Christmas in July (1940)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

Preston Sturges

Guionista:

Preston Sturges (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 octubre 1940 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Romance

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves...

Plot Keywords:

Contest | Telegram | Coffee | Office | Clerk

Comentarios de los usuarios:

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Reparto

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

También conocida como:

Navidades en julio (Spain) [es]

Duración:

USA:67 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #6414) | UK:U

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Citas:

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...
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Santa's Secret Stuff (#7.11)" (2007)

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Christmas in July is nearly as good as Sturges' masterpieces, Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, and Miracle at Morgan Creek. It's a nice film. The actors are good. It's funny and well directed. You couldn't ask for much more in a film. 10/10