Christmas in Connecticut Overview:

Christmas in Connecticut (1945) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Peter Godfrey and produced by Jack L. Warner and William Jacobs.

SYNOPSIS

A sharp writer, who has never set foot in a kitchen, passes herself off as the consummate housewife in the column she writes for a women's magazine. When a promotional stunt plants her editor and a war veteran at her fictitious home for Christmas dinner, she has to marry her boyfriend, find a house, and prepare a spectacular meal, pronto. Life grows even more complicated when she starts to fall for the sailor. Stanwyck's perfect in this holiday confection. Remade for cable in 1992 by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Christmas in Connecticut (1945): Yuletide Cheer and The War’s End is Here

By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 23, 2021 From 4 Star Films

Christmas in Connecticut functions as a fine way to cap off 1945, a year full of jubilation and relief for the American public. The war was finally over! Given this context, the setup might feel familiar. A sailor who was shipwrecked out at sea in the Pacific was rescued. Now he’s seeing the w... Read full article


5 Reasons to Watch Christmas in Connecticut

By Judy on Dec 12, 2020 From Cary Grant Won't Eat You

I can’t be bothered to root for a romance between anyone and Dennis Morgan, the heartthrob of Christmas in Connecticut. He always strikes me as smug, and his acting is pretty basic. His character in this famous xmas film doesn’t help: As Jefferson Jones, he’s entitled, dishonest, ... Read full article


5 Reasons to Watch Christmas in Connecticut

By Judy on Dec 12, 2020 From Cary Grant Won't Eat You

I can’t be bothered to root for a romance between anyone and Dennis Morgan, the heartthrob of Christmas in Connecticut. He always strikes me as smug, and his acting is pretty basic. His character in this famous xmas film doesn’t help: As Jefferson Jones, he’s entitled, dishonest, ... Read full article


The Funny Papers: Christmas in Connecticut – Holiday Classic or Feminist Screwball?

By Kellee Pratt on Dec 22, 2017 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Christmas in Connecticut: Holiday Classic or Feminist Screwball? For classic film fans, the holiday season represents a time to wax nostalgic over those classic films that pop up this time of year. Everyone has his or her own must-see favorites. Perhaps you prefer a mainstream flavor like White Chri... Read full article


25 Days of Christmas: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

on Dec 16, 2017 From Journeys in Classic Film

Originally published December 7th, 2014 Christmas in Connecticut is a screwball charmer proving Barbara Stanwyck’s prowess as an unlikely comedienne. ?I reviewed a Stanwyck film last Christmas, 1940’s Remember the Night?(which is also receiving a new Blu-ray this year). It’s appare... Read full article


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Quotes from

Elizabeth Lane: [Dudley has told her she has to go to see Yardley to arrange her Christmas with the sailor] Arrange it, are you crazy? Where am I gonna get a farm? I haven't even got a window box!


Dudley Beecham: Liz, don't waste time with him. You have to decide what you're going to say to the old man.
John Sloan: What old man?
Elizabeth Lane: Oh, it's Yardley. He's sending me a sailor for Christmas.
John Sloan: Oh, how nice... A sailor? Really, Elizabeth!


Elizabeth Lane: Everytime I'd opened my mouth he talked. I felt like Charlie McCarthy.


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Facts about

The character of Elizabeth Lane was loosely based on the then popular Family Circle Magazine columnist Gladys Taber, who lived on Stillmeadow Farm in Connecticut.
The Connecticut home is the same set used in Bringing Up Baby,
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