Question: Wing and a Prayer, is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American carrier in the desperate early days of World War II, its stars include who, which was an American film actor and a major Hollywood star during the 1940s, and he continued acting in less prestigious roles into the 1980s?

Context articles: Ladies Courageous
Dana Andrews
Wing and a Prayer
Fallen Angel (1945 film)
Constance Bennett
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō
Wing and a Prayer (disambiguation)
Carrier Air Wing Six
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō

Ladies Courageous (also called Fury in the Sky in a 1950 Realart re-release) is a 1944 war film based on the novel "Looking For Trouble" (1941) by Virginia Spencer Cowles.
 Directed by John Rawlins, the film stars Loretta Young and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
 It tells the story of the paramilitary Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron formed in the United States during World War II.
 Film historians and scholars consider "Ladies Courageous" an "à-clef" story of famed aviator Jacqueline Cochran and test pilot Nancy Harkness Love's work to mobilize women pilots to contribute to the war effort.
Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor and a major Hollywood star during the 1940s.
 He continued acting in less prestigious roles into the 1980s.
 The role for which he received the most praise, was as war veteran Fred Derry in "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946).
Wing and a Prayer (also known as Queen of the Flat Tops and Torpedo Squadron Eight) is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American carrier in the desperate early days of World War II in the Pacific theater, directed by Henry Hathaway and stars Don Ameche, Dana Andrews and William Eythe.
 Although arguably a classic propaganda movie, it was appreciated for its very realistic portrayal and was nominated for the 1944 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Fallen Angel is a 1945 black-and-white film noir directed by Otto Preminger, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle, who had also worked with Preminger on "Laura" a year before.
 The film features Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Charles Bickford.
 It was the last film Faye made as a major Hollywood star, and she did not make another film until "State Fair" (1962).
Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress.
 She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, as well as one of the most popular.
 Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on melodramas in the early 1930s and then taking more comedic roles in the late 1930s and 1940s.
 She is best known today for her leading roles in "What Price Hollywood?
" (1932), "Topper" (1937), "Topper Takes a Trip" (1938), and had a prominent supporting role in Greta Garbo's last film, "Two-Faced Woman" (1941).
Shōhō (Japanese: 祥鳳, "Auspicious Phoenix" or "Happy Phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
 Originally built as the submarine support ship "Tsurugizaki" in the late 1930s, she was converted before the Pacific War into an aircraft carrier and renamed.
 Completed in early 1942, the ship supported the invasion forces in Operation MO, the invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea, and was sunk by American carrier aircraft on her first combat operation during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May.
 "Shōhō" was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk during World War II.
Wing and a Prayer is a 1944 war film.
Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing whose operational history spans from the middle of World War II to the end of the Cold War.
 Established in 1943 as Carrier Air Group Seventeen (CVG-17), it would be re-designated several times during its establishment, including Carrier Air Group Six (CVG-6) as the second unit to be so designated.
 The first Carrier Air Group Six served for just over two years during World War II, but drew on the history of the "Enterprise" Air Group established in 1938 and active in the early battles of the Pacific War, being disestablished after the first year of the conflict.
 During its time in  , it was the Navy’s only carrier-based air group to carry out three complete tours of duty during World War II.
The "Zuihō" class (瑞鳳型 ) was a group of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II.
 Both ships were originally built as submarine tenders, but were subsequently converted into carriers.
 Completed in early 1942, "Shōhō" supported the invasion forces in Operation MO, the invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea, and was sunk by American carrier aircraft on her first combat operation during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May.
 "Shōhō" was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk during World War II.
 "Zuihō" played a secondary role in the Battle of Midway in mid-1942 and did not engage any American aircraft or ships during the battle.
 The ship participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign during the rest of 1942.
 She was lightly damaged during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during this campaign and covered the evacuation of Japanese forces from the island in early 1943 after repairs.
Ryūjō (Japanese: 龍驤 "Prancing Dragon") was a light aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the early 1930s.
 Small and lightly built in an attempt to exploit a loophole in the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, she proved to be top-heavy and only marginally stable and was back in the shipyard for modifications to address those issues within a year of completion.
 With her stability improved, "Ryūjō" returned to service and was employed in operations during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
 During World War II, she provided air support for operations in the Philippines, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies, where her aircraft participated in the Second Battle of the Java Sea.
 During the Indian Ocean raid in April 1942, the carrier attacked British merchant shipping with both her guns and her aircraft.
 "Ryūjō" next participated in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands in June.
 She was sunk by American carrier aircraft at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942.