Elliott Nugent

This delightfully sentimental movie documents (via a fictional tale) the real-life story of New York City’s Stage Door Canteen, an east coast version of the Hollywood Canteen, where soldiers were entertained by stage and screen stars of the era.

This delightfully sentimental movie documents (via a fictional tale) the real-life story of New York City’s Stage Door Canteen, an east coast version of the Hollywood Canteen, where soldiers were entertained by stage and screen stars of the era.

When a beautiful baroness, mistakes baby photographer, Ronnie Jackson, for a private eye, he cannot resist taking the case to find her missing uncle. Ronnie quickly learns that enthusiasm does not make up for lack of experience, as he dodges sinister villains, and innumerable plot twists, in this hilarious send-up of the detective genre.

A beauty pageant loser takes a job subbing for the ailing head of a fake psychic's racket and advises an attorney to purchase some valuable property.