The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, when promotional contests required more skill than stamp-licking, Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) supported her household—ten children and a drunken husband (Woody Harrelson)—by writing prizewinning jingles. Many, many of them. Based on the memoir by Ryan’s daughter, and directed by Jane Anderson.

The Bottom Line: Moore proves to be a jingle belle. (Go Fish)