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Maggie is thrilled when Mitch, her long time crush, moves back to town. When she learns Mitch's love for Christmas has drastically changed, she tries to bring his holiday spirit back by showing him the magic of Christmas. -Google Search Director :  Harvey Crossland Writers: Carley Smale ... (story by) Robin Dunne ... (teleplay by) and Robert Vaughn ... (teleplay by) ROBIN DUNNE has been playing sleazy or shady characters in the past that I kind of forgotten that he could play a good person too.  His role here, DJ Mitch O'Grady, is such...a good person who used to love Christmas, and gave our female protagonist, Maggie(BROOKE NEVIN), the best Christmas ever a decade ago. Maggie decides to make Mitch love Christmas again by being his secret Santa.  The problem is, the higher ups want her to do a story about it, making her break the Journalism Code of Ethics:   Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credib...

Just like most of the musicals of great composers, the topic of this one is heavy(White Slavery), but it is made light because of the music and comedic lines.  It is also a movie about misconceptions and about love. The songs and dance steps are good, and the acting was, well, it was good. Probably not great, but it was good. It was written by Richard Morris and directed by George Roy Hill.  A stage version was based on this movie(a full musical) with lyrics written by Dick Scanlan and music composed by Jeanine Tesori.  The sound track of the movie was by Elmer Bernstein and his team. Pat Morita, Beatrice Lillie and Jack Soo Thank goodness, even if there are still stereotypes, the Asians are given better roles now.  The great Pat Morita and Jack Soo were given somewhat insulting roles here. John Gavin, James Fox, Beatrice Lillie, Carol Channing, Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore from imdb: Storyline In 1922 New York ...