"Surreptitiously in line to apply for a marriage license in the City Clerk""s Office is sunglasses ("cheaters")-wearing, respected NY drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant).This black and white film received eleven Academy Award nominations - and won for the nominated director hisfirst and onlyBest Picture Oscar, beating out strong competition in 1940 fromThe Grapes of Wrath,The Great Dictator,The Philadelphia Story, and Hitchcock""s ownForeign Correspondent.He admits he didn""t used to believe in fairy tales, miracles, or wishes, until his adventures with Pinocchio:Pretty, huh? I""ll bet a lot of you folks don""t believe hat, about a wish coming true, do you? Well, I didn""t either.The teacher""s work documents are stamped by a satisfied German clerk, placing him in the category ofBlauschein- an ""essential"" worker with a "blue stamp" in a war-protected industry.