Food and Lies
Since my last couple of posts have been about food, and since I have to keep thinking of stuff to write about, I started thinking about this movie I like, Christmas in Connecticut. I know its only June, but Christmas will come eventually. It does every year.
If you’ve never seen it, you should check it out this year. Its one of those movies I try to watch each year around the holidays. I’m talking about the 1945 version, by the way. And what, you ask, does that have to do with me and food? Well, the story is about a journalist, Elizabeth Lane (played by Barbara Stanwyck), who writes a famous home making column, where she talks all about her farmhouse home, her husband and baby, and what wonderful meals she has made. The thing is, Elizabeth doesn’t have any of those things, she’s single, she lives in an New York apartment, and she can’t cook.
Then her boss, Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet), invites himself and a returning war hero to spend Christmas with her family on their farm. In order to save her job, she has to think fast, and hilarity ensues. Elizabeth agrees to marry John Sloan (Reginald Gardiner), a long time suitor she has consistently rejected. As it turns out, he owns a farm in Connecticut, and it seems like the perfect solution. The housekeeper there even watches babies for mothers working at a local factory. Elizabeth’s good friend, Felix (S.K. Sakall), a chef agrees to come and cook, as well.
Then Elizabeth meets Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan), the war hero, and things get really out of hand.
The difference is, I really can cook.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I must say I have never seen or even heard of this movie. But it sounds like something I would like. Is it available for rent? Remind me closer to Christmas to look for this one
June 6th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Really? I don’t know if you can rent it, but around Christmas you can probably buy it for about $10.
When we get closer to Christmas, I’ll give you a whole list of all the movies I like to watch. There’s a lot of them.