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Summary: Wonderful Christmas classic to enjoy year after year
Review: "Christmas In Connecticut" is my all-time favourite Christmas movie with just the right combination of humour, sentiment, beautiful settings, and terrific performers. I play this film every year during the week leading up to Christmas and the season would not be complete with its wonderful presence in my home.Being a huge Barbara Stanwyck fan I would have loved this film anyway however in "Christmas In Connecticut" Barbara has never been more winning than as Elizabeth Lane, the know it all columnist for "Smart Housekeeping" magazine in New York who always, (in her reader's minds at least) can wip up the most exquisite culinary masterpieces for any occasion. Barbara was always a very honest actress and brought conviction and feeling to any role she tackled whether it be a devoted mother or a murderess. Here the focus is on comedy as the film tells the very funny story of how after winning country wide fame as the icon of "Smart Housekeeping" her deception starts to unravel as the Christmas season approaches when her publisher Alexander Yardley (a superb Sydney Greenstreet) decides he wants to boost circulation by inviting a returning war veteran to spend Christmas with Elizabeth and her family on her beautiful farm in Connecticut. The only problem here is that Elizabeth has made up everything about her supposedly ideal life, from having a husband, a child, owning a farm in the country and worst of all even being able to cook! What follows is a highly amusing tale as Elizabeth tries to avoid having her deception uncovered. Yardley with more dollars flashing in his eyes however is not easily put off and demands that the war veteran Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) share in an ideal American Christmas on the farm with Elizabeth and her "family". To make matters worse rather than be alone for the holidays he also invites himself along to experience this ideal Christmas with all the trimmings which creates anxiety for Elizabeth in that she knows Yardley will only except "total honesty" from all his staff, and thus she is in danger of also losing her job because of her deception. Complication piles on complication for Elizabeth as wealthy suitor John Sloan "lends" her his farm and "borrows" a local factory workers child to make up the family she needs and also recruits Felix Bassenak a gourmet chef from the local restaurant to play "Uncle Felix'. He is instructed to "assist" Elizabeth with the cooking because of course as Elizabeth tells Yardley "she taught him everything he knows!!" "Christmas In Connecicut" is blessed with a wonderful cast that help bring this amusing story to life. Sydney Greenstreet has never been better than in the role of the bombasic Yardley and his reactions to Stanwyck's attempts to flip his pancakes "just as she writes so lovingly about in Smart Housekeeping" are a delight. Dennis Morgan provides the suitable love interest in the story and he is just that right combination of goodlooks and simple sincerity as the returning war veteran. The memorable S.Z. Sakall, a veteran of so many comic performances in countless films literally steals the show as the exasperated "Uncle Felix". His reactions of fear at being found out in the ruse are hilarious. His facial expressions alone are worth watching the film for. Reginald Gardiner has the thankless role of the boring architect John Sloan who is in love with Elizabeth and offers to go along with the story if Elizabeth will promise to marry him. He nevertheless does make something of his character despite being up against the more colourful characters played by Greenstreet and Sakall. "Christmas In Connecticut" is a delightful romantic comedy from beginning to end and benefits not only from excellent writing but good if unspectacular direction from Peter Godfrey who collaborated with Barbara Stanwyck on two other interesting efforts in "Cry Wolf" and "The Two Mrs. Carrolls". The settings of the film are just right for the Christmas feel whether it be Barbara's small cold water apartment with snow on the balcony or the beautiful country estate with its big open fire, stunning Christmas tree, New England furniture and big windows with views of snow covered fields. Just the setting I've always imagined for an ideal old fashioned Christmas!. I cannot recommend "Christmas In Connecticut" highly enough for the festive season. It's a simple, old fashioned story filled with good cheer, a warm cosy feel and the ultimate message of caring for other people. As a wonderful holiday treat make sure you find "Christmas In Connecticut" in your Christmas Stocking. Enjoy!.
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Summary: Stanwyck at her best
Review: A comedic adventure. Barbara Stanwyck plays a magazine writer who "cooks on the typewriter." In order to keep up the farce and keep her job, she poses as a married woman with a husband and child who live on a farm in Connecticut. Her boss has invited a sailor to her farm for Christmas and has decided to come along himself. What to do? She asks Uncle Felix to come along and do the cooking. All goes well until she is asked to flip a flapjack. Did she do it? Well, wait and see! There is alot of fun and romance in this one. A fine Christmas entertainment for the whole family! Enjoy!
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Summary: Christmas Charm
Review: A delightful holiday fare, where whimsy, a little deciet and good intentions collide to create a memorable romantic farce drenched in Christmas cheer. Christmas In Connecticut has been a favorite of mine since my early teens because of it's star-studded perfomances, quick wit and charming flair. A true joy for those fans of "It's A Wonderful Life" and "A Miracle On 34th Street" I highly recommend !
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Summary: CLASSIC CHRISTMAS CARD.
Review: 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.
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Summary: The Happy Homemaker
Review: Barbara Stanwyck proves again why she was one of classic film's best, most versatile actresses in this comedy of a single magazine writer pretending to be the happy homemaker who must become the real thing when a war hero comes to stay with her and "her family" as part of a publicity stunt. Dennis Morgan plays the hero, and he and Stanwyck share a warm, comfortable chemistry that adds much to the film. It's a lot of fun watching Stanwyck trying to pull off the homemaking stunt, and it one of those films that's fun to watch each Christmas.
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Summary: Christmas in Connecticut
Review: Christmas in Connecticut is a great film. The first time I watched the movie was about 12 years ago. Now it's a must to watch it at least 3 times during the Christmas Holidays. If you have never seen the movie you should.
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Summary: Stanwyck at her best!
Review: Christmas in Connecticut is a romantic comedy all of you classic movie buffs will enjoy. It centers around a single working girl (Barbara Stanwyck) who writes a cooking column for a ladies magazine. Her writing is so convincing that her boss (Sidney Greenstreet) believes it all--husband, baby, and farm in Connecticut! So he arranges to have a sailor and himself invited to spend Christmas "on her perfect farm." What to do? Here she is, a gal who can "only cook on the typewriter." Well, bring along Uncle Felix to do the cooking. All goes well until she is asked to flip a flapjack. Did she do it? Well, wait and see. This movie is full of fun and romance (the old-fashioned kind). It's a holiday treat for young and old alike.
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Summary: A must for the true Christmas movie collector !!!
Review: Christmas in Connecticut will have you longing for the pure & simple times of days gone by. Watch this movie & bring the true spirit of Christmas back into your life.
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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Christmas Movie!
Review: Christmas wouldn't be complete without this classic 1940's Christmas movie! It is a fabulous showcase for '40s enthusiasts: great clothes, classic old houses with CHARM, great acting, and a great entertaining story line. A MUST for all collectors of wonderful old movies, especially Christmas movies. Simply the best. (Make sure you buy the classic black & white version!)
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Summary: An American Classic
Review: For many years I would wait every Christmas to watch this movie with my mother. This is one of her two favorites(White Christmas is the other) and it quickly became one of mine. It is a movie that shows life as we make it, but in a much simplier time. Before the e-mails, cell phones, and all the other electronic things we take for granted today. It is a feel good movie that makes you sit back, relax, and wish that you were able to put yourself into the movie. You laugh with and at the characters and their situations. It is a movie that carries itself perfectly in black & white. You appreciate the simplier things and are glad that Turner never got his hands on this one. The re-make is a very, very disappointing attempt to bring a wholesome holiday from the past into our times.
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