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Miracle of Betty Hutton
I'm late with this obituary observation (this week has gone off the rails a bit), but I wanted to mention that the actress Betty Hutton died. Among other things, she starred in a truly insane Preston Sturges movie that I used to recommend to friends who were waiting to go into labor (though I'm pretty sure not one of them every watched it), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Somehow Sturges, who wrote and directed the picture, did a huge end run around the production code and managed to tell a story about a jolly girl, Gertrude "Trudy" Kockenlocker, who gets knocked up out of wedlock, by the U.S. Army.
The events that follow are indeed miraculous, in the way of all of Sturges's best pictures.
The movie has many things to celebrate, but I have to also mention a particular fondness I have for Diana Lynn, who plays Trudy's smart-ass younger sister.
The weather is turning on the East Coast. Tuck in and watch it, especially if you're waiting on labor.
posted by Elise at 12:47 PM
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