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Christmas in Connecticut

While recuperating in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with Elizabeth Lane's 'Diary of a Housewife' column. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, and fearing they will lose their jobs, Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

Director(s)

Peter Godfrey

Claude Archer

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Cast & Crew

Sam Harris

Sam Harris

Man at Dance (uncredited)

John Dehner

John Dehner

State Trooper #2 (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Wilbur Mack

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Jeffrey Sayre

Officer in Restaurant (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

Elkins (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Oliver Cross

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Scott Seaton

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Charles Sherlock

Bartender (uncredited)

Charles Marsh

Charles Marsh

Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

State Trooper #1 (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Edward Biby

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor

Norah

Barry Norton

Barry Norton

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Sleigh Driver (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

Jody Gilbert

Mrs. Gerseg (uncredited)

Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks

Sinkewicz

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Nurse Mary Lee

Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

Dudley Beecham

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Harper (uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

Lillian Bronson

Secretary (uncredited)

Charles Arnt

Charles Arnt

Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)

Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet

Alexander Yardley

Claude Archer

Claude Archer

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Marie Blake

Marie Blake

Mrs. Wright (uncredited)

George Boyce

George Boyce

Party Guest (uncredited)

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

John Sloan

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Judge Crothers

Walter Baldwin

Walter Baldwin

Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Elizabeth Lane

Dennis Morgan

Dennis Morgan

Jefferson Jones

S.Z. Sakall

S.Z. Sakall

Felix Bassenak

Betty Alexander

Betty Alexander

Nurse Smith (uncredited)

Bob Burns

Bob Burns

Party Guest (uncredited)

Charles Flynn

Charles Flynn

U-Boat Torpedo Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Allen Fox

Allen Fox

Postman (uncredited)

James Frasco

James Frasco

Baby (uncredited)

Kurt Kreuger

Kurt Kreuger

U-Boat Sailor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pat Lane

Pat Lane

Reporter (uncredited)

John O'Connor

John O'Connor

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Emmett Smith

Emmett Smith

Sam (uncredited)

Peter Godfrey

Peter Godfrey

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Details

GenresComedy, Romance
Runtime1h 42 mins
Released on27 Jul 1945
Languageen
Produced InUnited States of America

Reviews

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9/10

I greatly loved this yuletide film, with excellent performances by Barbara Stanwyck and Sydney Greenstreet, and fine direction by Peter Godfrey. Had they a stronger actor in the lead than Dennis Morgan, it would be a perfect film, but it's still a wonderful Christmas perennial and favourite to watch. The Oscar-winning short Star in the Night, directed by Don Siegel and a bonus on this DVD, is even better...Very charming film is more a straight romantic comedy than a Christmas film per se, but any chance to see cinematic greats such as Barbara Stanwyck (especially at this vintage) and, one of the finest character actors ever in Sydney Greenstreet, together is definitely not a lump of coal in a cinephile's Christmas stocking, no-siree!

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