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Directed by Preston Sturges
An acclaimed comedy.
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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Oh my god, I loved this. Was really expecting a lesser Sturges (and really only put it on because it's a cool 67 minutes) but it's so delightful. Raymond Walburn's Dr. Maxford is incredible. He's got so many little lines that made me giggle. We should bring back calling someone a "burger" as an insult."We have muffed the most dramatic advertising moment in commerce, and you've made a fathead out of me!"
Without exaggeration, every single one of Raymond Walburn’s lines in this movie is funny to me. Can’t think of anybody with a bettwr hit ratio. All-time goof!!“I’ve seen better heads on… umbrellas!”“My grandmother was Scottish.”“Mine was Lithuanian.”
So desperate and so packed with jokes. Sturges satire about capitalism idiocy is very funny but it sustained by a great eye for its characters self delusions. Sturges supporting cast is rich as usual and the film benefit from a very good rapport betwen Dick Powell and Ellen Drew that grounds the absurd action (I think this is Powell's best perfornance combining both his more likable and harsh qualities while keep him more animated than usual). It is a movie about the ridiculous of advertising that has a great sense about the personal and publc figures and how central it is for the construction of imagination and Sturges manages to keep it at same time very negative and while superficially upbeat through a very impressive handling of mixed tones. It is an extremy hollow destructive movie that has a surprising amounth of warmth.
The film follows an optimistic office clerk who is duped by his coworkers into believing he has won a large cash prize, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings.
Preston Sturges directed this 1940 film during his prolific period as one of the few writers to successfully transition to directing in Hollywood.
Despite the title, the narrative is not set during the Christmas season but instead uses the name as a metaphor for the anticipation and excitement experienced by the protagonist.
