Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) is a single New Yorker, making a living as a food writer. Her articles about her home life on the farm, with a husband and baby, are a work of fiction dreamed up by the young woman, and housewives across the nation admire her stories.
Her publisher has no idea the articles are lies, and has the bright idea of Elizabeth and her "husband" host Christmas dinner for a returning war her, Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan).
Facing a career-ending scandal for both her and her editor, Elizabeth desperately agrees to marry her friend, John, who really does have a farm in Connecticut.
On Christmas Eve, Elizabeth and John are about to be married when they are interrupted by the arrival of the war hero. Elizabeth is instantly smitten, but is unsure of what to do, since she's supposed to be a married woman with a baby of her own!
I loved Barbara Stanwyck after seeing her in Meet John Doe and her characters are always fun and give a lot of laughs, as well as heart-warming dialogue.
I thought Dennis Morgan's character was the sweetest thing; and I liked how he kept trying not to fall for Elizabeth. She's supposedly married, after all!
His interaction with the baby (a neighbor's child that Elizabeth pretends is her own) is cute and charming, and he struck me as an all-around American gentleman.
Elizabeth's obvious attempts to catch his attention would be sweet, if she wasn't pretending to be already married. Poor Jef'f. As innocent as it is to Elizabeth, since she's not really taken, he doesn't know that!
There were plenty of comical scenes, like when the baby was 'kidnapped' or when Elizabeth is trying to learn how to cook. And the snow, adorable farmhouse, and the gorgeous tree Elizabeth decorates gives this movie all the Christmas feels.
I give the old classic four stars!
My Review: Four Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I'll see y'all tomorrow!
LaKaysha
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