![]() But when all is said it functions a kind of magic retreat, like Shakespeare’s forest in Midsummer Night’s Dream. Sleighs are pulled by horses and sleigh bells announce the guests. One wonders if the props for the movie are stored somewhere on the Warner Brothers lot, since the setting is an iconic never-never land and the ultimate house with the white picket fence. I like how Francis Levy describes the setting: Internet rumors have claimed for years this was the same house used in “Bringing Up Baby”:īut that movie was filmed on the RKO Encino Ranch (you can see photos in my post about it). Sadly, the farmhouse wasn’t real, and it wasn’t in Connecticut. She brings along her uncle Felix, a chef whose recipes she uses in her columns, to do the cooking. When publishing titan Alexander Yardley invites himself to Christmas dinner on the farm and wants to bring along war hero Jefferson Jones as a sort of publicity stunt, Elizabeth and her boyfriend - now fiance - have to pretend to be married. The Connecticut farmhouse belongs to the architect she’s dating. Truth is, Elizabeth needs a recipe to boil water, and this is the real view from her window: In my fireplace the good cedar logs are burning and crackling.” “From my living room window as I write, I can look out across the broad front lawns of our farm, like a lovely picture postcard of wintry New England. When the movie opens, we see her writing her column: (Spoiler alert - I’ll be talking about the plot!)īarbara Stanwyck played Elizabeth Lane, a writer whose popular Smart Housekeeping magazine column describes her idyllic life as a wife, mother, and accomplished cook on her farm in Connecticut. Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links that may earn me commission. It was one of the first onscreen houses I ever featured, but since many of you probably weren’t reading my blog in 2008, I thought it was time to revisit it. Every December I watch this classic Barbara Stanwyck comedy and daydream about celebrating the holidays in it. She earned a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and a master's degree from Lawrence in 1921.One of my all-time favorite movie houses is the stone farmhouse from Christmas in Connecticut. Gladys Bagg Taber was the daughter of Rufus Bagg, professor of geology at Lawrence University, 1911-1934. Her work also appeared in many other magazines and newspapers, including The Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Nation's Business, The New York Sunday News, McCall's, The Writer, and many more. This was also the general topic for her two widely enjoyed magazine columns, first in Ladies Home Journal (1937 - 1957) and then in Family Circle (1959 - 1967). Her best loved books are her books about her life at Stillmeadow, her farm in Connecticut. She wrote over 50 books, including fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, children's books, plays, poetry and more. Gladys Bagg Taber (1899 - 1980) produced a large body of work during her lifetime. We hope someday that her books will be reprinted and we endeavor to introduce more readers to her fine work. ![]() We are an organization of readers from across the USA, Canada, and other countries, who wish to learn more about this well-loved author. ![]()
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