Christmas In July

A go-getter clerk in a coffee company, is fooled into thinking he's won a $25,000 prize for inventing a sales slogan. When a trio of practical jokers at Maxford Coffee send him a phony congratulatory telegram announcing that he's the contest winner, he and his girlfriend go off on a mammot...

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Corporate Authors: Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Sturges, Preston (Screenwriter), Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (Actor), Drew, Ellen, 1915-2003 (Actor), Walburn, Raymond, 1887-1969 (Actor), Carr, Alexander, 1878-1946 (Actor), Demarest, William (Actor), Truex, Ernest, 1889-1973 (Actor), Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958 (Actor), Milner, Victor, 1893-1972 (director of photography.), Leipold, John M. (composer (expression)), Shuken, Leo, 1906-1976 (composer (expression))
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Spanish
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2011]
Series: Universal Cinema classics.
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Summary: A go-getter clerk in a coffee company, is fooled into thinking he's won a $25,000 prize for inventing a sales slogan. When a trio of practical jokers at Maxford Coffee send him a phony congratulatory telegram announcing that he's the contest winner, he and his girlfriend go off on a mammoth Christmas shopping binge, even though it's the middle of July. Suddenly, the head of Maxford Coffee discovers the mistake, and their spending spree turns into a wild slapstick riot.
Item Description: Full screen (1.33:1).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
Includes theatrical trailer.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Victor Milner ; editor, Ellsworth Hoagland ; music, John Leipold, Leo Shuken (uncredited).