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Movies for the 2011 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

 

 Groundhog Day    “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray

 Chinese New Year   “ Flower Drum Song”

 Valentines Day           “Sleepless in Seattle”

                                         “ Sound of Music”

                                         “ The Notebook”

                                         “Philadelphia Story”

                                         “ Officer and a Gentleman”

                                         “ Frankie and Johnnie”

                                         “ Lady and The Tramp”

Presidents Day      “The Presidents” available at shop.history.com

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

Dr Seuss’ Birthday            “Horton Hears a Who”

                                                   “Cat in the Hat”

                                                   “Seuss Celebration” – Amazon

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

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

Mother’s Day      “The Joy Luck Club”

                                    “I Remember Mama”

                                    “Mother”

                                   

Memorial Day            “Sergeant York” with Gary Cooper

                                             “Operation Petticoat”

 

Month Long                 “Camelot” with Richard Harris

                                   

 

June

Flag Day            “Yankee Doodle Dandy” with James Cagney

                                    “The Stars and Stripes Forever”

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

 

 

 

Labor Day                          “Nine to Five”

                                                “Working Girl”

                                                “The Pursuit of Happyness”

                                                “ Gung Ho”

                                               

 Grandparents Day      “Heidi” with Shirley Temple

                                                “Cocoon”

                                                “On Golden Pond”

                                                “Grumpy Old Men”

 

                           

 

 

October

                       

 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

 

 Thanksgiving                 “Miracle on 34th Street”

 

 

December  

                              Any Christmas Movie

                              Any “Christmas Carol” Movie