The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Preston Sturges Director

Louis Jean Heydt as Army Officer

Diana Lynn as Emmy Kockenlocker

Max Wagner as Military Police Driver

Kenneth Gibson as Secret Service Man

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

The Great McGinty

1940

English

7.2

♡ 6

100%

Preston Sturges Director

Duke Green as Double

Richard Carle as Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina

Paul Newlan as Prisoner Demanding Quiet

Louis Jean Heydt as Tommy Thompson

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...

The Great Moment

1944

English

6.2

♡ 2

67%

boston, massachusetts

Comedy

dentist

Drama

Preston Sturges Director

Louis Jean Heydt as Dr. Horace Wells

Hank Worden as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates

Paul Newlan as Policeman

Edwin Maxwell as Vice-President of Medical Society

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

English

7.6

♡ 4

95%

Preston Sturges Director

Ella Raines as Libby

Kenneth Gibson as Town Councilman

Hal Taggart as Townsman

Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Truesmith

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

English

6.0

♡ 6

56%

Preston Sturges Director

Robert Adler as Clerk

John Roy as Deputy

Richard Hale as Gus Basserman

Frank Mills as Hoodlum

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge's rear-end, Freddie and friend Conchita are soon hiding out teaching school in the middle of nowhere.

Sullivan's Travels

1941

English

7.9

♡ 24

100%

Preston Sturges Director

Edgar Dearing as Motorcycle Cop

Edward Hearn as Policeman at Beverly Hills Station

Margaret Hayes as Secretary

Paul Newlan as Truck Driver

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

The Palm Beach Story

1942

English

7.4

♡ 11

97%

Preston Sturges Director

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Colored Bartender

William Demarest as First Member Ale and Quail Club

Monte Blue as Mike the Doorman

Frank Faylen as Taxi Driver

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

Christmas in July

1940

English

7.3

♡ 6

95%

Preston Sturges Director

Ellen Drew as Betty Casey

Dale Van Sickel as Co-Worker in Office

Douglas Spencer as Co-Worker in Office

William Demarest as Mr. Bildocker

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

The Lady Eve

1941

English

7.7

♡ 12

99%

Preston Sturges Director

Melville Cooper as Gerald

Kenneth Gibson as Party Guest

Gayne Whitman as Party Guest

Brenda Marshall as Passenger on ship

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

Unfaithfully Yours

1948

English

7.4

♡ 5

100%

older man younger woman relationship

Preston Sturges Director

Colin Kenny as Concert Attendee

Harry Carter as Reporter

Rex Harrison as Sir Alfred De Carter

Frank Mills as Stage Hand

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.

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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Great McGinty

The Great Moment

Hail the Conquering Hero

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Sullivan's Travels

The Palm Beach Story

Christmas in July

The Lady Eve

Unfaithfully Yours