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18 October 1940 (USA)
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If you can't sleep at night, it isn't the coffee - it's the bunk!
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An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves...
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What's On Tonight: Raising The Bar, Football, Christmas Specials
(From AOL - TVSquad. 24 December 2009, 9:14 AM, PST)
A Christmas Carol interviews with Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis
(From Scorecard Review. 28 October 2009, 3:28 AM, PDT)
(From AOL - TVSquad. 24 December 2009, 9:14 AM, PST)
A Christmas Carol interviews with Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis
(From Scorecard Review. 28 October 2009, 3:28 AM, PDT)
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A treat any time of the year.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dick Powell | ... | Jimmy MacDonald |
| Ellen Drew | ... | Betty Casey |
| Raymond Walburn | ... | Dr. Maxford |
| Alexander Carr | ... | Mr. Shindel |
| William Demarest | ... | Mr. Bildocker |
| Ernest Truex | ... | Mr. J.B. Baxter |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Don Hartman (radio announcer) |
| Harry Hayden | ... | Mr. E.L. Waterbury (office manager) |
| Rod Cameron | ... | Dick (co-worker) |
| Adrian Morris | ... | Tom Darcy (co-worker) (as Michael Morris) |
| Harry Rosenthal | ... | Harry (co-worker) |
| Georgia Caine | ... | Mrs. Ellen MacDonald |
| Ferike Boros | ... | Mrs. Schwartz |
| Torben Meyer | ... | Mr. Schmidt |
| Julius Tannen | ... | Mr. Zimmerman |
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USA:67 min
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Preston Sturges made a cameo appearance as the man listening to the radio while his shoes are being cleaned.
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Mr. J.B. Baxter:
I hope I'm not intruding.
Jimmy MacDonald: Oh, no, sir. I - I was just coming down to see you. We... stopped in to take a look at the office and...
Mr. J.B. Baxter: So I noted. I hope you like it.
Betty Casey: Oh, it's beautiful.
Mr. J.B. Baxter: It isn't every young man who gets his own office *and* a private secretary at your age. With many of 'em I might be afraid it would go to their head. But I think you have your feet pretty solidly on the ground.
Jimmy MacDonald: Mr. Baxter, the...
Mr. J.B. Baxter: Oh, I mean it sincerely! Mr. Jenkins and I discussed our little meeting at *great* length after you left and I want you to know that we were genuinely impressed. Genuinely so!
Jimmy MacDonald: Well that's certainly nice to hear.
Mr. J.B. Baxter: The more we thought about your ideas, the more aware we became of their... pungency! Of their gravity!
Jimmy MacDonald: Well, that's...
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Jimmy MacDonald: Oh, no, sir. I - I was just coming down to see you. We... stopped in to take a look at the office and...
Mr. J.B. Baxter: So I noted. I hope you like it.
Betty Casey: Oh, it's beautiful.
Mr. J.B. Baxter: It isn't every young man who gets his own office *and* a private secretary at your age. With many of 'em I might be afraid it would go to their head. But I think you have your feet pretty solidly on the ground.
Jimmy MacDonald: Mr. Baxter, the...
Mr. J.B. Baxter: Oh, I mean it sincerely! Mr. Jenkins and I discussed our little meeting at *great* length after you left and I want you to know that we were genuinely impressed. Genuinely so!
Jimmy MacDonald: Well that's certainly nice to hear.
Mr. J.B. Baxter: The more we thought about your ideas, the more aware we became of their... pungency! Of their gravity!
Jimmy MacDonald: Well, that's...
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Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Santa's Secret Stuff (#7.11)" (2007)
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Could this be one of Preston Sturges's most profound comedies?
In addition to being one of the funniest and most underappreciated. In "Sullivan's Travels," Preston Sturges has the
Joel McCrea character speak admiringly of fellow director Frank
Capra. In "Christmas in July" possibly Sturges was trying to teach
Capra how to handle sentiment without falling into sentimentality --
the scene where Dick Powell is handing out presents to his
neighbors, and he gives a doll to a crippled girl in a wheelchair --
a remarkably tender moment in the midst of a hectic scene -- done
with just the right touch, One of my favorite lines occurs when
bug-eyed Raymond Walburn sarcastically tells contest-winner
Powell, "I can't wait to give you my money!" Sturges also shows
that you can have plot complications without resorting to villains --
no Capraesque class warfare here -- rich and poor are equally
lovable -- even gruff William Demarest.