Magic Town

In this 1947 comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman, a struggling opinion-poll business owner discovers that a small town's demographic matches the entire country, allowing him to conduct polls with surprising accuracy. His plan to exploit this "magic" is threatened when he falls for the civic crusader who must keep the town from changing too much, leading to a battle of wits and attraction that ultimately saves the day in this charming tale of love and small-town America.