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S6o(v TiJaxtdBy DudUy Eirly'! Was a Male War Bride'fVl A'V *ectmostIHawmI OIi r d1* t ■ Hoscreenplay byCharles Lcderer.ClC* * k w2r'«$ h i 1d Hagar Wildet Rochard Now»•* the Paramcnipt Theater.9MhcIk:mdmW..^' *-*■ # • * • -t *,:•# 4Catherine .....This picture lives* v.Cary Grant Ann Sheridansrfallsh#*V diJvmotl/u)ifi *■*to its adit is a very funnyr•r-, 4 M- aHI SVvjpa.--•jfJ|gf/\ % * T* 4^ mC ^ v. ■DUSiRCSS,lite Celeste Holmis a ssn, ?r, Charippr nnU2es Coburnis not. BiA A t t yral for wi-timi-St.:' • La 'la. Jl. iiiUt I** 1 1#‘|1 1i j \.-f, «■Mry'+*4|M«HM4\ f P i fk St mlJ MlJ'inA mirneaV.: • tfL Af:£L\ dSfey mL ’♦i v * i 1 i A 1L I*■ 'tii* ire4r Grant always the:ertod lightsinger i heavlt;IcrushI r1 A 7f11comedian, outdoes himself in thefound that Dougias hias a serole of the French officer who married WAC Ann Sheridan and comesto thi« country in a war bride status ■i singing voice. Ta The film haskB ' • -/mm r -it fromo jbigGood natured fun is poked atmoments, exceptar^. • '* fT A JL 1 1 tT V *Douglas is tryint }HasArmy red tape along the way. and| everybody seems to be having a ; swell time, especially Grant and Sheridan. Most of the film is devoted to the courtship—if you want ! to call it that—between Ann and j Cary, On several postwar missions of military government together,: they fight and bicker until they ! realize they are in love and get| married.One of the picture s best sequences is that of Cary answering questions; on a printed form while trying to fix his status as a bride. As the Army did not foresee a male war ; bride, the questions are hardly fitting. such as: Are you an expectant mother? Do you have female trouble? Have you had children ! previously?” Cary, in answering the last question, proceeds to tell the clerk-sergeant all about morningI sickness.The gags come thick and fast,and they are all laugh-getters The sudience loved the abortive efforts of Cary and Ann to consummate their marriage, with the Army frus-: trating them at every turn, IOne of the biggest laughs comes when Ann is cutting off the tail of a horse in order to make a wig for Cary before trying to pass himoff as a woman aboard the ship. Says Cary “At least you could cut | it off the mane! iglas; and,it issationalthere, comedyid gums this reviewer, ice missed fire, medy sequenceup the works. Tohowever, that sequeIt is not the wow c the producers hoped it would be.The picture rolls along neatly and at a fast enough clip, with Coburn furnishing most of the genuine comedy. You will wonder how they are going to end the picture after everything seems hopelessly mixed up It ends on a note that is r0' q satisfying One wonders if anyone with such a magnificent voice as Douglas is supposed to have will remain content to be a wrecker.
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Austin American
Austin, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 25, 1949
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