Christmas in July

10/25/19401h 7m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ If you can't sleep at night, it isn't the coffee - it's the bunk! ~

Overview:

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Director:

Preston Sturges

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

department store
telegram
coffee
marketing
contest
advertising
advertising agency
tricked
advertising campaign
radio show contest
advertising slogan

Cast

Dick Powell

~ as ~

Jimmy McDonald

Ellen Drew

~ as ~

Betsy Casey

Raymond Walburn

~ as ~

Dr. Maxford

Alexander Carr

~ as ~

Mr. Shindel

William Demarest

~ as ~

Mr. Bildocker

Ernest Truex

~ as ~

Mr. Baxter

Franklin Pangborn

~ as ~

Don Hartman - Radio Announcer

Rod Cameron

~ as ~

Dick

Adrian Morris

~ as ~

Tom

Harry Rosenthal

~ as ~

Harry

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 6 year(s) ago
9
Smarter than you may at first think.

On the surface this effort from the brilliant Preston Sturges looks like a standard sugar coated feel good movie, but strip away the outer skin and you get a delightful collage of comedy, romance, satire, drama, and nudge nudge observations about hunger of wealth and all the spin offs that wealth creates.

I don't deem it unfair to state that the films core plot of frivolity may not be to everyone's taste, but to me personally it ticks all the boxes for a joyride with more at its heart. The pace of the film is more in keeping with screwball comedies of the great era, but that is not to say that the film doesn't shift down a gear for poignant reflection, because it does, but ultimately the film is full of hilarity from many quarters, that is acted out accordingly from a sparky cast, and of course directed by a deity .

A joyous winner that prods you in the ribs and gives a cheeky wink along the way. 9/10