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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Christmas in Connecticut
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $13.99
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall
Directed By: Don Siegel, Peter Godfrey
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419818653
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 1419818651
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-11-08
Running Time: 101
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1945-08-11
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Editorial Reviews:
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Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an umarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do?
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Not Great, But Really Good
Comment: Bad direction keeps this movie from being good. In fact, even Barbara Stanwyck comes off looking awkward in some scenes. But she can never be truly bad. Her presence and a great supporting cast keep me watching this one again and again: (the usually weird) Sydney Greenstreet feels just enough out of place to be really fun, (the often overly cute) S. Z. Sakall gets to deliver all the sardonic jabs that keep the movie from being too sweet, and (the always wonderful) Una O'Connor is, well, just wonderful.
The one-reel extra, A Star in the Night, is the kind of pure Christmas schmaltz that will have any true holiday believers bawling on cue. And that alone is worth the price of purchase.
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Summary: Don't miss the extras
Comment: Don't miss the extra feature on this DVD. I was enchanted by the special vintage short, "Star in the Night." This was a Southwest retelling of the Christmas story. Three cowboys follow a neon star to a rundown inn where the lack of Christmas Spirit runs rampant. When a young expectant mother and her husband in need of a place to stay,arrive, the true meaning of Christmas fills the inn.
Director Don Siegel and writers, Robert Finch and Saul Elkins masterfully tell us the story that we've heard so many times.
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Summary: A classic movie you can watch again and again
Comment: Our whole family loves this movie. Barbara Stanwyck plays a writer who pretends to be married with a baby and pretends she's an expert at cooking, sewing, and overall home-making. Her boss decides that she should have a recovering military man to her country home (which she doesn't have) for Christmas so he can experience cozy home-life over the holidays. Then, her boss manages to invite himself along, too! She feels sure she's just lost her job and this will be the worst Christmas ever.... but a male friend of hers (who has been pestering her to marry him for a while) convinces her to marry him and they can have everyone to HIS home in the country. Of course, she doesn't love him.... and she ends up in love with the military man.... It's one problem after another, making this movie a real hoot!
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Summary: Christmas in Connecticut
Comment: I watch this every Christmas. This is one of my favorite Christmas shows. It is fun and light hearted.
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Summary: I'm buying it!
Comment: Someone just told me about this movie, right after I mentioned that my name was Elizabeth Lane and I work in publishing. I can't wait to see it -- it sounds like a fun classic! All the great reviews here make the movie sound unbeatable.
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