posted on December 18, 2000 09:13:44 PM new
I swear I really do remember this movie from a l-o-n-g time ago but can't remember the name of it or who's in it. About all I can remember is that it's about this married couple who don't have a lot of money to spend for each other on Christmas. The woman has VERY long hair and decides to have a bunch of it cut off so she can sell it and then buy her husband a gold chain for his pocket watch. Well, why she's doing that her husband sells his pocket watch so he can buy his wife this really pretty clip that she had wanted for her hair. Does anyone remember this one??
posted on December 18, 2000 09:15:46 PM new
I remember the movie - but not the name... now I'll be up all night trying to remember it. Hope someone else knows for both our sakes.
posted on December 18, 2000 09:32:25 PM new
I believe it was from an O. Henry story. For some reason I'm thinking it was called "The Gift" (or The Gift of the Magi).?? But I could be wrong.
posted on December 18, 2000 09:36:56 PM new
I remember that movie too. For some reason, I keep seeing that guy that used to be JohnBoy as lead actor. Probably wrong, but thats the first guy that came to mind. Good movie, but cant think of the name of it.
posted on December 18, 2000 09:50:05 PM new
Hi, guys. The O'Henry story with that exact plot was called "The Gift of the Magi." I don't know if the movie had the same title and never saw it. Used to teach 8th grade English and that story was In The Book!
posted on December 18, 2000 11:02:05 PM new
The name of the movie was "O. Henry's Full House". There were 5 stories by O. Henry in the movie, "The Cop and the Anthem", "Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of the Red Chief", and "Gift of the Magi".
posted on December 19, 2000 02:36:12 AM new
bobbie355 - Just wanted to be sure that you noticed on the URL given here for the original movie, that this movie will be on the AMC channel on 12-25 sometime in the morning. I checked (gist.com), using my zip code and it's on from 8:00 - 10:00 AM here. (Not sure what time zone you're in.) We might just get a chance to tape it.
When I first watched it, oh so many years ago, I found it to be a very touching movie.
