Christmas in Connecticut

Released Aug 11, 1945

1h 41m

Holiday

Comedy

List

89%

Tomatometer

18 Reviews

75%

Audience Score

2,500+ Ratings

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck). Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet), for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Yardley hastens to arrange a publicity ploy by setting up single, nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

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THR Staff

Hollywood Reporter

Played strictly for laughs, belly type, it's an audience winner from way back in the balcony. What can you lose?

Dec 15, 2021

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TIME Magazine

Thoroughly moth-eaten.

Dec 5, 2008

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New York Times

Peter Godfrey, the director, has a good deal to learn about the art of telling a boudoir joke in the parlor and getting away with it.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 25, 2006

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Rachel Wagner

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It's nothing that's going to change your life or anything but if you want a pleasant and romantic comedy that has some good laughs and some good chemistry it's a... really entertaining little Christmas movie.

Jun 18, 2019

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Barbara Stanwyck uses every acting muscle in her body to redeem this silly holiday romance.

Dec 25, 2009

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

If this mildly amusing screwball comedy about mistaken identity has a conservative slant of glorifying housewives it's due to the zeitgeist: It was made in 1945, at the end of WWII, when men were coming home and women sent back to the kitchen.

Rated: B-

Jan 12, 2008

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Alec B

Extraordinarily silly but Stanwyck is always convincing

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Amanda P

Wonderful movie☺️👌 a real Christmas Classic. A definite must see 👏

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Blobbo X

The lead guy lacks charisma and recognition - at least to Blobbo. Movie ok, upbeat, Christmassy. A comedy, or so I've heard. This could have been better with a different director and with actors of a more comedic bent.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/11/23

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notchurjelly

The kind of movie that gives you unrealistic relationship expectations, the kind you know in your mind are ridiculous but hope with everything in you that one day they might just happen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/23

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Stephen C

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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CodyZamboni

Amusing holiday light comedy fare, with a very appealing Barbara Stanwyck performance, as she tries to bs her way about her faux perfect homemaker persona. The movie fun works best with the " how is she gonna get outta this one? " type situations ie, her fake baby, her lack of cooking skill, her questionable marital status, etc. Add to that, the Xmas production design, the wacky but likeable supporting cast, and an overall good time romantic mood, make for a solid Christmas movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/23

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Peter Godfrey

Director

Barbara Stanwyck

Elizabeth Lane

Dennis Morgan

Jefferson Jones

Sydney Greenstreet

Alexander Yardley

Reginald Gardiner

John Sloan

S.Z. Sakall

Felix Bassenak

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Synopsis

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck). Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet), for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Yardley hastens to arrange a publicity ploy by setting up single, nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

Director: Peter Godfrey
Producer: Jack L. Warner
Screenwriter: Aileen Hamilton, Lionel Houser, Adele Comandini
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 11, 1945, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2010
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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