As the war continued, screen content was increasingly informed by it. Preston Sturges, forgoing the glamorous trappings of the rich and would-be rich, brought his screwball sensibility to small-town America and made two farces that dealt directly with the homefront. The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) is about a young woman (Betty Hutton) who goes [...]

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As the war continued, screen content was increasingly informed by it. Sturges, forgoing the glamorous trappings of the rich and would-be rich, brought his screwball sensibility to small-town America and made two farces that dealt directly with the homefront. The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) is about a young woman (Betty Hutton) who goes to [...]

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