Vintage Holiday Classic Film Roundup!

Nothing gets you into the Holidays more than the classics!

We have scoured the theatres and local TV channels to bring you your Vintage Holiday Classic Film Roundup!

Dec 17
6.3p - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna reed (1946) at Revue Cinema
7pm - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) at Royal Cinema
9.3p - Nightmare Before Christmas - Tim Burton (1993) on CTV

Dec 18
7pm - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) at Royal Cinema
8pm - A Christmal Carol - Reginald Owen (1938) on TCM
9.3p - Home Alone Quote-A-Long - Macaulay Caulkin and Joe Pesci (1990) at Bloor Cinema
9.3p - Christmas in Connecticut - Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan (1945) on TCM
1am - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum (1949) on TCM

Dec 19
11a - Home Alone - Macaulay Caulkin and Joe Pesci  (1990) at Carlton Cinema
1pm - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - Chevy Chase (1988) at TIFF Lightbox
2pm - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1983) at Revue Cinema
8pm - Gremlins (1984) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 20
3.3p - Little Women - Elizabeth Taylor (1949) at TIFF
3.3p - A Muppet Christmas Carol - Michael Caine (1992) at Bloor Cinema
7pm - Sound of Music Sing-A-Long - Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (1965) on CTV2
7.3p - Dr Seuss: Grinch That Stole Christmas on CBC
8pm - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - Chevy Chase (1988) on CBC

Dec 21 
7pm - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) at Cineplex (select theatres)
7pm - Frosty the Snowman (1969) on CBC
8pm - Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas on CBC
8.3p - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Chevy Chase (1989) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 22
8pm - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1983) on CBC
9pm - Scrooged - Bill Murray (1988) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 23
3pm - White Christmas - Bing, Clooney, Kaye and Ellen (1954) at Bloor Cinema
5.3p - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1983) at Bloor Cinema
7pm - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) at Cineplex (select theatres)
8pm - Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank (1957) on TCM
8pm - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) on CTV2
8.3p - Die Hard Quote-A-Long - Bruce Willis (1988) at Bloor Cinema

Dec 24
5am - Bush Christmas (1947) on TCM
9am - A Christmas Carol - Reginald Owen (1938) on TCM
12.3p - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) at Cineplex (select theatres)
2pm - Christmas in Connecticut - Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan (1945) on TCM
4pm - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum (1949) on TCM
4pm - A Christmas Story - Peter Billingsly (1984) at Revue Cinema
6pm - Meet in in St Louis - Judy Garland (1944) on TCM
7pm - White Christmas - Bing, Clooney, Kaye and Ellen (1954) on CBC
8pm - Its A Wonderful Life - James Stewart and Donna Reed (1946) on CTV
8pm - The Bishop's Wife - Loretta Young an Cary Grant (1947) on TCM
11.3p - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) on CTV
11.3p - Scrooge - Alistair Sim (1951) on CBC

Dec 25
2.3a - The Shop Around the Corner - Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart (1944) on TCM
4.3a - Little Women - Katherine Hepburn (1949) on TCM
6.3a - Little Women - Katherine Hepburn (1949) on TCM
12.3p - Holiday Affair - Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum (1949) on TCM
2pm - The Man Who Came to Dinner - Bette Davis and Monty Wooley (1941) on TCM
6pm - It Happened on 5th Avenue - Anne harding and Don DeFore (1947) on TCM
8pm - Miracle on 34th Street - Maureen O'Hara and Edmund Gwenn (1947) on CBC

Dec 26
7pm - Sound Of Music Sing-A-Long - Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (1965) at Tiff Bell Lightbox Theatre

My TOP 3!

If you don't have time for all of the above...

do me a personal favour and check out my personal top 3!

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Barbar Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet 

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Wooley

When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.

White Christmas (1954)

Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

Other great notable movies! 

(that are not playing publicly this year - as far as we can tell!)

And So They Were Married - Mary Astor and Melvyn Douglas (1936)
Remember the Night - Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray (1940)
Holiday Inn  - Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire (1942)
I'll be Seeing You - Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten and Shirley Temple 
Never Say Goodbye - Ida Lupino and Errol Flynn (1946)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

A Carol for Another Christmas - Sterling Hayden (1964)

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)

When Harry Met Sally -  Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal (1989)

Trading Places - Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy, Dan Akroyd (1989)

Edward Scissorhands - Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp (1990)

Happy Holidays from the Toronto Vintage Society!

