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Christmas In Connecticut | Year: 1945 Directed: - Peter Godfrey - Arnold Schwarzenegger Actors/Actresses: - Barbara Stanwyck - Dennis Morgan - Dyan Cannon - Kris Kristofferson An Unsung Christmas Classic I love this film and watch it every year. The movie (set in WW2 America) stars Barbara Stanwyck as Elizabeth Lane, who writes a successful magazine article about her life in Connecticut. She lives on a farm, she has a husband and a baby, and she's a great cook and housewife! Or is she? In truth, she makes up everything in her articles, and her Hungarian friend, Felix, (a real master chef) sends her recipes to put in her articles. Her editor, Dudley, knows this. Her publisher, Mr. Yardley, does not. So one christmas, Mr. Yardley asks Elizabeth to entertain a hospital-striken sailor at her farm over the holidays. To make things worse, Mr. Yardley, feeling lonely for the holidays, decides to come to the farm as well. Not knowing what to do, her suitor, Mr John Sloane (works as an architect) offers to let her use the farm he owns in Connecticut, Nora, the housekeeper, will take care of the housekeeping and Felix volunteers to come and do the cooking. But even with an experienced crew, this plan seems to have "Titanic" written all over it (it seems doomed to fail). Humorous dialog, loveable characters, an old-fashioned christmas spirit, and a couple of annoying people whose halls you would love to deck (Sloane), make Christmas in Connecticut great holiday fun for the young and young at heart. CLASSIC CHRISTMAS CARD. A picture about Christmas in the country, a wonderfully funny, romantic Christmas. It bubbles over with merriment and radiates good cheer like a Christmas tree with all the lights lit. This is a surprisingly well-known film (they play it on television every year at Christmastime) and it's highly entertaining. Stanwyck is winning as Elizabeth Lane, (Betty Crocker personified) who writes a cooking column for a housekeeping magazine (in actuality, she knows nothing about either subject) When a soldier comes to her home for the holidays, she must either master the ways of housekeeping of reveal her incompetence. Dennis Morgan is very likable here and the creepy Reginald Gardiner is amusing as the man who tries to win over Stanwyck. The plot is thin as air and the direction is rather unsure, the script and pacing could have been better - but just sit back and enjoy this little flick - it never claimed to be a Sturges masterpiece. Also available in digital colorized version. The best Christmas movie Forget all the others that people think are "must sees" at Christmas time. This is the best and, seemingly, the least well known. It is so funny to watch in light of today's Martha Stewart and other domestic "divas." A lot of the humor was probably risque for the day but, sadly, most youths today would have to have it explained to them. The movie is a well written comedy of errors. The characters are interesting and not just one demensional as is so often the case in comedies. I found myself very involved with the story...cheering for my favorite characters. If you only have time to see one Christmas movie this year do make it this one. You won't be sorry. Buy Christmas In Connecticut at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Christmas In Connecticut Search with the Priority Search Engine on Christmas In Connecticut This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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