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Vintage Holiday Show

Screening on Film
Free Admission

You will certainly get your money’s worth at this year’s program of short Christmas and winter-themed films. Culled from the vast collections of the Harvard Film Archive, the family-friendly program is on motion picture film, international in scope, appropriate for young and old alike, and free of charge! Our gift to you. – Liz Coffey, Film Conservator

 

TRT 125 min

PROGRAM

  • The Pony

    Directed by Lawrence Cherry.
    Canada, 1958, 16mm, black & white, 30 min.
    Print source: HFA

Two children in rural Canada want a pony for Christmas. Will their parents agree to it?  Boston Public Library Collection

  • The Great Toy Robbery

    Directed by Jeff Hale.
    Canada, 1963, 35mm, color, 6 min.
    Print source: HFA

This funny, animated Christmas Western has become an HFA holiday show staple. Howard E. Burr Collection

  • DuPont Theater: Three Young Kings

    Directed by Richard Kinon.
    US, 1956, 16mm, black & white, 27 min.
    Print source: HFA

Three boys get into trouble for taking to heart a Latin American Christmas tradition in this heartfelt television program. Jason Camuti Collection

  • Santa’s Workshop

    Directed by Wilfred Jackson.
    US, 1932, 16mm, color, 7 min.
    Print source: HFA

This classic cartoon reveals what happens behind-the-scenes at Santa’s North Pole workshop. Robert Gitt Collection

  • Winter on the Farm

    US, 1948, 16mm, color, 11 min.
    Print source: HFA

In one of the first color Encyclopaedia Britannica educational films, children do winter chores on the farm and watch animals going about their business. Somerville High School Collection

  • Winter Carousel

    Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz.
    France, 1958, 16mm, color, 12 min.
    Print source: HFA

Animals enjoy ice skating in this charming puppet film by a pioneering animator. Boston Public Library Collection

  • Cold Pizza

    Directed by Larry Kent.
    Canada, 1972, 16mm, color, 18 min.
    Print source: HFA

This short follows the misadventures of two boys who try to earn money by delivering pizza in snowy Montreal. Boston Public Library Collection

  • Two Little Frosts

    Directed by Jiri Trnka.
    Czechoslovakia, 1953, 16mm, color, 13 min.
    Print source: HFA

Two chilly ghosts try to give people the shivers in this lively puppet film. Boston Public Library Collection