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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

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Synopsis

Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an umarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do?

3 Reasons To buy this film

DVD comes with the Oscar-winning short "Star in the Night"
Barbara Stanwyck is both lovely and funny, at the top of her game
Hey, we need a recipe to boil water too. Is this film making fun of us?

Review

Barbara Stanwyck stars in this breezy if lightweight comedy of mistaken identity. Stanwyck plays a successful writer for a women's housekeeping magazine who contrary to her image can neither cook, clean, lives in the country nor is married. When a war hero (Dennis Morgan) is invited by the magazine's publisher (Sydney Greenstreet) to stay on "her" farm for the weekend, Stanwyck is forced to impersonate the woman her readers (and publisher) think she is. Of course, love blossoms between Stanwyck and Morgan, even though he thinks she is really married (an unusual comedic swipe at adultery for the '40s). This role was probably routine for Stanwyck at this stage of her career, but she's funny and effortlessly charming. Morgan doesn't make much of a presence, though Greenstreet and the delightful S.Z. Sakall supply good support. The laughs aren't consistent but it's fun nonetheless.

Product Format Information

DVD : $9.99

Availability: In stock and ready to ship
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 012569677166

Studio : Warner

Languages: English Dolby Digital Mono (Primary) , French Dolby Digital Mono , English Subtitles , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 Original Aspect Ratio
Extras: 1 Trailer
Features:
Short film: "Star in the Night" (Oscar-winner for best two-reel short subject, 1945)