Christmas in Connecticut (1945) on Netflix
Elizabeth Lane's column describes a Connecticut farm, a husband and a baby. None of it exists. Her publisher sends war hero Jefferson Jones to spend Christmas with her.
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Plot summary
Elizabeth Lane writes the Diary of a Housewife column for Smart Housekeeping, telling readers about a Connecticut farm, a devoted husband and a new baby. Off the page she is unmarried, lives in a small New York apartment, cannot cook, and gets her recipes from Felix Bassenak, a chef with a restaurant. The publisher, Alexander Yardley, knows nothing of the charade, so when Jefferson Jones's nurse writes asking that the rescued sailor spend Christmas with Elizabeth and her family, he orders it and invites himself along. Elizabeth's editor Dudley Beecham knows the truth, and John Sloan, an architect who has been courting her, owns a farm in Connecticut. Felix cooks out of sight and a neighbor's baby is borrowed.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Bette Davis was initially cast in the female lead of Christmas in Connecticut, but she was replaced by Barbara Stanwyck in April 1944.
- Reginald Gardiner kept his left hand in his pocket in virtually every scene because of an earlier injury in which he fell headfirst down an iron fire escape.
- Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre, who had appeared together in Casablanca (1942) and The Conspirators (1944), were intended to reunite on the film.
