Barbara Stanwyck's Midwestern Christmas

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray teamed up many times on the silver screen, most notably in Billy Wilder’s noir masterpiece, Double Indemnity (1944). They would go on to star in three more pictures, but their first appearance together as the main stars was in Mitchell Leisen’s Remember the Night (1940). Its blend of comedy and drama was characteristic of American movies at the time, and adding the season of Christmas and New Year’s to the film rendered it relatable, albeit in an unusual way.