Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

"...a wonderful treat...  Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"A wonderful holiday romp.  The Motion Picture Guide

Editor's Note 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.

	Barbara Stanwyck
	Dennis Morgan
	Reginald Gardiner
	Sydney Greenstreet
	Aileen Hamilton - Story By
	Carl Guthrie - Cinematographer
	Frank Magee - Editor
	Frederick Hollander, et. al. - Original Music By
	Lionel Houser, et. al. - Writer
	Peter Godfrey - Director
	William Jacobs - Producer

A sharp writer, who has never stepped foot in a kitchen, wrote a cooking column for a women's magazine. She posed as a happy homemaker, complete with husband, babe and country estate, to trick her publisher who believes in authenticity. Her goose is cooked when the publisher arranged for her to host a sailor over the Christmas holidays. The journalist has to marry her boyfriend, find a home and prepare a spectacular meal for a huge magazine spread. Things grow even more complicated when she starts to fall for the chivalrous seadog. The Motion Picture Guide 9 of 10
A hilarious farce is made even funnier by scheming Stanwyck, a successful columnist for a housekeeping magazine who pretends to be a happy housewife who knows everything about wifely duties... The action is lively from director Godfrey and Stanwyck proves her considerable flair for comedy. A wonderful holiday romp.