Arleen Whelan

During the Mexican-American War, U.S. soldiers force a captive Mexican officer to sign the deeds to his vast lands over to their crooked captain.

John Ford's direction is superb in this fictionalized account of ten early years in the life of the American President. He moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois to begin a law practice where he defends two men accused of murder in a brawl, courts his future wife and agrees to go into politics.

Tired from years on the road as a family vaudeville act, Joe and Kit Ballantine move with their daughter to a small New England town; when they arrive, the Ballantines find that the locals aren't interested in welcoming performers to their town.

Rosalind Russell stars in this madcap romantic comedy about a divorced socialite who joins the Army to spend more time with her Colonel boyfriend.