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Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Dick Elliott, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton
War hero Dennis Morgan becomes the object of a publicity stunt staged by magazine publisher Sidney Greenstreet. The corpulent print mogul announces that Morgan has won a Christmas dinner, to be prepar...( read more
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this is a cute and fluffy comedy stanwyck made on the heels of double indemnity that has become a holiday perennial. babs plays a martha stewart type super homemaker, only she isn't. her hospitality is put to the test by a war hero (dennis morgan) and the owner of the magazine ...( read more)
Christmas in Connecticut from 1945 starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, and Sydney Greenstreet is a true holiday classic, This is one of two of my all time fav Xmas flims (the other being White Xmas).
Barbara Stanwyck plays a version of Martha Stewart in the 40's where s...( read more)
It was okay; best in the beginning, and it went progressively downhill from there. I could do without this in my annual must see Xmas movies.
This has been my favorite movie for many years now, I love the lightness to it, Barbara Stanwyck is perfectly cast and excellent, the supporting cast is outstanding. Very funny, warm and wonderful.
Maybe if it were written by a much punchier dialogue-y writer this one might've fared better. Oh Babs is smashing and Dennis Morgan is dreamy and the concept is fun and the basic plot is cool... but the jokes are too flat and at the end of the day for a Christmas movie only mildl...( read more)
One of my fav Christmas movies that I watch anytime of the year.
One of my fav Christmas movies that I watch anytime of the year.
love Barbara Stanwyck, and the story fits in perfectly with its schmaltzy holiday contemporaries, but I wasn't especially heart-warmed or awe-struck. the dialogue feels like it was written by a 16-year-old for all its painful awkwardness. certainly an entertaining film with a f...( read more)
I dig it, it's kinda like an episode of Three's Company without the sex jokes.