Wishing Everyone All the Best for 

A Very Vintage Holiday Season!

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Your VINTAGE WEEKEND Roundup! Dec 11th -14th !

We here are still on a Kitschmas HIGH after our party last Weekend!  A recap of the fun to come!

We just want to keep that very merry feeling going all month long!  Here is how you can too!

   THURSDAY, Dec 11th:
   10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
   12p – A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
   7pm – Holiday Pop-up Flea at The Common
   8pm – Live Blues and Dancing: The 24th St Wailers at Monarchs Pub
   8pm - Love Letters Cabaret: Naughty Nutcraker at Lula Lounge
   10pm – Tiki Thursdays (RnR) at Sweaty Bettys
   10pm – Good Rockin’ Tonight (50s/RnR) at Holy Oak Café

   FRIDAY, Dec 12th:
   10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
   12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
   5:3p – The Straight Eights (RnR/Rockabilly) at Castro's Lounge
   6pm – Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman CIUT 89.5 FM
   7.3p – TO Swing Dance Society Dance at Lithuanian House
   9pm – Record Party (60s/70s) at Castro's Lounge
   9pm – Missy/Ink Magazine Holiday Bash at Cherry Colas
   9pm – Dolls In Disgrace Launch Party at Disgraceland
   9.3p - Rock-A-Billy Shake Up : Tennessee Voodoo Coupe and The Greasemarks at 3030 Dundas West

   SATURDAY, Dec 13th:
   10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
   11a – The Annex Flea : Holiday Flea at Centre for Social Innovation
   12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
   3pm - Vinyl from the Crypt CIUT 89.5
   4pm - Happy Pals (jazz) at Grossman's Tavern
   4.3p – Big Rude Jake (rockabilly/blues) at Castro’s Lounge
   7pm – Yuletide Saturday Night Swing: Alex Pangman and Her Alleycats
at Dovercourt House
   9pm – Oldies Dance at Legends on Queensway
   9pm - Boom Boom Boom Boom (60s/70s) at 2907 Dundas St W
   9pm - Electro Swing Club Toronto: Jingle at Revival Bar
   10p - Shake, Rattle and Roll with Bang & Blush at Clintons
   10p - Shake-A-Tail at Sneaky Dee's
   10p – Xmas Rock n Roll Dance Party with The Hipshakers at Cadillac Lounge
   10p - Combo Royale: Winter Ball at Gladstone Hotel

   SUNDAY, 14th:
   6am - Sunday Antique Market at St Lawrence Market
   10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
   11a – Holiday Annex Flea at Centre for Social Innovation
   12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
   1pm - Flashman: and 1930s Radio Play at Spadina House Museum
   4pm - New Orleans Connection All Stars at Grossman's Tavern
   4pm – Ronnie Hayward Trio at The Duke Live.com
   7pm – Trading Places (1983) with Classic Cinema Meetup at @imperial Pub
   9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge
   9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's

As always...please forward on any other event information!

Merry Kitschmas!

WHAT IS KITSCHMAS??

 Recently, you may have noticed that we are hosting our Christmas party, deemed the "Kitschmas Cabin". What is Kitschmas you ask? Let us elaborate!

"Kitsch", according to Wikipedia, is;  (/ˈkɪtʃ/; loanword from German) is a low-brow style of mass-produced art or design using popular or cultural icons. Kitsch generally includes unsubstantial or gaudy works or decoration, or works that are calculated to have popular appeal.

The concept of kitsch is applied to artwork that was a response to the 19th-century art with aesthetics that convey exaggerated sentimentality and melodrama. Hence, kitsch art is closely associated with sentimental art. Kitsch is also related to the concept of camp, because of its humorous, ironic nature.

We at the Toronto Vintage society love kitsch! Some people like to think of kitsch as a tacky, and cheap version of an original item, but we like to think of it as the tacky, cheap, over the top,  MORE FUN version of an original item!

