Eddie Bracken
5 titles
Filmography
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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
(1944)A small-town girl goes overboard with war-time patriotic zeal and marries a soldier she's only met once. He disappears after one night, then she thinks she's pregnant... but she just can't remember her husband's name.

Hail the Conquering Hero
(1944)While back home on a medical discharge for hay fever, a would-be Marine receives an unexpected hero's welcome.

Summer Stock
(1950)There's an unusual harvest at Falbury Farm: beans, hay…show tunes. It's a bumper crop, too, with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly leading all the hoofing, singing and sparking. In her final MGM musical, Garland plays Jane Falbury, a farm owner more than a bit riled when her aspiring-actress sister (Gloria De Haven) shows up with a theatrical troupe that wants to stage a musical in the family's barn....

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
(1990)With a string of blockbuster 'screwball' comedies, writer-director Preston Sturges (1898-1959) was Hollywood's wonder boy in the early 1940s. Unhappily, his talent faded by the fifties. This programme paints an entertaining and moving portrait of a genius doomed by his own success, combining the reminiscences of colleagues and friends with rare photos and generous footage from his landmark films.

National Lampoon's Vacation
(1983)Clark Griswold leads his family on a screwball cross-country trip to a giant amusement park in this comedy classic.