HOLIDAY AFFAIR / THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER

ABOUT THE FILMS: 

HOLIDAY AFFAIR, 1949, Dir. Don Hartman, 97 Min, Warner Bros., USA 

Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh star in a warmhearted, holiday romantic comedy. When a department store clerk overhears a young boy’s wish for a model train set – which his widowed young mother cannot afford – he purchases the train for the boy, even though he cannot afford it either. This begins a chain of comic mishaps leading to romance, a scheme by the young boy to decide which of his mother’s two suitors will succeed … and a chaotic appearance in night court to sort things out. Based on John D. Weaver’s story Christmas Gift.

FORMAT: DCP

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, 1940, Dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 97 Min, Warner Bros., USA 

By night Alfred and Klara are pen pals who have never met but who are deeply devoted to each other. By day, Alfred and Klara are co-workers who, just as deeply, dislike each other in THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER. Jimmy Stewart stars with Margaret Sullivan as Alfred and Klara in this classic romance directed by the great Ernst Lubitsch. This day and night, hate and love relationship cannot continue … but will it be loving or loathing when Alfred and Klara discover the identities of their cherished pen pals?

FORMAT: DCP