Silent night: Linda Hamilton, Matthew Harbour, Romano Orzari. Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue: Diana Scarwid, Robert Urich, Tegan Moss. A Christmas memory: Patty Duke, Piper Laurie, Jeffrey Demunn. Title from container. All films previously released. A Christmas memory based on the story by Truman Capote.
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A Christmas memory (1997) / teleplay by Duane Poole ; produced and directed by Glenn Jordan. Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996) / written by Rider McDowell and Michael De Guzman ; directed by Robert Ellis Miller -- A Christmas memory (1997) / teleplay by Duane Poole ; produced and directed by Glenn Jordan.
Summary:
Silent night: "Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. When she is invaded by three American soldiers and then three German soldiers, she successfully convinces the soldiers to put aside their differences for one evening and share a Christmas dinner"--IMDB.com. Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue: "When an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, his three children is determined to get him out of jail in time for Christmas and they decide to enlist the help of 'the most powerful man in the world' - President Hoover. En route to the White House, they meet an array of colorful characters"--IMDB.com. A Christmas memory: "A boy, Buddy, whose parents have split and whose mother is an actress in New York, has been dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older cousins, all of whom are unmarried. Buddy brings life to the house and develops a close friendship with one of the older, simpler ladies, Sook. Buddy and Sook undertake many adventures together, including the baking of 31 fruit-cakes which they give as Christmas presents, even mailing them to President and Mrs. Roosevelt and Jean Harlowe! Just before Christmas, one of the older cousins begins to wonder if it is best for Buddy to be living with them"--IMDB.com.
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