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Harold Briggs ©Stars and StripesHeidelberg, Germany, October 4, 1948: Heidelberg Post fire marshal Ernie J. Albertson presides over a ceremony making Ann Sheridan and Cary Grant honorary fire chiefs of the post during Heidelberg's Fire Prevention Week drive. The two movie stars were in Germany for the filming of Howard Hawks' comedy, "I Was a Male War Bride," in which Grant plays a French captain who falls in love with American lieutenant Sheridan.

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