Review of The Major and the Minor (1942) by Blake P — 17 Aug 2011
"The Major and the Minor" is one of the many delightful movies put out in the '40's. Sue Applegate (Rogers) is a working woman in a big city, but soon she gets tired of it and wants to get home to Iowa and live with her mom again.
When getting the train ticket, she realizes she doesn't have enough money, so she decides to dress- up as a twelve year old girl to get in. When she actually makes it, she gets mixed up with Major Kirby (Milland) and when he takes her to his base, that's when things get messy.
This is the great Billy Wilders directional debut, and that for me was a good enough sign that this would be excellent. I was right! He had really only worked with Charles Brackett on scripts for classics like "Ninotchka" and "Ball of Fire", and I'm guessing he had to have gotten tired of it.
This comedy brings out the fun in both Milland and Rogers, and even though the plot is down- right silly, its a joy to watch. Rogers provides many laughs (even though she left Fred Astaire for hemm hemm .
.. "dramatic roles"), and it's fun to see what lengths her character has to go to just to get a train ticket. Even the usually dramatic actor Ray Milland does a superb job! This is a really good movie, and I think you would really like it if you are a big fan of screwball comedies.
This review of The Major and the Minor (1942) was written by Blake P on 17 Aug 2011.
The Major and the Minor has generally received very positive reviews.
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