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Eddie Bracken
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In this high-spirited musical comedy, J. Newport Bates (Eddie Bracken) is a millionaire who finds women are only interested in him for his money. When he becomes infatuated with Teddy Collins (Veronica Lake), a cigarette girl, he tries to hide his true identity from her, hoping she'll be interested in him for himself rather than his bank account. However, once Teddy figures out who he is, Bates drops her, and he is about to give up on women entirely when he meets Sue Thomas (Marjorie Reynolds), a nice girl who isn't interested in his money (or at least not yet). Musical satirists Spike Jones and his City Slickers ... appear, though most prints are missing a bit from one of their musical numbers: a verse from a song that made fun of Eleanor Roosevelt was clipped after the film's initial engagements. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Veteran stage and screen actor Eddie Bracken will be on campus this month as a Center for Humanities and Arts visiting artist in the drama department. In addition to working with film, theater and acting students, Bracken will give a public lecture at 4 p.m. Jan. 13 in 265 Park Hall. He'll ... be present at the free screening of one of his best-known films, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), at 2:20 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Fine Arts Balcony Theater.
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Comic character actor "Eddie Bracken" has worked steadily in full-length feature films and on-stage for decades, but was most popular during the '40s when he played leads and co-leads in several sprightly Paramount comedies and light musicals. He typically played shy, twitchy fellows with a constantly cracking voice and a tendency toward cluelessness and helplessness. Bracken began singing and acting on-stage and in vaudeville as a young child. He made his film debut in a quartet of "Our Gang" shorts and in six episodes of the New York Kiddie Troopers series. Later he began appearing on Broadway and performing in traveling shows.
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For his contribution to radio, Eddie Bracken has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street and a second star at 6751 Hollywood Blvd. for his contribution to the television industry.
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This is another funny film by director Preston Sturges (who ... received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for this one), though Eddie Bracken may get on your nerves. Betty Hutton plays a girl in a small town that wakes up married, pregnant, and clueless after a night of partying with troops headed overseas. Bracken is the local boy, ineligible for military service who's always loved her and tries to help. Solid support is provided by Sturges' usual cast (William Demarest, Porter Hall, Victor Potel, Brian Donlevy, Al Bridge, Emory Parnell, Akim Tamiroff, etc.) as well as Diana Lynn. Added to the National Film Registry in 2001. #54 on AFI's 100 Funniest Movies list.
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Eddie Bracken stars as Norval Jones, a hopelessly nice guy who's been lusting after Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) since the two were teenagers. Trudy just doesn't think of Norval in that way, though, and uses the poor sucker as an excuse to get out of her father's house to attend a dance. When Trudy finally returns from the soiree, she's married and pregnant - and has absolutely no idea who her new husband is. This leaves Trudy with no choice but to use her feminine wiles to convince Norval to marry her... allowing her to save face in front of her father (and the entire town, for that matter).
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