the second-best courtroom drama ever (after To Kill a Mockingbird) by the American Film Institute for their AFI's 10 Top 10 list.
Aladdin (animated TV series)

***Aladdin*** is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation which aired from February 6, 1994, to November 25, 1995, based on the original 1992 Disney film of the same name. The series is set after *The Return of Jafar*, although it debuted four months before the movie. The series ended with a 1996 direct-to-video film, *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*.

The TV series was produced by Alan Zaslove and Tad Stones, who were already renowned for their work on *Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers* and *Darkwing Duck*. Many of the films' stars provided the voices of their TV counterparts, with the notable exceptions of Dan Castellaneta filling in for Robin Williams in the Genie role (like in *The Return of Jafar*), and Val Bettin as the Sultan (who replaced Douglas Seale after the original film).

The TV series originally aired as a preview on The Disney Channel in early 1994, and in September of that year it began airing concurrently on the syndicated The Disney Afternoon block and on Saturday mornings on CBS (prior to Disney's purchase of rival ABC). Disney Channel reran the series from 1997 until 2000. The show was shown on Toon Disney from April 1998 until December 2008.

The TV series was followed by *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*, which was released on August 13, 1996, which served as the finale to the series and the Disney *Aladdin* franchise.
Annie Get Your Gun

***Annie Get Your Gun*** is a 1950 American musical Technicolor comedy film loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a screenplay by Sidney Sheldon based on the 1946 stage musical of the same name, was directed by George Sidney. Despite several production and casting problems (Judy Garland was fired from the lead role after a month of filming in which she clashed with the director and repeatedly showed up late or not at all), the film won the Academy Award for best score and received three other nominations. Star Betty Hutton was recognized with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
Hang 'Em High

***Hang 'Em High*** is a 1968 American DeLuxe Color revisionist Western film directed by Ted Post and written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg. It stars Clint Eastwood as Jed Cooper, an innocent man who survives a lynching; Inger Stevens as a widow who helps him; Ed Begley as the leader of the gang that lynched Cooper; and Pat Hingle as the judge who hires him as a U.S. Marshal.

*Hang 'Em High* was the first production of The Malpaso Company, Eastwood's production company.

Hingle portrays a fictional judge who mirrors Judge Isaac Parker, labeled the "Hanging Judge" due to the large number of men he sentenced to be executed during his service as District Judge of the Western District of Arkansas.

The film also depicts the dangers of serving as a U.S. marshal during that period, as many federal marshals were killed while serving under Parker. The fictional Fort Grant, base for operations for that district judge seat, is also a mirror of the factual Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Judge Parker's court was located.