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	MAGNET Interview: Miracle Legion
		This also led, a year or so later, to the painfully ludicrous scenario of Mulcahy and Neal arriving at the Rough Trade auction to find their new label, Morgan Creek, bidding against them for ownership of their master tapes.
		There may have been a lot of sour grapes at the time about how Morgan Creek had done nothing to promote the record, but I don’t think that was true.
		As suggested above, Morgan Creek was a kind of vanity project of the then-flush film company Morgan Creek Productions.
	www.magnetmagazine.com /interviews/miracle.html

	Todd Phillips
		The band's low recent profile is due partly to record-label blues: they spent most of a year getting off the floundering Morgan Creek label (which released their Drenched album in '92) and another year making a new album that they plan to release with money raised on their current mini-tour.
		The Morgan Creek album found them rocking out in uncharacteristic arena fashion.
		Still around and well, Miracle Legion are about to play their first local gigs in exactly a year, hitting the Causeway on the 12th; Mulcahy also plays solo at the Phoenix Landing on the 16th.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/01-11-96/TODD_PHILLIPS.html (1434 words)

	Amazon.com: Drenched: Music
		Four or five of the songs became classic live numbers at Miracle Legion shows in late 80's and early 90's, however, the album eventually put out by Morgan Creek was sadly over-produced.
		To those of you who watched them grow through the years you will undoubtedly agree when I say that Miracle Legion is one of the great bands of the 80's/90's that were able to truly rock the house!
		Miracle Legion's only album available on cd is a collection of songs that are bursting with energy.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000042MO?v=glance (1115 words)

	ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movie Reviews & Previews
		The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton)
		Miracle on 34th Street (Richard Attenborough, Mara Wilson)
		Miracle on 34th Street (Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn)
	rottentomatoes.com /search/full_search.php?search=Miracle+...&x=18&y=10 (109 words)

	Turner Classic Movies This Month Article
		Chief among them was William Demarest, who played Officer Kockenlocker in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
		Several other Sturges stock company actors also appeared in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, including Al Bridge (a total of 10 films with Sturges), Emory Parnell (5) and Porter Hall (4).
		Demarest had prominent roles in all eight of the movies Sturges directed in his time at the studio.
	tcm.tv /ThisMonth/Article/0,,892468924789253,00.html (1696 words)

	Eddie Bracken, actor, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, dies at 87 November 14 in History
		Eddie Bracken, actor, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, dies at 87 November 14 in History
		Eddie Bracken, actor, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, dies at 87
		Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/2002/november_14_2002_388332.html (48 words)

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	Fort Worth Weekly Online -- fwweekly.com Calendar Toto and the Wienie King
		Sullivan's Travels is his most famous movie, The Lady Eve his sexiest, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek his most anarchic, and Hail the Conquering Hero may be his greatest, but Night & Day figures his 1942 entry The Palm Beach Story is his funniest.
		The famed film critic Pauline Kael once wrote, "If you've never seen one of Preston Sturges' comedies, you may not quite know what hit you." Indeed, his movies' manic energy and torrents of brilliant verbal wit are intoxicating, disorienting stuff.
		One of the funniest running jokes is the way Gerry uses nothing but her charm to get various men to give her the free stuff she needs for her trip, starting with a tiny old man (John Dudley) in a three-piece suit and a huge cowboy hat, who introduces himself, "I'm the Wienie King!
	www.fwweekly.com /issues/2003-11-12/calendar.html (721 words)

	Rock-A-Bye Baby [VHS] video online at Movies Unlimited
		Director Frank Tashlin's take on "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" also stars Connie Stevens, Salvatore Baccaloni and Reginald Gardiner.
		Two Florida retirees--a shy Cuban barber (Robert Duvall) and a craggy Irish sea captain (Richard Harris)--share secrets and swap colorful stories as they become unlikely friends in this sweet-natured comedy about life's golden years.
	www.moviesunlimited.com /musite/affredirect.asp?mscssid=MVMT8QQR3JLQ8P3FD8QXHUUJ5J3U8UN4&page=product%2Easp&sku=063005 (721 words)

	Waggish: Thoughts on Genre: The Secret of Comedy (circa 1935)
		Even restricting myself to the same titles, I'd swap Twentieth Century, Nothing Sacred, Theodora Goes Wild, and Sullivan's Travels with His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, Easy Living, and Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
		I think it's symptomatic of the era's strengths that my two lists would be at such variance with yours.
	www.waggish.org /2005/06/thoughts_on_genre_the_secret_of_comedy_circa_1935.html (721 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Eddie Bracken
		Bracken is best remembered for his work in a pair of frothy, irreverent Preston Sturges comedies: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero (both 1944).
		Bracken's popularity continued through the decade, but by the early-'50s, musicals were on the wane and the style of comedy in which Bracken had been hopelessly typecast was out of style.
		In the early '70s, Bracken tried to establish a chain of stock theaters and ended up losing two million dollars.
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/7045/bio.jhtml (721 words)

