Movies for the 2010 Holidays
Here is a list of movies and documentaries that you can show for your residents for the upcoming holidays and celebrations this year. We would also like to thank those who joined the NCCAP Chat Jan. 20, 2010 for the great movies that they thought up. We also suggest the wonderful biographies available at the following:
History Channel: http://shop.history.com/
Biography Channel: http://shop.biography.com/
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/
Turner Classic Movies Channel: http://www.tcm.com/index.jsp
February
2 – Groundhog Day “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray
10 – Chinese New Year “ Flower Drum Song”
14 – Valentines Day “Sleepless in Seattle”
“ Sound of Music”
“ The Notebook”
“Philadelphia Story”
“ Officer and a Gentleman”
“ Frankie and Johnnie”
“ Lady and The Tramp”
15 – Presidents Day “The Presidents” available at shop.history.com
16 – Mardi Gras “Mardi Gras” with Pat Boone (1958)
Month Long – Black History Month – Biography Channel has many DVD’s of African-Americans – Here are some:
Bill Cosby
The Underground Railroad
Martin Luther King
Frederick Douglass
March
2 – Dr Seuss’ Birthday “Horton Hears a Who”
“Cat in the Hat”
“Seuss Celebration” – Amazon
17 – St. Patrick’s Day “The Quiet Man” – with John Wayne and
Maureen O’Hare
“Finian’s Rainbow” – with Fred Astaire and
Petula Clark
Month Long – Women’s History Month
Amelia Earhart
Susan B Anthony
The Miracle Worker – Helen Keller Story – with Patty Duke
“Little Women” – with Winona Ryder
April
4 – Easter “Easter Parade” with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
“Holiday Inn” with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
“The Greatest Story Ever Told” with Max Von Sydow
Month Long - “Singing in the Rain”
May
9 – Mother’s Day “The Joy Luck Club”
“I Remember Mama”
“Mother”
31 – Memorial Day “Sergeant York” with Gary Cooper
“Operation Petticoat”
Month Long “Camelot” with Richard Harris
June
14 – Flag Day “Yankee Doodle Dandy” with James Cagney
“The Stars and Stripes Forever”
20 – Fathers Day “Father Goose” with Cary Grant
“Mrs. Doubtfire” with Robin Williams
“Donovan’s Reef” with John Wayne
Month Long “In the Good old Summertime” with Judy Garland
“The Music Man”
July
4 – Independence Day “Independence Day”
“1776”
Month Long Any “musical” movie
August
Month Long Any Elvis Presley Movie
September
6 – Labor Day “Nine to Five”
“Working Girl”
“The Pursuit of Happyness”
“ Gung Ho”
12 – Grandparents Day “Heidi” with Shirley Temple
“Cocoon”
“On Golden Pond”
“Grumpy Old Men”
October
24 – Mother-in-Law Day “Monster-in-Law” with Jane Fonda
31 – Halloween “Hocus Pocus”
“Ghostbusters”
“Harry Potter”
“Nightmare before Christmas”
Month Long Any Stephen King Movie
November
11 – Veterans Day Any War Movie
25 – Thanksgiving “Miracle on 34th Street”
December
Any Christmas Movie
Any “Christmas Carol” Movie