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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
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November 26, 2014 by smumcounty

Woodrow (Eddie Bracken) comes from a long line of war heroes. His father “Hinky Dinky” Truesmith was a hero who …
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Category: 1940s, Comedy | Tags: Eddie Bracken, Franklin Pangborn, Freddie Steele, Georgia Caine, Hail the Conquerying Hero, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Preston Sturges, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, World War II
Battleground (1949)
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April 14, 2014 by smumcounty

“This story is about, and dedicated to, those Americans who met General Heinrich von Luttwitz and his 47 Panzer Corps …
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Category: 1940s, Action, Drama, War | Tags: Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, Battleground (1949), Bruce Cowling, Don Taylor, Douglas Fowley, General McAuliffe, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Jerome Courtland, John D. Dunning, John Hodiak, Leon Ames, Marshall Thompson, MGM, Nuts, Paul C. Vogel, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Pirosh, Van Johnson, William A. Wellman, World War II
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
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November 28, 2013 by smumcounty

Preston Sturges’ “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” (1944) begins with a harried newspaper editor making a frenzied call to the …
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Category: 1940s, Comedy | Tags: Akim Tamiroff, Al Bridge, Betty Hutton, Brian Donlevy, Diana Lynn, Eddie Bracken, Gertrude Kockenlocker, Homefront, McGinty, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Norval Jones, Porter Hall, Preston Sturges, Sextuplets, Torben Meyer, William Demarest, World War II