Holiday Affair

Robert Mitchum plays a nice toy train salesman in a department store and in a shocking twist, does NOT turn out to be a murderer hiding from the cops

Patrick Willems

i did not ask for this hetero version of CAROL but i enjoyed it nonetheless.

eely 👻

Holiday Affair had more depth than I expected. It was much more than a sweet, light romance thanks to the smartly written backstory of Janet Leigh's character and her sparkling performance, which both resonated with me on a whole other level. The screenplay was clearly…

Lara Pop

I watch this every year and every time Robert Mitchum stands up at dinner and says “I think you oughta marry me,” I gasp. I’m so caught up in the charm and heart of this movie every single time. And that kitchen kiss… it truly gives me butterflies every single time. Love,…

Bre

if i was alive in 1949 and found out that resident hollywood bad boy robert mitchum was in a holiday romance movie i would have gone bonkers

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There's a scene where Mitchum and Corey are forced to make small talk while Janet Leigh makes drinks, and it's so marvelously awkward. That scene really spoke to me.

jdfeuring

movies are dying because they don't have scenes anymore where one of the lovers runs to the train station to try and catch the train that the other one is on and then they run through all the compartments trying to find them and when they do they have the big kiss

phoebe 💫

Robert Mitchum feeding orphan squirrels isn’t a classic Christmas gift, but sometimes the best presents are those that don’t show up on any list.  “Holiday Affair” itself is something of an unexpected package; a slight little comedy-melodrama with little ambition other…

theriverjordan

still screaming that this was meant to restore robert mitchum’s image after SMOKIN WEED

Kate