William Powell and Buster Keaton,
Bogie, Coop and Colin Clive!
I’ll be decked out in my Deco
Waiting for you to arrive!

I would even hang Silk Stockings
High upon the fireplace
If Astaire would come a-calling
With his elegance and grace!

And I want Gene Kelly too,
Singing till the Rain is through!
Make my wish come true!
Baby all I want for Christmas
Is you… and you… and you…

I would laugh for Melvyn Douglas
Louder than Miss Garbo did,
And I’d dance for Warner Baxter
Better than that Keeler kid!

I’ve reserved a spot for Errol
Right there next to Joel McCrea!
Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda,
Say hello to Charles Boyer!

Hi there, Bob Montgomery!
Grab a spot beneath the tree!
Walter Huston toooooooooo!
Baby all I want for Christmas
Is you… and you… and you…

BAXTER , Warner, 193O , Fox, Renegades.

Leslie, Basil, Claude and Ronnie,
I would surely be a ditz
If I didn’t mistletoe with
Some of those enchanting Brits!

Clear the floor for Jimmy Cagney
Tapping out a Christmas tune!
Let the downstairs neighbors gripe but
I say he can stay till June!

Warren William, Ray Milland!
Join our merry little band!
Joseph Cotten toooooooooo!
Baby all I want for Christmas
Is you… and you… and you…

August 1928: English actor Leslie Howard starring in ‘Her Cardboard Lover’. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Prod DB © DR Joseph COTTEN (Joseph Cheshire Cotten) acteur americain (1905-1994) portrait

Get the door, it’s Jimmy Stewart!
My, what gifts the season brings!
Every time he holds me closer,
Ten more angels get their wings!

I would take a vow of silence
For my Rudy and Ramon,
And I’d brush up on my Russian
Just to bring George Sanders home!

Gather ‘round my door tonight!
Make my Christmas black and white
Or I will be bluuuuuuuuue…
Baby all I want for Christmas
Is you… and you… and you…