Movie Cosmos - Christmas in Connecticut

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Barbara Stanwyck

As Elizabeth Lane

Dennis Morgan

As Jefferson Jones

Sydney Greenstreet

As Alexander Yardley

Reginald Gardiner

As John Sloan

S.Z. Sakall

As Felix Bassenak

Robert Shayne

As Dudley Beecham

Una O'Connor

As Norah

Frank Jenks

As Sinkewicz

Joyce Compton

As Nurse Mary Lee

Dick Elliott

As Judge Crothers

Betty Alexander

As Nurse Smith (uncredited)

Charles Arnt

As Homer Higgenbottom (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

As Sleigh Driver (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

As Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)

Edward Biby

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Marie Blake

As Mrs. Wright (uncredited)

George Boyce

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

As Secretary (uncredited)

Bob Burns

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

John Dehner

As State Trooper #2 (uncredited)

Charles Flynn

As U-Boat Torpedo Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Allen Fox

As Postman (uncredited)

James Frasco

As Baby (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

As Mrs. Gerseg (uncredited)

Sam Harris

As Man at Dance (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

As Elkins (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

As Harper (uncredited)

Kurt Kreuger

As U-Boat Sailor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pat Lane

As Reporter (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Charles Marsh

As Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Mower

As State Trooper #1 (uncredited)

Barry Norton

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

John O'Connor

As Deliveryman (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

As Officer in Restaurant (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

As Bartender (uncredited)

Emmett Smith

As Sam (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Peter Godfrey

Director

Adele Comandini

Screenplay

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Lionel Houser

Screenplay

Aileen Hamilton

Story

Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

Edith Head

Costume Design

Frank Magee

Editor

Casey Roberts

Set Decoration

Carl E. Guthrie

Director of Photography

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

William Jacobs

Producer

Everett Alton Brown

Sound

Jerome Moross

Orchestrator

Leo F. Forbstein

Music Director

Jack Scholl

Songs

M.K. Jerome

Songs

Claude Archer

Assistant Director

Lou Jennings

Additional Camera

Charles David Forrest

Sound Mixer

William C. McGann

Special Effects

Willard Van Enger

Visual Effects

Gerald W. Alexander

Sound Mixer

Robert G. Wayne

Sound Mixer

Reviews:

talisencrw (9/10)

Very charming film is more a straight romantic comedy than a Christmas film per se, but any chance to see cinematic greats such as Barbara Stanwyck (especially at this vintage) and, one of the finest character actors ever in Sydney Greenstreet, together is definitely not a lump of coal in a cinephile's Christmas stocking, no-siree!

2016-04-11

talisencrw (9/10)

I greatly loved this yuletide film, with excellent performances by Barbara Stanwyck and Sydney Greenstreet, and fine direction by Peter Godfrey. Had they a stronger actor in the lead than Dennis Morgan, it would be a perfect film, but it's still a wonderful Christmas perennial and favourite to watch. The Oscar-winning short Star in the Night, directed by Don Siegel and a bonus on this DVD, is even better...Very charming film is more a straight romantic comedy than a Christmas film per se, but any chance to see cinematic greats such as Barbara Stanwyck (especially at this vintage) and, one of the finest character actors ever in Sydney Greenstreet, together is definitely not a lump of coal in a cinephile's Christmas stocking, no-siree!

2016-04-11

talisencrw (9/10)

2016-04-11