Dot Farley

Academy Award®-winning writer and director Preston Sturges (Sullivan's Travels) delivers a hilarious satire on the American penchant for hero worship in Hail the Conquering Hero. Born on the day his father died a hero in WWI, Woodrow Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) enlists proudly when WWII begins. Although anxious to serve his country, Woodrow is quickly discharged because of his chronic hay fever. Ashamed to return, the "conquering hero" manages to dupe his girlfriend, friends and entire hometown by having his buddies forward his letters from the "Pacific." Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award®, this quick-witted comedy classic showcases the talents of Preston Sturges at his best.

When rancher Dale Kenyon (Dale Evans) tires of her workers not getting anything done because they're flirting with her rambunctious younger sister, Betty Lou (Jean Porter), she fires them all and replaces them with women -- but Betty Lou schemes to get the men back. Cowboy Roy Rogers is caught up in her plan, which involves the men pretending to steal the ranch's horses. When two of the hands commit a real robbery, Roy intervenes.

Too embarrassed to admit to his family and friends that he was discharged from World War II because of allergies, a young man is befriended by a group of sympathetic soldiers who soon have everyone in his small town convinced he is a real war hero.

Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Joan Crawford ("What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?") and Oscar-winner Norma Shearer ("Marie Antoinette") star in this enjoyable comedy about a happily married woman who lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Rosalind Russell ("Auntie Mame") and Oscar and Emmy-nominee Ruth Hussey ("The Philadelphia Story") co-star. Directed by Oscar-winner George Cukor ("My Fair Lady").