Directed by Preston Sturges • 1944 • United States
Starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest
Too embarrassed to admit to his family and friends that he was discharged from World War II because of hay fever, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is befriended by a group of sympathetic soldiers who soon have everyone in his small town convinced he is a real war hero. Preston Sturges leaves no sacred cow unskewered in this uproarious send-up of wartime America’s patriotic fervor.
Directed by George Marshall • 1945 • United States
Starring Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main
In this oddball cult comedy, professional pollster Pete Marshall (Fred MacMurray) gets more than he bargained for when he heads deep into the Ozarks to investigate the disappearances of severa...
Directed by Preston Sturges • 1941 • United States
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Barbara Stanwyck sizzles, Henry Fondabumbles, and Preston Sturges runs riot in one of the all-time great screwballs, a pitch-perfect blend of comic zing and swoonworthy romance. Aboard a cru...
Directed by Gregory La Cava • 1936 • United States
Starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Carole Lombard and William Powell dazzle in this definitive screwball comedy by Gregory La Cava—a potent cocktail of romantic repartee and social critique. Irene (Lombard), an eccentric, wealt...
