The Fighting 69th (1940)

★★★★★

The Fighting 69th is a 1940 film, directed by William Keighley. Set in the time of World War I, and based upon the 69th Infantry Regiment. The story follows William Joseph Donovan (George Brent), Joyce Kilmer (Jeffrey Lynn), and most notably Father Francis P. Duffy (portrayed by Pat O'Brien) who attempts to amend troublemaker, Private Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney). Plunkett acts all tough and can throw a punch, but stick him down in the trenches and he's the biggest coward you will have ever seen!

Interesting fact: This unit was the original owner of nickname the "Fighting Irish", which later the University of Notre Dame would officially adopt in 1927.

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I Love You Again (1940)

★★★★★

I Love You Again is a 1940 film, Directed by W.S. Van Dyke.

William Powell is Lawrence Wilson, an overly-dull businessman who one night gets a knock to the head that leaves him unconscious. When Larry awakes, not only does he have amnesia, but he is a changed man, literally. For he is George Cary, a conman. And there's more... he's charming and debonair!

When George is under the impression that Larry has a few accounts at the bank filled with coin, he plans to take advantage and cash in. Not long after, George learns that Larry has a wife, Kay (Myrna Loy) who is on the verge of divorcing him. However, when Kay is forced to spend time with her soon to be ex-husband, and all this new affection he shows for her, it begins to get Kay mixed up. If she still loved him, boy, she'd be really in love with him!

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