Holiday movies of the 1940s are among my favorites. Hollywood was quick to become part of the war effort, and what better way to use movies than for propaganda purposes. The finest studio talents ...

The very best Christmas movie “The Shop Around the Corner” (1940): You can make a strong case for that other Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie.

Were it any other play about an American time and place, “A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol” might be faulted for raising more questions than it answers from the moment Joe ...

Unlike other holidays, there’s no urgent shortage of Christmas movies, even good ones. But the best Christmas movies—the ones with a little more sophistication and a little less fantasy—don ...