Mill Creek Entertainment brings to you over 50 episodes of holiday-themed programming from some of your favorite classic television shows. You ll truly enjoy the holidays with the likes of Jack Benny, Liberace, Bob Cumming... more »s, Betty White, Ozzie & Harriet Nelson, Raymond Burr and many others. Sit back and relax with the family while you watch such classic shows as The Adventures of Long John Silver, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Red Skelton Show, Dragnet, Sherlock Holmes and Racket Squad. Celebrate the season with your favorite television stars and shows!« less
Ozzie & Harriet - Leave it to Beaver style but only half as good as that series!
Red Skelton - The super bad audio and video makes this essentially unwatchable. Go else for laughs, this circus clown show is closed!
Chuck or Frances M. from WHEELING, WV Reviewed on 2/18/2014...
Great rip back in time. I found a lot of oldies but goodies and was perfect for the holidays.
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Movie Reviews
Terrific Holiday Treat!!
L'escribe | ohio USA | 12/12/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a 4-disc set of 50's era TV sit-coms, variety and drama for the Christmas season. An added bonus is a link for a Virtual Fireplace that you can keep on the screen while listening to music,wrapping presents, trimming the tree, etc. Cozy.
This set is one of the best values I have seen for the price.
Contents include 5 Christmas episodes of Ozzie and Harriet, 4 of the Beverly Hillbillies, also Christmas episodes of Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Dragnet, Burns and Allen, Abbot and Costello, Petticoat Junction. Variety and music, such as Liberace and Fred Waring. Drama includes Four Star Playhouse, Dickens' A Christmas Carol with Vincent Price, even Sherlock Holmes and a Lux Theatre production of Holiday Affair. Many, many more. I was astounded to see the commercials included with all of the shows, giving it a real 50's feel! Wonderful step back in time! This is truly marvelous entertainment for the Christmas Season. Sit back with a hot mug of cider and some Christmas cookies, with the Christmas tree lights twinkling, curl up and enjoy!!"
Program list
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 12/13/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"CONTENTS for HOLIDAY TV CLASSICS (one episode each, unless indicated)--
THE ADVENTURES OF LONG JOHN SILVER ("The Orphans' Christmas") (Australia-1955) - Robert Newton/Connie Gilchrist/Kit Taylor/Billy Kay/Grant Taylor
CAPTAIN GALLANT OF THE FOREIGN LEGION ("The Little Boy Who Found Christmas") (1955) - Buster Crabbe/Cullen Crabbe
The Christmas Carol (1949) - Vincent Price (host)/Taylor Holmes/Patrick Whyte/Queenie Leonard/Jill St. John
DATE WITH THE ANGELS ("Santa's Helper") (1957) - Betty White/Bill Williams/Richard Deacon/Nancy Culp
DEAR PHOEBE ("The Christmas Show") (1954) - Peter Lawford/Marcia Henderson/Charles Lane/Jesse White/Jan Clayton
THE DOCTOR ("A Tale of Two Christmases") (1952) - Richard McMurray/Janie Alexander/Margaret Hayes/Raymond Bramley
DRAGNET - 3 episodes
DUPONT THEATRE (aka "Cavalcade of America")
FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE - 2 episodes
GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER ("A Child is Born") (1956) - Ronald Reagan/Nancy Davis/Patti Davis/Robert Middleton/Harve Presnell
GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER ("Music For Christmas") (1954) - Ronald Reagan (host)/Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians
THE GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN SHOW
GRUEN GUILD PLAYHOUSE ("Joe Santa Claus") (1951) - Maria Palmer/Ray Montgomery/Housley Stevenson/Peter Brocco
THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM - 3 episodes
THE LIBERACE SHOW - 2 episodes
LUX VIDEO THEATER ("Holiday Affair") (1955) - Scott Brady/Phyllis Thaxter/Elliott Reid/George Baxter/Walter Brennan/Margaret O'Brien/Otto Kruger
MEET CORLISS ARCHER ("The Christmas Story") (1954) - Ann Baker/Mary Brian/John Eldredge/Robert Ellis/Vera Marshe
THE PAUL WINCHELL & JERRY MAHONEY SHOW
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
RACKET SQUAD - 2 episodes
THE RAY BOLGER SHOW (aka "Where's Raymond?") (1954)
THE RED SKELTON SHOW - 3 episodes
THE RUGGLES (1952) - Charles Ruggles/Erin O'Brien-Moore/Margaret Kerry/Tom Bernard
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL ("The Christmas Present") (UK-1955) - Marius Goring/Anthony Newlands/Stanley Van Beers
SCREEN WRITERS PLAYHOUSE ("A String of Blue Beads") (pilot-1953) - Louis Jourdan/Margaret Hamilton/Ellen Cobb-Hill
SHERLOCK HOLMES (TV-1954) - Ronald Howard/Howard Marion-Crawford/Archie Duncan
A Star Shall Rise (1952) - Raymond Burr/Anthony Caruso/Morris Ankrum/Richard Hale/John Crawford
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MILL CREEK's 21 hour, 4 DVD set HOLIDAY FAMILY FAVORITES features a mix of vintage TV shows, movies and cartoons."
So many memories
MollyB | 01/18/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"There are so many episodes on this DVD we still haven't seen them all. If you grew up in the 50's and 60's you will remember some of these shows and commercials. We really enjoyed taking a little step back in time. The video quality of some of these episodes is a little rough or I would have given it 5 stars."
Poor Image Quality
Alyice Edrich | 11/05/2009
(2 out of 5 stars)
"While the cover here clearly shows 51 episodes, the disc I received only had 48 episodes. The image quality is HORRIBLE. There was absolutley no attempt to clean up the film, which is a real shame. At one point, my Robin Hood Christmas Goose episode showed words across the screen that said something to the effect of adjusting calibration. (Uh, this is a dvd, no adjusting of VHS on my end!) As for the sound, the voice track was good."
Great Retro Holiday TV Viewing!!!
BRIAN A. O'DELL | Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States | 12/17/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"For the price of $13 getting 21 hours of classic holiday TV viewing is pretty good. Yeah, one could complain that the mostly B/W shows are hazy and grainy and sometime skip, though I kind of take that as being part of the charm of this wonderful collection. Since I was born in 1957 I only had some vague memories of some of these shows... some I never even heard of! In particular, I enjoyed the 5 Christmas episodes of "Ozzie & Harriet" and all jokes aside, I can really see WHY this was such a popular show for so many years, I mean who wouldn't want to have them as your parents! (Plus David and Ricky - those lips! - are HOT! LOL and in some of the shows you hear Ricky sing, and no doubt gave Elvis a run for his money back then?) I also enjoyed the two Liberace programs (Thanksgiving and Christmas) along with the Betty White (pre-'Golden Girls') sitcom. And you also get a virtual fireplace - so it loops ever 5 minutes! LOL... what's even more funny is that if you turn up the volume of the fireplace segment and listen carefully you can hear a dog barking throughout very faintly! LOL So this is fun collection... And I look forward to their doing a followup collection soon."