Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Director:

Peter Godfrey

Writers:

Lionel Houser (screenplay) and
Adele Comandini (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 August 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Advice | Love | Holiday | Kitchen

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Elizabeth Lane
Dennis Morgan	...	Jefferson Jones
Sydney Greenstreet	...	Alexander Yardley
Reginald Gardiner	...	John Sloan
S.Z. Sakall	...	Felix Bassenak
Robert Shayne	...	Dudley Beecham
Una O'Connor	...	Norah
Frank Jenks	...	Sinkewicz
Joyce Compton	...	Mary Lee
Dick Elliott	...	Judge Crothers
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Betty Alexander	...	Nurse Smith (uncredited)
Charles Arnt	...	Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth	...	Sleigh driver (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin	...	Sheriff Potter (uncredited)
Marie Blake	...	Mrs. Wright (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson	...	Prim secretary (uncredited)
John Dehner	...	State trooper #2 (uncredited)
Allen Fox	...	Postman (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert	...	Mrs. Gerseg (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten	...	Elkins (Yardley's butler) (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey	...	Harper (uncredited)
Kurt Kreuger	...	German U-boat sailor in first scene (uncredited)
Pat Lane	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Marsh	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mower	...	State trooper #1 (uncredited)
John O'Connor	...	Deliveryman (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Emmett Smith	...	Sam (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Godfrey

Writing credits
Lionel Houser		(screenplay) and
Adele Comandini		(screenplay) (as Adele Commandini)
Aileen Hamilton		(story)

Produced by
William Jacobs	....	producer
Jack L. Warner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Friedrich Hollaender
Adolph Deutsch		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Carl E. Guthrie		(director of photography) (as Carl Guthrie)

Film Editing by
Frank Magee

Art Direction by
Stanley Fleischer

Set Decoration by
Casey Roberts

Costume Design by
Milo Anderson		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist

Sound Department
Everett A. Brown	....	sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edith Head	....	gowns: Miss Stanwyck

Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein	....	musical director
Jerome Moross	....	orchestral arranger

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (as Warner Bros.-First National Pictures)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1945) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Indiscretion (UK)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:G (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #10197) | Finland:S

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The Connecticut home is the same set used in Bringing Up Baby (1938),

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Felix walks into the bedroom and as he reaches for the door knob the stage lighting cast two prominent shadows of him.

Quotes:

Felix Bassenak: I had a silk hat when I was in Budapest. It made me feel so fine, but then I got fired with a silk hat.

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Hollywood Christmas (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Wish That I Wish Tonight

Ultimate Christmas movie

I first saw this film about 15 years ago, and I have been enchanted by it ever since. It is such a feel-good experience, that I could happily watch it at any time of the year. However, to me, it is the ultimate Christmas movie.

The fact that it is in B&W is irrelevant - although I often wonder what it would be like in colour. You can just get that warm, glowing feeling watching the Christmas events unfold.

Stanwyck and Morgan are perfect together, and Greenstreet is the antithesis of his usual character, Sakall is a blustering joy to watch.

It is light relief and certainly does not tax the brain, but leaves you feeling glad that you saw it.

I can't wait for it to become available on DVD in the UK. I shall certainly be at the front of the queue to buy it.