Episode 685: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

Ian Brownell and Otto Bruno join Mike for a discussion of Preston Sturges and his 1944 film The Miracle of Morgan's Creek which stars Betty Hutton as Trudy Kockenlocker, a woman who really helps support the troops going off to World War Two. When she finds herself married to an unknown soldier and pregnant in her small town, she eyes 4F local Norval Jones (Eddie Bracken).

Author Stuart Klawans talks about his outstanding book, Crooked, but Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges , before the guys also visit Sturges's Hail the Conquering Hero (1944).

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:26.8	Turn it off.
0:31.6	And... Hold the press. Hold everything.
0:50.3	What is this miracle of Morgan's Creek?
0:55.0	We can't tell you now, but here's how it started.
0:57.8	When Eddie Bracken, the nicest boy in town, brought home Betty Hutton, the pepiest girl in town at 8 o'clock in the morning.
1:04.6	And with a fire-eating father like Bill Demeris and a smarty kid's sister like Diana Lynn, what happens to Eddie shouldn't happen.
1:13.2	What, Sire?
1:14.2	We fell asleep in a movie.
1:15.8	That's all I wanted to know.
1:17.7	I'll...
1:17.7	Narva!
1:18.6	Stop!
1:19.4	Mr. Mesaubber!
1:19.8	Manny!
1:21.1	Hurry!
	...

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