FUN CENTRAL: Sorting the Movies

THIS PAGE IS AS MUCH FOR MAVEN'S USE AS ANY, SINCE HER MIND HAS GONE RELIGIOUS. . . . TO PARAPHRASE ONE OF THE WEASLEY TWINS (of Harry Potter Fame): IT'S GOTTEN SO "HOLEY" LIKE SWISS CHEESE THAT TOO MANY THOUGHTS HAVE STARTED PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH MAVEN!

ADMITTEDLY INCOMPLETE, THESE ARE BOOKS+ AND MOVIES THAT WOULD BE PERFECT - IN WHAT IS LEFT OF MAVEN'S MIND! - FOR CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR . . . AND GOOD FOR ALL AGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND/OR COMMENTS, PLEASE SENT THEM TO THEOLDMOVIEMAVEN@YAHOO.COM.

[Compiled in part from http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/christmas_movie.html.]

NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY:

After the Thin Man (1937)

Holiday Inn (1942)

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

CHINESE NEW YEAR'S:

Charlie Chan in The Golden Eye (1948)

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

VALENTINE'S DAY:

Any of the Thin Man Series with William Powell and Myrna Loy

Holiday Inn (1942)

EASTER:

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Holiday Inn (1942)

TRIPLE CROWN:

See also Melbourne Cup (First Tuesday in November)

Any westerns with Gene Autry with Champion; John Wayne and Duke [Randy Rides Alone (1934) and Ride 'Em Cowboy (1932)]; Roy Rogers with Trigger and Dale Evans' Buttermilk; Hopalong Cassidy and Topper]

Black Beauty (1994)

Black Stallion, The (1979)

Charlie Chan in London (1934)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Day at the Races, A (1937)

Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Fancy Pants (1950)

Francis, The Talking Mule (1950, Maven knows that this is a mule in the horse section; but, hey, Francis not only talked before Mr. Ed but he spawned a series of Francis sequels! Not to mention the mulish version of “equine equal rights”!)

Garden Murder Case (1938, Philo Vance Series)

Mr. Ed (TV Series, 1961 - 1966)

Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)

National Velvet (1944)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

Saratoga (1937)

Sea Biscuit (2003)

Story of Seabiscuit, The (1949 - Includes Actual Film of Seabiscuit Racing)

They Met in Argentina (1941)

FOURTH OF JULY:

1776 (1972)

Above and Beyond (1950)

Charlie Chan in the City of Darkness (1939)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)

Holiday Inn (1942)

Murder Over New York (1940)

The Stars and Stripes Forever (1957 - This is about John Philip Sousa, whose music still defines 4th of July music!)

Since You Went Away (1944)

Strategic Air Command (1955)

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

JULY 19:

The Bat (1959 - This is when the Price/Moorehead happens, on a Tuesday. Why this one? It's one of Maven's favorite movies from one of her favorite writers!)

HALLOWEEN:

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Bat, The (1925, Silent)

Bat, The (1958, Vincent Price)

Bat Whispers, The (1930)

Blue Room, The

Secret of the Blue Room (1933)

Missing Guest, The (1928)

Murder in the Blue Room (1944)

Boston Blackie

The Phantom Thief (1944)

Crime Doctor, The

Shadows in the Night (1944)

Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)

Cat and the Canary (1927, Silent)

Cat and the Canary (1939)

Charlie Chan

Black Camel (1931)

Black Magic . . . (1944)

Chinese Cat (1944)

Dead Men Tell (1941)

Jade Mask (1945)

Secret (1936)

Treasure Island (1941)

Wax Museum (1940)

Devil Commands, The (1951)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(1920, Silent, John Barrymore)

(1931, Fredric March)

(1941, Spencer Tracy)

Doctor X (1932)

Return of Dr. X (1939)

Dracula (1931)

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

La Voluntad del muerto (1931)

Son of Dracula (1945)

House of Dracula (1944)

Dracula Wannabees

Nosferatu (1922, Silent)

London after Midnight (1927)

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Return of the Vampire (1944)

Vampire Bat (1933)

Frankenstein (1931)

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

House of Frankenstein (1944)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Ghost Breakers, The (1939)

Gorilla, The (1939)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Holiday Inn (1942)

Horror Island (1941)

Invisibe Man, The (1933)

Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Invisible Woman (1940)

Invisible Agent (1942)

Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

King of the Zombies (1941)

Mad Love (1935)

Miracles for Sale (1939)

Murder in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Mummy, The (1932)

Mummy's Hand (1940)

Mummy's Tomb (1942)

Mummy's Ghost (1944)

Mummy's Curse (1944

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

House of Wax (1953)

Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

Sherlock Holmes

Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Scarlet Claw (1944)

Smiling Ghost, The (1942)

Thirteenth Chair, The (1929)

Thirteenth Guest, The (1932)

Uninvited, The (1944)

Werewolves

Werewolf of London (1935)

Wolf Man, The (1941)

She-Wolf of London (1946)

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

You'll Find Out (1940)

(NOTE: HALLOWEEN 2011: Movies to Watch for links of movies shown free on the internet)

MELBOURNE

CUP (AU):

[See Also "Triple Crown"]

THANKSGIVING:

Holiday Inn (1942)

CHRISTMAS:

A Christmas Carol (1938, 1953)

Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Belles of St. Mary's (1945)

Bishop's Wife, The (1947)

Charlie Brown Christmas

Christmas in Conneticut (1945)

Heidi (1937)

Holiday Inn (1942)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

I'll Be Seeing You (1944)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Little Women (1933, 1949)

Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Nutcracker, The (1977, Mikhail Baryshnikov)

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944)

The Thin Man (1934)

Three (3) Godfathers (1948)

White Christmas (1954)

NEW YEAR'S EVE:

See NEW YEAR'S DAY