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Actors: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Christmas in July |
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Jimmy MacDonald, is struggling to make it rich. One day he hears on the radio of a slogan contest, which will announce the winner for the best slogan for the Maxford House Coffee Company. Signing up for the prize, Jimmy is optimistic this will finally open full of good opportunities.
The winner will receive $25,000 cash, just perfect enough to get himself and finacee Betty Casey out of their small one bedroom apartment and live a better life together. Little does Macdonald knows is that Maxford has not revealed a winner just yet; however his co-workers knowing Jimmy's obsessed with winning big, decided to pull a prank joke on the hapless man. They send him a fake telegram, informing him that his slogan made him a winner for the Maxford Company and his cash will be sent to him shortly.
Overwhelmed with happiness he tells Betty about the news and she as well is delighted. His bosses are playing along as pranksters as well and moves Jimmy up into his own office, while Betty is employed as his secretary. His co-workers gives Macdonald the ultimate respect that he never had before with them. With new respect, money and a better office position, Jimmy and Betty goes on a whirlwind shopping spree, for themselves, family and friends simply living the good life. To Jimmy, only one contest and his brillant slogan made a drastic change in his life. A moment like this rarely comes for a man. Yet sadly for him, the reality is that his good luck is nothing but a big joke and what worse he does not know nothing about it.
--Alicia M. , Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Christmas in July |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Strong "rags to riches" component?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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