LOGLINE
The
magic of music and Christmas can bring new love.
PITCH
Music knows what magic needs to be done, and Christmas is the time for love. Milliner and widow Augusta Brown wants a new life and thinks she’ll move to Boston and open a dress company, but her friends urge her to open up to romance instead and start dancing again to the Victrola as she and her late husband had done—especially at Christmas. When a handsome gentleman comes to her hat shop to buy a Christmas hat for his sister, the Victrola mysteriously starts playing Augusta’s favorite Christmas carol, leading to introductions and shy explanations that both Augusta and Andrew Knight are single. Andrew returns for the special hat, the Victrola picks right up with the music and Andrew asks Augusta to dance . . . a dance that continues for many happy years together with that special carol every Christmas Eve.
Music knows what magic needs to be done, and Christmas is the time for love. Milliner and widow Augusta Brown wants a new life and thinks she’ll move to Boston and open a dress company, but her friends urge her to open up to romance instead and start dancing again to the Victrola as she and her late husband had done—especially at Christmas. When a handsome gentleman comes to her hat shop to buy a Christmas hat for his sister, the Victrola mysteriously starts playing Augusta’s favorite Christmas carol, leading to introductions and shy explanations that both Augusta and Andrew Knight are single. Andrew returns for the special hat, the Victrola picks right up with the music and Andrew asks Augusta to dance . . . a dance that continues for many happy years together with that special carol every Christmas Eve.
SYNOPSIS
A Christmas hat, a magic Victrola, and a special carol create dance and romance. Augusta Brown is a milliner in Philadelphia with a shop in front of her elegant home displaying seasonal hats of every kind: pillbox, cloche, peach basket, fascinator—feathers fixed to a comb, and large-brimmed hats. Her stunning Christmas display features a red and white hat atop a well-lit tree. Her late husband encouraged her weekly ladies club and bought a Victrola that he and Augusta used to dance to, especially “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” at Christmas. With him gone she spends Christmas holidays alone, and the Victrola sits unused in a corner.
A Christmas hat, a magic Victrola, and a special carol create dance and romance. Augusta Brown is a milliner in Philadelphia with a shop in front of her elegant home displaying seasonal hats of every kind: pillbox, cloche, peach basket, fascinator—feathers fixed to a comb, and large-brimmed hats. Her stunning Christmas display features a red and white hat atop a well-lit tree. Her late husband encouraged her weekly ladies club and bought a Victrola that he and Augusta used to dance to, especially “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” at Christmas. With him gone she spends Christmas holidays alone, and the Victrola sits unused in a corner.
Yearning
for something new, Augusta feels like moving to Boston and opening a dress
company, but her friends urge her to open up to romance instead. When a handsome
gentleman enters the shop, the Victrola starts playing “It Came Upon a Midnight
Clear,” startling Augusta, who explains it hasn’t played since her husband
passed away. Andrew Knight introduces himself and orders a hat for his sister. Augusta
tells him to come back for it the Friday before Christmas.
Augusta
works all week on the bright red hat—and makes sure the Victrola is covered and
in the corner. She tells the machine that it is the Friday before Christmas,
and there is to be no funny business. As Andrew opens the shop door that
afternoon, the Victrola begins playing right where it left off. In an awkward
moment, Andrew asks Augusta if she cranked the Victrola this morning. While
explaining that she hadn’t touched the Victrola, Andrew takes the hatbox and
holds it at his chest. He wanders around the shop, admiring Augusta’s store.
Then he finally turns and asks if she would like to go to Christmas Eve dinner
with him and his family. After mumbling “yes,” he tells her to be ready after
closing her shop on Christmas Eve.
When
Andrew arrives at Augusta’s door late Christmas Eve, the Victrola begins
playing again. As Augusta rushes toward the Victrola to turn it off, Andrew
takes her hand and twirls her in a circle. Augusta reluctantly rests her head
on his shoulder through all five verses of the carol. Although
she puts up a fuss for months, Augusta never buys a train ticket to Boston to
start a dress company. She stays in Philadelphia with her hats, spending each
Christmas with Andrew as her husband, dancing to the Victrola. Augusta is grateful
for the midnight hour when love itself became clear.
Copyright 2022 Jennifer Waters
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