Christmas in July (film) Christmas in July (film) Christmas in July is a 1940 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges based on his 1931 play "A Cup of Coffee". It was Sturges' second film as writer-director, after "The Great McGinty", and stars Dick Powell and Ellen Drew. Dr. Maxford (Raymond Walburn) is thoroughly exasperated. He is supposed to announce on national radio the winners of a slogan contest for his Maxford House Coffee; the first prize is $25,000. Maxford's jury is deadlocked by the stubborn Mr. Bildocker (William Demarest). As a result, the program ends without an announcement. One of millions of
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. the film "Honeymoon in Auschwitz," which Leuchter had, in fact, done. On the television series "At the Movies", film critic Roger Ebert said the film was great, strange and provocative, and his co-host Lisa Schwarzbaum called it "amazing." "The Detroit News" wrote that the movie "unmasks the friendly face of evil." Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. is a 1999 documentary film by Errol Morris about execution technician Fred A. Leuchter. Using film made at American prisons, Leuchter talked about his upbringing where his