{"id":2966,"date":"2025-06-21T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2025-06-21T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T19:49:13","slug":"retro-double-feature-movie-adventures-the-miracle-of-morgans-creek-1944-and-christmas-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/21\/retro-double-feature-movie-adventures-the-miracle-of-morgans-creek-1944-and-christmas-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Double Feature Movie Adventures: The Miracle of Morgan&#8217;s Creek (1944) and Christmas in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/THE-MIRACLE-OF-MORGANS-CREEK-2.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Hutton,, William Demarest, and Diana Lynn in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek\" class=\"wp-image-2965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/THE-MIRACLE-OF-MORGANS-CREEK-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/THE-MIRACLE-OF-MORGANS-CREEK-2-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/THE-MIRACLE-OF-MORGANS-CREEK-2-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of Elliott Kalan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Flop House<\/a>&#8216;s favorite movies, so when the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenewbev.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thenewbev.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Beverly<\/a> had it as part of a Preston Sturges double feature I knew I had to go. And sure enough, it&#8217;s mighty funny.  I want to spoil every joke. I will spoil none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fake poster is based on a different &#8220;miracle&#8221; movie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-miracle-of-morgans-creek-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A poster for The Miracle of Morgan's Creek mimicking the poster for The Miracle Worker\" class=\"wp-image-2961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-miracle-of-morgans-creek-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-miracle-of-morgans-creek-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-miracle-of-morgans-creek-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-miracle-of-morgans-creek.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">If you think this poster looks pretty low effort, you should compare it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056241\/mediaviewer\/rm4280924672\/?ref_=tt_ov_i\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056241\/mediaviewer\/rm4280924672\/?ref_=tt_ov_i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the original.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christmas in July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dick Powell and Ellen Drew back to back drinking coffee.\" class=\"wp-image-2962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-1.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-1-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen Drew &amp; Dick Powell leaning against each other in Christmas in July.\" class=\"wp-image-2964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-2-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/christmas-in-july-2-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t as strong as The Miracle of Morgan&#8217;s Creek, but it&#8217;s still funny. It&#8217;s fun to see Sturges using a lot of the same actors in different roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A very weak title link between this movie and the poster source:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Christmas-in-July-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A poster for Christmas in July mimicking the poster for Romeo + Juliet\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Christmas-in-July-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Christmas-in-July-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Christmas-in-July-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Christmas-in-July.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BONUS BLOG MILESTONE!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas in July was my 100th Fake movie poster! How many hours have I spent making these things mostly for myself? UNKNOWN!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100-fake-posters-for-2025-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"100 fake movie posters, mostly based on real posters for other movies.\" class=\"wp-image-2967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100-fake-posters-for-2025-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100-fake-posters-for-2025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100-fake-posters-for-2025-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100-fake-posters-for-2025-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100-fake-posters-for-2025-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/100-fake-posters-for-2025-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you see spots, it&#8217;s not the coffee; it&#8217;s the bunk!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":10,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,63,20],"tags":[78,10,327],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-pass-adventures","category-movies","category-photoshop","tag-movies","tag-photoshop","tag-preston-sturges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2971,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/2971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}