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Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut

The romancin's rosy and the fun's furious and everybody's going to be there! You're invited!

19457.01h 42m

Overview

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. 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, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

Directed by Peter Godfrey
Written by Lionel Houser, Adele Comandini, Aileen Hamilton
Produced by William Jacobs
Box OfficeBudget: $864KRevenue: $3.0M

Top Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Elizabeth Lane

Dennis Morgan

Dennis Morgan

Jefferson Jones

Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet

Alexander Yardley

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

John Sloan

S.Z. Sakall

S.Z. Sakall

Felix Bassenak

Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

Dudley Beecham

Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor

Norah

Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks

Sinkewicz

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Nurse Mary Lee

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Judge Crothers

Themes & Keywords

nurseholidayinfantdeceptionconnecticutromanceblack and whitechefwar herosailorfarm houseeditorrocking chairchristmasdomesticitycolumnistidyllicshipwreck survivorsruralplayfulindependent womanholiday romancemagazine writermagazine publisherromantic

About Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut is a comedy, romance film released in 1945 exploring themes of nurse, holiday, infant, deception, connecticut, romance. Directed by Peter Godfrey, it stars Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet. While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. 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, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

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