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{{short description|1945 film by Peter Godfrey}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Christmas in Connecticut
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| producer = [[William Jacobs (producer)|William Jacobs]]
| screenplay = Lionel Houser<br />[[Adele Comandini]]
| story = [[Aileen Hamilton]]
| starring = [[Barbara Stanwyck]]<br />[[Dennis Morgan]]<br />[[Sydney Greenstreet]]
| music = [[Frederick Hollander]]<br />"The Wish That I Wish Tonight" (song), music and lyrics by Jack Scholl and M. K. Jerome<ref name=afi />
| cinematography = [[Carl E. Guthrie]]
| editing = [[Frank Magee]]
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| color_process = [[Black and white]]
| released = {{Film date|1945|07|27|''NYC''|1945|08|11|''US''|<ref name=afi />}}
| runtime =
| language = English
| budget = $864,000<ref name="warners">Warner Bros financial information in The William
| country = United States
| gross = $3 million<ref name="tom">{{Cite book |first=Thomas |last=Schatz |title=Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s |publisher=University of California Press |year=1999 |page=229}}</ref> or $4,132,000<ref name="warners"/>
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[[Image:Barbara Stanwyck in Christmas in Connecticut trailer.JPG|left|thumb|[[Barbara Stanwyck]] as Elizabeth Lane in ''Christmas in Connecticut'']]
Elizabeth Lane
At Sloan's farm on Christmas Eve, Elizabeth meets Norah
The judge returns on Christmas morning, but the ceremony is postponed when a different neighbor's baby is presented instead of the one from the day before. The household is alarmed when Felix claims that the baby has swallowed his watch. After the judge leaves, Uncle Felix admits to Elizabeth that he had lied about the watch to stop the wedding. While the household attends a
==Cast==
* [[Barbara Stanwyck]] as Elizabeth Lane
* [[Dennis Morgan]] as Jefferson Jones
* [[Sydney Greenstreet]] as Alexander Yardley
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==Production==
[[File:Dennis Morgan and Barbara Stanwyck in Christmas in Connecticut (1945).jpg|thumb|right|Morgan and Stanwyck in a scene from the film]]
Principal photography took place from late May to late July 1944. [[Bette Davis]] was originally announced in February 1944 as the female lead for the film, but was replaced by Stanwyck in April. Stanwyck's suitor, played in the film by Reginald Gardiner, was originally to have been played by [[John Alexander (actor)|John Alexander]].<ref name=afi /> Sydney Greenstreet and director Peter Godfrey kept the cast amused on the set during filming.<ref>[[Ben Mankiewicz|Mankiewicz, Ben]] (November 24, 2021) Intro to [[Turner Classic Movies]] showing</ref> Edith Head designed Barbara Stanwyck's gowns for the film and Milo Anderson designed additional gowns.<ref>
==Reception==
The film was a big hit, earning $3,273,000 domestically and $859,000 in overseas markets.<ref name="warners"/> It has {{a or an|{{RT
=== Contemporary ===
In 1946, high school principal Dean Lobaugh alleged that the film "is quite unsound and dangerous to the morals of the American people."<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Lobaugh |first=Dean |date=1946 |title=Christmas in Connecticut: A Wry Reaction to Glamorized Dishonesty |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30181504 |journal=The Clearing House |volume=20 |issue=7 |pages=421–422 |issn=0009-8655}}</ref> Lobaugh critiques the film's depiction of deception by all characters to achieve their ends, and he takes issue with "a tale in which charming people lie and cheat and get rewarded, and honest people are made to appear stupid".<ref name=":0" />
=== Later Evaluations ===
Critic [[Emanuel Levy]] noted that the film "obviously propagated conservative ideology, sending women to the kitchen to dutifully play their roles as housewives and mothers after [[Women in the United States labor force from 1945 to 1950|tasting some emancipation during the War years]]."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Emanuel |title=Christmas in Connecticut (1945): Screwball Comedy Starring Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan |url=https://emanuellevy.com/review/christmas-in-connecticut-1945-8/ |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
==Radio adaptation==
''Christmas in Connecticut'' was presented on ''Stars in the Air'' on March 20, 1952. The 30-minute adaptation starred [[Gordon MacRae]] and [[Phyllis Thaxter]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2470060/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 16, 1952|page=44|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 23, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Television adaptation==
The ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'' presented a one
==Remake==
A [[Christmas in Connecticut (1992 film)|remake of ''Christmas in Connecticut'']] was
▲{{main|Christmas in Connecticut (1992 film)}}
▲A remake of ''Christmas in Connecticut'' was made in 1992, starring [[Dyan Cannon]] as Elizabeth, [[Kris Kristofferson]] as Jefferson Jones, and [[Tony Curtis]] as Mr. Yardley. The made-for-TV movie, which first aired on [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]], was directed by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], who also had a cameo appearance. In this remake, Elizabeth "Blane" is the hostess of her own cooking show. When her manager, Alexander Yardley, introduces her to Jefferson Jones – a forest ranger who lost his cabin in a fire – he asks her to make Jones Christmas dinner live on her show. As in the original, Elizabeth isn't as talented as she seems. This version was not as well-received as the original. As one critic wrote, "You'll be hungry for a better movie after suffering through this film".<ref name="imdb"/><ref name="null">{{cite web |last=Null |first=Christopher |title=Christmas in Connecticut |url=http://movies.amctv.com/movie/1945/Christmas+in+Connecticut |publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] |access-date=13 November 2014}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of Christmas films]]
==References==
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* {{AFI film|24356}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0037595|title=Christmas in Connecticut (1945)}}
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[[Category:American Christmas comedy films]]
[[Category:American romantic comedy films]]
▲[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]▼
[[Category:Films about writers]]
[[Category:Films directed by Peter Godfrey]]
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[[Category:Warner Bros. films]]
[[Category:1940s Christmas films]]
▲[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:1940s American films]]
[[Category:English-language romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language Christmas comedy films]]
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