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Old 12-05-06 | 09:20 AM
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Quick holiday movie trivia question

Hey all,

Wondering if anyone can tell me what the original versions of Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas have in common. Looking for an answer other than "they're all Christmas movies."

It's for a trivia contest at work and the closest thing I can come up with is that they were all nominated for Oscars.

Any thoughts?
Old 12-05-06 | 09:38 AM
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Filmed in Black & white and later colorized?
Old 12-05-06 | 09:46 AM
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Filmed in Black & white and later colorized?
White Christmas was filmed in color.
Old 12-05-06 | 09:51 AM
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Old 12-05-06 | 10:07 AM
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Old 12-05-06 | 10:08 AM
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They were all flops upon first release. I'm guessing. I know It's a Wonderful Life was a flop.
Old 12-05-06 | 10:09 AM
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They were all flops upon first release. I'm guessing. I know It's a Wonderful Life was a flop.
It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street were. White Christmas was the highest grossing film of 1954.
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Old 12-05-06 | 10:33 AM
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None of them were released during December. (or November)
Old 12-05-06 | 10:38 AM
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These are all guesses, but I'm going under the assumption that the answer is tricky because the link between the three is something un-Christmasy, or unlikely considering the subject of the film:

1. They were all filmed in the summer
2. None of them feature real snow
3. They were all writen and/or directed by Jews (was Capra Jewish?)
Old 12-05-06 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Lunatikk
None of them were released during December. (or November)
At first I thought that must be the answer, but alas, It's a Wonderful Life was premiered in Dec and released in Jan
Old 12-05-06 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Mabuse
These are all guesses, but I'm going under the assumption that the answer is tricky because the link between the three is something un-Christmasy, or unlikely considering the subject of the film:

1. They were all filmed in the summer
2. None of them feature real snow
3. They were all writen and/or directed by Jews (was Capra Jewish?)
Pretty sure Capra was catholic.
Old 12-05-06 | 12:14 PM
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Old 12-06-06 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by bdh160
Hey all,

Wondering if anyone can tell me what the original versions of Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas have in common. Looking for an answer other than "they're all Christmas movies."

It's for a trivia contest at work and the closest thing I can come up with is that they were all nominated for Oscars.

Any thoughts?
I just scanned through IMDB, and that's about all I could come up with, too.
Old 12-07-06 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Mabuse
They were all flops upon first release. I'm guessing. I know It's a Wonderful Life was a flop.
The documentary on the new 34th Street DVD says it was released in June, and played all the way through the next January. That's what I call successful, even for that time period.
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Did you ever get an answer? This has been torchering me
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This has been torchering me

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Old 08-23-13 | 12:35 PM
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Re: Quick holiday movie trivia question

I still want an answer to this. I'm giving you all until 12/25/13.
Old 08-23-13 | 01:22 PM
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Re: Quick holiday movie trivia question

Originally Posted by Mabuse
I still want an answer to this. I'm giving you all until 12/25/13.
It looks like the OP has a blog. Maybe we could contact him through that and see if he ever go an answer?

http://checkingthescore.wordpress.com/author/bdh160/
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Re: Quick holiday movie trivia question

How did Walt Disney get banned with only 1 post? Or was it an Alias account?

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