I don’t care for Bishops Wife. There’s something creepy about it being a christmas movie about a preacher who ignores his wife who in turn wants to cheat with a creepy angel who leads her on. I don’t really care for any of the characters. Not a fan of the remake with Denzel either.

It’s also worth mentioning to Dr. Who fans that on December 27, TCM is showing the 1966 Dr. Who movie “Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD”, with Peter Cushing as the good Doctor.

I’m pretty surprised that TCM isn’t going to show an encore of the Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol. They showed it last monday. The treat here was that it was a restored print that’s getting released on Blue Ray. It looked terrific. For those that haven’t seen the Sim version, it’s considered by most film buffs as being hands down the best filmed version of the story. Much grittier, much scarrier, more literal. Sim gives a brilliant performance. Much better than the more cartoonish Scrooge in the Reginald Owen version.

Speaking of restoration, TCM aired a fascinating marathon of films this week that had all been restored by George Eastman House. Most of them were television premiers shown on TCM for the first time. It was a greaty opportunity to find out more about film preservation, how films are chosen for restoration, the costs, which films are priorities, etc. Very entertaining.