This is a film that is almost like the Hallmark movies of today but this one is definitely dated.
Nurse Mary (Joyce Compton) falls in love with one of the naval men rescued from the sea and to convince him that the domestic life is truly for him, she enlists the help of magazine editor, Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet) to let him have an old-fashioned Christmas in Connecticut. Mr. Yardley also enlists sensational food editor and storyteller Elizabeth Lane's (Barbara Stanwyck's) farm. Only, she is a fraud. She isn't married and doesn't have a child so she has to pretend and she does, only to fall in love with Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) instead of her fiance, John Sloan (Reginald Gardner), who can bore anyone with his expertise of his craft of architecture.
Craziness ensues, with a surrounding Christmas theme. And there are good moments, with good performances. Jefferson knows more about babies than Elizabeth but he is also a bit assaulty, following her around when he realizes that she isn't actually married.
However, there are plenty of nitpicks such as Jefferson's claim that he's never had a happy home or a family and later mentions a sister whose children he has helped with. Still, the film was interesting and I couldn't wait for everything to fall apart, which it did, delightful moments sprinkled in. Grade: B+
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