For Example:

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Kitschy Lamp

So naturally, Kitschmas is the marriage of the traditional "Christmas", and "kitsch"! You probably now understand that when it comes to the Holidays, we love and appreciate all of the fun, and kitschy novelties, decorations, and and traditions that come along with it! It is so much more that just "Tacky" Christmas, it is truly embracing and celebrating the colourful and joyful holiday items of the 1950s and 1960s. Think glitter, colour, and shine!

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Now that you've had some visual inspiration, we hope feel a little more inspired to add some vintage kitsch to your Holiday celebrations!

Even better - come out and celebrate KITSCHMAS with us in our KITSCHMAS CABIN - Saturday, December 6th at the Cadillac Lounge.  Starts at 8pm.

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Be sure to get decked out in your finest Holiday Kitsch! 

Your VINTAGE WEEKEND Roundup! Nov 27th–30th!

A great Vintage weekend is ahead of us!

Toronto Vintage Society will be lending a helping hand on Friday to Rosie the Rebel's BLAST FROM THE PAST: Vintage Prom!  We are super excited as we always wanted to attend an event like this!

General Admission tickets still available: click here for details! 

THURSDAY, Nov 27th :
10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
12p – A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
5pm – Christmas Open House at Colborne Lodge
7.3p - Yasgurs Farm : Motown Movember at Lula Lounge
8pm – Live Blues and Dancing: The Jack de Keyzer Band
at Monarchs Pub
10pm – Good Rockin’ Tonight (50s/RnR) at Holy Oak Café

FRIDAY, Nov 28th:10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
2pm - Bygone Theatre: Rope (20s crime play) at Gibson House & Zion Schoolhouse
5:3p – The Straight Eights (RnR/Rockabilly) at Castro's Lounge
6pm – Rockabilly with DJ Catwoman 100.3FM
7pm – Retro Replay (retro gaming) Friday at Back Space Toronto
9pm – Record Party (60s/70s) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Rosie The Rebel Boutique - Toronto: Blast from the Past – Vintage Prom at The Great Hall
10pm - Shindig!: 60s Rock n Roll Explosion at The Piston

SATURDAY, Nov 29th:
10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
2pm - Bygone Theatre: Rope (20s crime play) at Gibson House
2pm – Holiday Burlesque Workshop at City Dance Corps
3pm – Air Steps Lindy Hop Workshop at Dovercourt House
3pm - Vinyl from the Crypt CIUT 89.5 FM
4pm - Happy Pals (jazz) at Grossman's Tavern
4.3p – Big Rude Jake (rockabilly/blues) at Castro’s Lounge
7pm – Saturday Night Swing: Shannon Butcher Swing Band
at Dovercourt House
8pm – Ray Price Tiribute and Rizdales CD Release Party at Hugh's Room
9pm – Oldies Dance at Legends on Queensway
10p - Shake, Rattle and Roll with Bangs & Blush at Clintons
10p - Shake-A-Tail at Sneaky Dee's
11p – PANIC: New Order Spotlight at Velvet Underground

SUNDAY, Nov 30th:
10a – 100 Years of Christmas at Casa Loma
6am - Sunday Antique Market at St Lawrence Market
10a – The Leslieville Flea: Holiday Market at SH Armstrong Community Centre
10a – The Post Market: Holiday Market at The Great Hall
12p - A Roaring 20s Christmas at Spadina Museum
4pm - New Orleans Connection All Stars at Grossman's Tavern
4pm – Ronnie Hayward Trio at The Duke Live.com
4pm – Roots and Branches (Swingabilly) at Cadillac Lounge
9pm - Watch This Sound (rare vintage vinyl) at Castro's Lounge
9pm - Sinful Sundays at Cherry Cola's

NOTABLE OUTER GTA:
Fri, Nov 28th
8pm – Rock Around the Rose: Sock Hop with the Retro Rockers at Rose Theatre (Brampton)
Sat, Nov 29,
2pm - Marty Allen and James Anthony at the Black Swan (Burlington) 9pm - Wilds Cards at Simcoe Blues Jazz (Oshawa)
9pm - Pearly Jenkins and Lucky Strike at The Pig's Ear Tavern(Peterborough)

As always...please forward on any other event information!