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Connie Ennis, (Janet Leigh) who is a widowed, single mom, works as a "Comparison Shopper". During a busy shopping day during the holidays, she approaches sales clerk, Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum) asking for a specific train set with no other questions and has the exact amount of money needed to pay for it. Steve already suspects she is a "Comparison Shopper", but writes up the order and gives Connie the Train.
Steve was sure he was correct and wanted to turn her in; however, after she told him she was a widow and had a son, he felt guilty to do that to a single mother. However, his supervisor notices what has happened and Steve loses his job, but buys the train for Connie's son, Timmy.
This begins a relationship between, Steve, Connie and Timmy, but Connie has a steady boyfriend that she was never really sure she loved. He has been asking her to marry him and she never seems to be enthusiastic about the subject. Steve, of course, is handsome, exciting and Timmy likes him. (Timmy isn't comfortable with Connie's steady). This creates a bit of an uncomfortable situation when the two happen to be at Connie's apartment together. You know who "will get the girl".
This is an unusual story line, as physical Comparison Shoppers are almost a lost art, as most of us use the tools off of the internet. It's a great movie, true to the period of the 1940s, from the hand-written sales slips to the seamed stockings.
I watch it every year, just like I make sure to see all of my favorite Christmas Movies; however, this one along with a few others are from the 1940s; i.e., Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life and It Happened on 5th Avenue. I find the era intriguing.
Isaiah 40:31
"But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint"
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