What is The Palm Beach Story / Hail The Conquering Hero about?

Double Feature: THE PALM BEACH STORY, 1942, 88 min. Dir. Preston Sturges. Though Claudette Colbert still loves her failed-architect hubby Joel McCrea, she nonetheless leaves him for greener pastures. Enter Rudy Vallee as a mild-mannered zillionaire and Mary Astor as his nympho sister and, well, the possibilities are just endless. HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO, 1944, Universal, 100 min. When Eddie Bracken is discharged from the military for chronic hay fever, his pals decide to send him home with a reputation as a great war hero. What ensues is a flurry of patriotic fervor, some genuine and some ridiculous, but all of it hilarious in writer-director Preston Sturges' hands.

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What is The Palm Beach Story / Hail The Conquering Hero about?: Double Feature: THE PALM BEACH STORY, 1942, 88 min. Dir. Preston Sturges. Though Claudette Colbert still loves her failed-architect hubby Joel McCrea, she nonetheless leaves him for greener pastures. Enter Rudy Vallee as a mild-mannered zillionaire and Mary Astor as his nympho sister and, well, the possibilities are just endless.

HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO, 1944, Universal, 100 min. When Eddie Bracken is discharged from the military for chronic hay fever, his pals decide to send him home with a reputation as a great war hero. What ensues is a flurry of patriotic fervor, some genuine and some ridiculous, but all of it hilarious in writer-director Preston Sturges' hands.