Christmas in July (1940)

This rather short Preston Sturges film (running time 67 minutes) plays like a cliff notes version of every other Preston Sturges film: Misunderstanding or con propels pretty girl and (in this case rather bland) lead into ever escalating comic situations, thusly exasperating various scene stealing character actors, and also William Demarest has to be in it. Not his best, but pleasant enough Sturges film succeeds in its brevity. Mild thumbs up.