Movie Review: Christmas Holiday (1944)
Truly engrossing
We really enjoyed this movie. Cinematography was very good with nice use of shadow and light. Perhaps the best bit was that we never knew where the story was going. It all flowed nicely, but lead us to some strange places like the Midnight Mass scene and the Concert scenes. Dr Z really enjoyed the use of Wagner in the score and the night-club songs were good too.
The role of the Mother was performed well. She was creepy. Oddly though, before getting married they lived in a mansion and some six months(?) after in a smallish although stylish apartment. Hearing that the mother had taken a job tending house in NY after the trial and conviction was pushing credibility. This was a engrossing movie. We just wanted to know more at every step. Perhaps the mark of a really good movie.
We really enjoyed this movie. Cinematography was very good with nice use of shadow and light. Perhaps the best bit was that we never knew where the story was going. It all flowed nicely, but lead us to some strange places like the Midnight Mass scene and the Concert scenes. Dr Z really enjoyed the use of Wagner in the score and the night-club songs were good too.
The role of the Mother was performed well. She was creepy. Oddly though, before getting married they lived in a mansion and some six months(?) after in a smallish although stylish apartment. Hearing that the mother had taken a job tending house in NY after the trial and conviction was pushing credibility. This was a engrossing movie. We just wanted to know more at every step. Perhaps the mark of a really good movie.
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