	The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) - FilmAffinity
		Preston Sturges directs THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, about Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) a party girl who wakes up one morning to find she's married and pregnant, but she cannot remember who, of six possible American soldiers, is the lucky guy.
		Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, William Demarest, Diana Lynn, Porter Hall, Jimmy Conlin, Akim Tamiroff, Brian Donlevy
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	The Austin Chronicle Screens: Miracle Man
		Eddie Bracken will be present at the Austin Film Society screening of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Tuesday, February 22, 7pm, at the Texas Union Theatre, 24th & Guadalupe.
		Bracken can put you on the sets of those pictures, seeing Sturges barking out commands as he rides the camera, hearing Bracken, Hutton, and William Demarest struggle to get through this line or that bit of comic business without bursting into laughter.
		Eddie Bracken on the cover of Leonard Maltin's Film Fan Monthly, a fanzine the film critic produced as a teenager.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2000-02-18/screens_feature.html (4315 words)

	Eddie Bracken
		Beginning his career with Paramount in 1940, Bracken was at his hilariously frenzied, bumbling, stuttering best in two Preston Sturges films: "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" and "Hail The Conquering Hero" (both 1944).
		He briefly achieved star status in these and several other comedies and musicals at Paramount, but his nervous hayseed persona was too narrowly defined to sustain stardom and he was again playing comic second leads by the end of the decade.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/199818 (172 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Eddie Bracken
		Bracken is best remembered for his work in a pair of frothy, irreverent Preston Sturges comedies: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero (both 1944).
		Bracken's popularity continued through the decade, but by the early-'50s, musicals were on the wane and the style of comedy in which Bracken had been hopelessly typecast was out of style.
		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.
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/7045/bio.jhtml (353 words)

	Guardian Eddie Bracken
		The talent of Eddie Bracken, who has died aged 87, for portraying frenzied, bumbling, stuttering drips reached its apotheosis in 1944 in two classic Preston Sturges satires on small-town America, The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek and Hail The Conquering Hero.
		He also proved an able partner to Lake in three 1945 films: Bring on the Girls, Out Of This World, and Hold That Blonde.
		However, his shtick was becoming overfamiliar and, with his screen career tailing off, Bracken returned to the stage, where he was seldom out of work.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4552979-103684,00.html (733 words)

	The DVD Journal Quick Reviews: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
		And just like those long walks, Morgan's Creek definitely is going somewhere — although the "miracle" itself is saved for the final moments, captured in yet another image of perpetual motion as the perplexed Norval Jones is taken to his wife's hospital room, thrust ever forward by the riotous crush of rowdy celebrants.
		Sullen and defiant, Trudy turns to her local admirer, the homely, stuttering 4-F Norval Jones (Eddie Bracken), asking him to pick her up for a night at the movies but drop her off at the dance instead.
		The picture was bolstered by excellent casting, in particular Betty Hutton and Eddie Bracken, who had appeared together in two previous films — in this turn, they virtually feed off each other's manic energy.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/m/miracleofmorganscreek.q.shtml (582 words)

	The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944): Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Preston Sturges
		The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944): Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Preston Sturges
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	The Official Preston Sturges Site
		Bracken is best remembered, by us anyway, as the star of THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK and HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO.
		Bracken was married for 62 years to the recently deceased Constance Nickerson Bracken with whom he raised five amazing children.
		Child actor, vaudevillian, movie star - and one of Preston Sturges' great collaborators, Mr.
	www.prestonsturges.com /bulletin_bracken.html (191 words)

	[Deathwatch] Eddie Bracken, comedian, 87
		Born and raised in New York, Bracken was best known for his roles in "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" and "Hail the Conquering Hero," both released in 1944 and directed by Preston Sturges.
		His start in showbiz came at age 9, when he appeared in "Kiddie Troupers," a New York rival of the "Our Gang" comedies.
		Bracken moved back to New York in the 1950s and earned a Tony nomination for his co-starring role in "Hello, Dolly," with Carol Channing (news).
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2002-November/000302.html (281 words)

	Auckland Film Society Hail the Conquering Hero
		Hail the Conquering Hero was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, putting Sturges in competition with himself for the award since he was also nominated for his script for The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
		Preston Sturges's last feature for Paramount (1944) takes on wartime patriotism with a brio and vengeance that may take your breath away.
		With: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Georgia Caine, Alan Bridge, Freddie Steele
	www.aucklandfilmsociety.org.nz /movies/hail.html (310 words)

