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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 />
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| runtime = 101 minutes<ref name=afi>{{AFI film|24356}}</ref>
| 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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At Sloan's farm on Christmas Eve, Elizabeth meets Norah, the housekeeper, as well as a neighbor's baby whom they pretend is their baby. Elizabeth and John plan to be married immediately by Judge Crothers, but the ceremony is interrupted when Jefferson arrives early. Elizabeth falls in [[love at first sight]].
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
Mary Lee, the nurse/fiancée, arrives unexpectedly. Dejected, Elizabeth retires to pack her things and leave the farm. Felix learns that Mary Lee has already married someone else and must break the engagement. He entices Alexander into the kitchen with the smell of cooking kidneys. He fabricates a story about a competing magazine's attempts to hire Elizabeth, and Alexander decides to hire her back with an increase in salary. Felix tells Jefferson that he is free to pursue Elizabeth. Elizabeth's packing is interrupted, first by Alexander, and then by Jefferson. After teasing her that he is a cad who woos married women, Jefferson reveals the truth. The couple kiss and plan to marry.
==Cast==
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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>''Christmas in Connecticut'' timestamp 00:43</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 data|score}}}} score on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on {{RT data|count}} reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1004141-christmas_in_connecticut|title=Christmas in Connecticut|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref>
=== 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>
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