This post from Dec., 2014 is my contribution to Movies, Silently’s wonderful Shorts: A Tiny Blogathon Be sure to visit Fritzi’s sight to read about more of these pithy, witty, some funny, and some more serious-minded short films that were shown by movie theaters before the featured attraction.
With Christmas Day right around the corner, two meals to prep for, gifts to wrap, stockings to stuff, and more goodies to bake, this will probably be my last post until January 2015. I decided it would be right and fitting to write about a short film that I saw on Turner Classics last year in December, Warner Brothers 1945 Star in the Night.
Star in the Night, is a modern(1945 modern) re-telling of the Nativity story. It was written by Robert Finch and Saul Elkins, produced by Gordon Hollingshead, and directed by Don Siegel. It was Siegel’s first film to direct and it touched so many audiences and the Motion Picture Academy that it won the Oscar for Best Short Subject in 1946. Siegel went on to direct more films, including the first Invasion of the Body Snatchers, several Clint Eastwood starring movies, such as Dirty Harry, and John…
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