Christmas in July (1940)
1h 7m
Running Time
October 25, 1940Release Date
Christmas in July (1940)
1h 7m
Running Time
October 25, 1940Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Dick Powell
Jimmy McDonald
Ellen Drew
Betsy Casey
Raymond Walburn
Dr. Maxford
Alexander Carr
Mr. Shindel
William Demarest
Mr. Bildocker
Ernest Truex
Mr. Baxter
Franklin Pangborn
Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
Rod Cameron
Dick
Adrian Morris
Tom
Harry Rosenthal
Harry
Georgia Caine
Mrs. MacDonald
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Schwartz
Torben Meyer
Mr. Schmidt
Julius Tannen
Mr. Zimmerman
Al Bridge
Mr. Hillbeiner
Lucille Ward
Mrs. Casey
Victor Potel
Davenola Salesman
George Anderson
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jan Buckingham
Ms. Pettypass (uncredited)
James Conaty
Coworker (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Arbuster (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Coworker (uncredited)
Norah Gale
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Mr. Waterbury (uncredited)
Harry Hollingsworth
Juror (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Mild Juror (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Cashier (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Neighborhood Woman (uncredited)
Stanley Mack
Juror (uncredited)
Hazel Marshall
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bob Mayo
Minor Role (uncredited)
Eileen McAvoy
Minor Role (uncredited)
Esther Michelson
Sophie's Mother (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Cabbie Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Patrolman Murphy (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Co-Worker in Office (uncredited)
Ned Norton
Juror (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Juror (uncredited)
June Preston
Little Singing Blond Girl (uncredited)
Gus Reed
Juror (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Office Door Sign-Painter (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Coworker (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Large Juror (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Coworker (uncredited)
Sheila Sheldon
Sophie (uncredited)
C.L. Sherwood
Elevator Operator at End (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Weary Juror (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
Man Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Mr. Babcock (uncredited)
Kay Stewart
Secretary (uncredited)
Preston Sturges
Man at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited) / Writer / Director / Theatre Play
Alice Thomas
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Sam (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Co-Worker in Office (uncredited)
Cheryl Walker
Secretary (uncredited)
Dorothy Ward
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Juror (uncredited)
Pat West
Man with Phone (uncredited)
Beal Wong
Chinese Man Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
Buddy G. DeSylva
Producer
Leo Shuken
Original Music Composer
Victor Milner
Director of Photography
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Robert Ewing
Hairstylist
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Barton Adams
Assistant Director
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Paul Jones
Producer
Hedy Mjorud
Hairstylist
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
George Templeton
Assistant Director
Richard Brandow
Props
Bertram C. Granger
Set Dresser
Oscar Lau
Props
Roy Kreuger
Props
Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Howard Joslin
Sound Effects
Ted Powell
Boom Operator
Ray Cossar
Sound Engineer
George Dutton
Sound Engineer
Frank Dugas
Assistant Camera
George Gottleber
First Company Grip
Talmadge Morrison
Still Photographer
Lorne Netten
Electrician
Guy Roe
Camera Operator
Joe Kaplan
Wardrobe Master
Eugene Joseff
Other
Floyd Knudtson
Negative Cutter
Sigmund Krumgold
Music Director
Werner R. Heymann
Additional Music
Cora Palmatier
Script Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 25, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 7m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
department store
telegram
coffee
contest
marketing
advertising
advertising agency
tricked
advertising campaign
radio show contest
advertising slogan
Wiki.
Christmas in July is a 1940 American screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Dick Powell and Ellen Drew.
Based on Sturges' unproduced 1931 play A Cup of Coffee, it follows an ambitious clerk who is tricked into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest for a coffee company, and begins using his believed winnings to fulfill his dreams. It was Sturges' second film as writer-director, after The Great McGinty (1940).
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