"If you can't sleep - it isn't the coffee, it's the bunk!"
A cruel practical joke gets out of hand when a lowly employee of a coffee company is duped into believing he has won $25,000 in a competition to invent a new corporate slogan. Nothing else in the film can quite ma...( read more)
68 minutes! This is like a Frank Capra meets the Ramones. OK it's not quite that good, but it's good.
A fun movie that seems to perfectly balance drama and slapstick comedy. The performances were enjoyable and the story was fun. Preston Sturges gained some momentum off of The Great McGinty and definitely built up and expanded upon here. A lot of fun moments, namely Powell and Dre...( read more)
There are classics to be revered and classics to be laughed at. Christmas in July sits squarely in the latter catagory. Preston Sturges failed to impress me spectacularly in the past. Sullivan's Travels left me semi-impressed but not thoroughly, and Christmas in July was less ...( read more)
This is a short little film, but once you leave it, you can't help but love it. Anyhow, Dick Powell plays this man who wins a contest, where the prize is $10,000. OK, not bad potatoes now, but back in the Depression, that's a WHOLE lot of bread. Talk about happy, but see here's t...( read more)
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