Review of The Christmas Party

. . . the big-shot producers would bark out an order that went along the lines of "We need a one-reeler pronto. Shovel up whatever you can find on the cutting room floor, and splice it together until you've got nine minutes!" THE CHR!STMAS PARTY is a clear example of this deplorable practice. Its first couple minutes picture some urchins playing football, without a Holiday in sight. The middle part involves some kid named "Jackie" interviewing prospective foster moms. THE CHRI$TMAS PARTY then concludes with the only bit relevant to its title. However, the haphazard camera angles and clumsy editing of this portion suggests that it was assigned as punishment to a group of production assistants for an infraction now unknown. Obviously, these inept miscreants failed to learn any lesson, judging by the slip-shod unprofessional quality of their "detention period" work. It's hard to fathom how THE CHR!STMAS PARTY ever came to be released theatrically, let alone be televised 87 years later!