MGM's Holiday Classics Collection includes three enduring films, The Bishop's Wife, March of the Wooden Soldiers and Pocketful of Miracles. These timeless classics feature memorable performances by Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Glenn Ford and Laurel & Hardy.

These are films the entire family can enjoy. As Christmas approaches, an angel (played by the illustrious Cary Grant) arrives to help an Episcopal Bishop raise money for a new cathedral in the Academy Award-winning The Bishop's Wife (1947). The film won an Oscar for Best Sound, and received four other Academy Award-nominations - Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music and Best Picture. The movie was remade in 1996 as The Preacher's Wife.

Originally entitled Babes in Toyland and based on Victor Herbert's 1903 operetta of the same name, the madcap screen antics of Laurel and Hardy bring to life the unforgettable March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934). This time-honored black-and-white film follows the comedic duo as they battle to save Toyland from the evil Barnaby and his Bogeymen.

Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor (Peter Falk), Best Costume Design and Best Original Song, Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles

(1961) is all about Christmastime miracles. The uplifting film stars Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange and a distinguished supporting cast including Peter Falk and Edward Everett Horton. Set in 1930s New York, Ann-Margret makes her film debut in this entertaining comedy about a gangster who repays an apple peddler by helping her appear as an upper crust society lady when her daughter comes for a visit.

The MGM Holiday Classics Collection is available for the suggested retail price of $29.98 US/$37.98 Canada.

SYNOPSES:

The Bishop's Wife

Heavenly bells are ringing, jubilant choirs are singing and Christmas joy is blanketing the world like freshly fallen snow. But the Yuletide spirit has yet to warm Bishop Henry Brougham's Victorian home. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his loving wife Julia, and now only divine intervention can save their marriage! But the powerful and handsome angel sent from above has a mind of his own and teaching mortal Henry an immortal lesson in romance

isn't all he's got planned! Starring Oscar-winners *Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven, and featuring a stellar supporting cast that includes James Gleason and Monty

Woolley, this delightful romantic comedy is wondrous, witty and truly divine!  

*Grant, Honorary Oscar

March of the Wooden Soldiers

Based on the operetta by Victor Herbert, this delightful musical follows the pre-Christmas antics of two well-meaning bumblers, played by the inimitable comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Although Dee (Hardy) and Dum (Laurel) do everything wrong at their toy factory job, when they learn that Mother Peep and her daughter Bo are about to be evicted, they try to do right by helping the damsels. Hoping to borrow money from their boss to prevent the sweet little shepherdess from having to marry the sinister landlord, Dee and Dum are instead fired! Not only that, but Barnaby wants to shut the factory down and ruin the holidays for all the children expecting toys! It's up to the big-hearted, hilarious duo to gain help from the rest of the fairy tale citizenry to stop the wedding, save the factory and celebrate the holidays!

Pocketful of Miracles

Superbly directed by the peerless Frank Capra, this remake of Lady For A Day is pure Hollywood magician unforgettable combination of comedy, whimsy and romance that was nominated for three Oscars! Impoverished Broadway peddler Apple Annie (Bette Davis) has a problem. Her daughter, Louise (Ann-Margret), educated abroad since infancy, is coming for a visit and bringing her wealthy fiancé with her. The problem is that Louise has believed all her life that Annie's a wealthy dowager, and the poor old woman doesn't know what to do! Enter Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford), a big-hearted racketeer who enlists the aid of his colorful mob of hooligans in a wild and crazy scheme to pass Annie off as a high-society grande dame so Louise can marry her fairy-tale prince and everyone can live happily ever after!