Christmas in July
If you can't sleep at night, it isn't the coffee - it's the bunk!
1940 | 67m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Preston Sturges |
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| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 25, 1940 |
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| Director: | Preston Sturges |
| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | department store, telegram, coffee, marketing, contest, advertising, advertising agency, tricked, advertising campaign, radio show contest, advertising slogan |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Preston Sturges | Writer, Theatre Play, Director |
| A. Earl Hedrick | Art Direction |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Ellsworth Hoagland | Editor |
| Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Robert Ewing | Hairstylist |
| Barton Adams | Assistant Director |
| George Templeton | Assistant Director |
| Leo Shuken | Original Music Composer |
| Hedy Mjorud | Hairstylist |
| John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| 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 |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Buddy G. DeSylva | Producer |
| William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Paul Jones | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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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 wea ... lth 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