	Movie Wormer - Compare DVD Prices - Search For Freddie Steele
		Titles: Black Angel, Blues Brothers, Call Northside 777, Dolores Claiborne, Final Destination 2, Grace of My Heart, The Blob, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The Story of G.I. Joe, Tin Men, Van Helsing
		Artists: Allison Anders, Barry Levinson, Burgess Meredith, Chuck Russell, Dan Duryea, David R. Ellis, Freddie Steele, Henry Hathaway, John Landis, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Preston Sturges, Robert Mitchum, Stephen Sommers, Taylor Hackford, William Wellman
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	Queen's FILM 300* Bibliographies
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		FILM 300* Bibliography: Meet Me in St. Louis
	www.film.queensu.ca /300/300Bibliog.html (46 words)

	Metromix. Movie review: 'Welcome to Mooseport '
		Sturges' movies, such as "Hail the Conquering Hero" and "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek," embrace the quirks of the townsfolk even as they're sucked into an accelerating swirl of insanity.
		The moose of "Welcome to Mooseport" never passes gas, suffers a digestive-system malfunction or does a cute double-take.
		"Welcome to Mooseport" has affection for its characters too, but it moves more with the deliberateness of the sport that unites Eagle and Handy: golf.
	metromix.chicagotribune.com /movies/mmx-040219-movies-review-mc-welcometomooseport,0,336268.story?coll=mmx-movies_top_heds (812 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film Travelling light
		More than that, Sturges was easily the most transgressive voice in wartime Hollywood - each of his films in turn pivoted on adult issues otherwise forbidden to film-makers in the 40s (how he got away with The Miracle of Morgan's Creek is still a mystery on the scale of what happened to the dinosaurs).
		Sturges was not on a mission, like Sullivan, to serve the people, and the iconic use of Mickey is just the final slap at the innocuous, condescending Hollywood Sturges knew all too well.
		Sturges began as a playwright and then a Hollywood scriptwriter with screenplays for films like The Power and the Glory (1933), The Good Fairy (1935) and Easy Living (1937) establishing a weighty reputation as the best snappy-banter guy in town.
	film.guardian.co.uk /Feature_Story/feature_story/0,4120,214831,00.html (1191 words)

	Preston Sturges: A Selected Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries
		Sturges combined wit, satire, farce and slapstick, and directed it toward an educated audience in such movies as 'The Lady Eve' and 'The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.' Sturges' talent was partly the result of an unusual childhood that included a bizarre mother and many changes of schools and residences." [Magazine Index]
		Sturges' movies were some of the best sex movies though there was very little sex in them.
		"Preston Sturges." In: The cinema of cruelty : from Bunuel to Hitchcock / by Andre Bazin ; edited and with an introduction by Francois...
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/sturges.html (2262 words)

	MovieMaker Magazine Issue #33 Celebrating the Genius of Writer-Director Preston Sturges
		Sturges was less likely to endear himself to his producers, however, and his incredible run at Paramount ended in December, 1943 when he and the studio couldn't agree on contract renewal terms (The Miracle of Morgan 's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero had not yet been released).
		Sturges himself said that one of the reasons he wanted to start directing was that when others directed his screenplays they did a too slowly.
		Sturges women are smart, strong, independent and well aware of their effect on the opposite sex.
	www.moviemaker.com /issues/33/sturges.html (914 words)

	Metroactive Movies Preston Sturges Retrospective
		I once took a woman to see his 1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Dec. 68), telling her I thought it was just about the funniest movie I'd ever seen.
		TO TAKE the angst out of the holiday season, a half-dozen Preston Sturges comedies are being revived at the Stanford Theater in Palo Alto during the next month (on double bills with a Katharine Hepburn retrospective already under way).
		The Palm Beach Story is a wild tale of a wife trying (hopelessly) to turn courtesan to help her husband's career, fleeing to Palm Beach in the company of the notorious Ale and Quail Club, only to be rescued by the millionaire John D. "Snoodles" Hackensacker III.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/11.14.96/preston-sturges-9646.html (682 words)

	MMI Special Report - Preston Sturges On Video
		Critics of writer-director Preston Sturges are quick to point out that his hey-day in Hollywood (Beginning with his 1940 Oscar win for writing "The Great McGinty") was virtually over by 1944 when he was nominated for writing "Hail The Conquering Hero" and "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek".
		Sturges, who had spent ten years toiling as a Paramount screenwriter, offered the studio his excellent script for a nominal fee, but only if he could direct himself.
		By the time the Oscar nominations for both of these blockbuster films were announced in 1945, Sturges was off the Paramount lot, as a result of the one flop of his career to date; "The Great Moment" which had been shelved for two years before the studio decided to release it anyway.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/sturges.html (573 words)

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