Listen, honey, being a Ziegfeld girl is swell, but at most it's only a few years out of a lifetime

ZIEGFELD GIRL

1941

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Written by William Anthony McGuire, Marguerite Roberts, Sonya Levien, and Annalee Whitmore

Spoiler alert: it's easier to predict the ending than in the actual Ziegfeld biopic, but I'll keep it to "moderate"

G-d Week: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

THE PRODIGAL

1955

Directed by Richard Thorpe

Written by Maurice Zinn, Joseph Breen Jr., and Samuel James Larsen

Spoiler alert: inapplicable