I started to watch Holiday Affair (1949) again, but I like my Robert Mitchum movies to have a bit more bite than this forgettable story about a widow and a department store clerk who fall in love at Christmas.  This is pleasant but forgettable holiday fare.

So, how did I spend my snowed in morning after I put a turkey into the oven?  I watched Out of the Past, a film noir classic (1947) that is a far cry from treacly (or bland) Christmas movies.

It’s not quite up there (for me) with Sunset Boulevard or Double Indemnity, but Out of the Past is well worth watching.  Mitchum meets his match in a femme fatale played by Jane Greer, and a young Kirk Douglas has some problems with her, too!

I think I’ll watch something totally different in tone this afternoon. A musical?  We’ll see.  Aren’t snow days grand?