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Christmas Eve (1947)
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
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The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
Rated NR | Length 93 minutes
Actors
George Raft | George Brent | Randolph Scott | Joan Blondell | Virginia Field | Dolores Moran | Ann Harding | Reginald Denny | Douglass Dumbrille | Carl Harbord | Dennis Hoey | Clarence Kolb | Molly Lamont | John Litel | Walter Sande | Joe Sawyer | Konstantin Shayne | Andrew Tombes | Claire Whitney | Marie Blake | Edgar Dearing | Robert Dudley | Joe Gray | J. Farrell MacDonald | Brick Sullivan
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/21/2013 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Picked this off TCM as it sounded pretty good and obviously Christmas themed. Wowsa. This is a real mish-mash of a story that ultimately boils down to an old woman who needs her three adopted sons to return by Christmas Eve to validate her and her wealth otherwise she will lose it. I guess?
The plot from IMDb: “To save her fortune from a designing nephew, Matilda Reid must locate her three long-lost adopted sons in time for a Christmas Eve reunion.”
But the movie spends most its time on each of the wild predicament that each of the sons have found themselves in. The problem is that since you don’t know these sons you have no vested interest and there’s no real character development. You only care about the old woman which does get her wish so at least it ends as expected.
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