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The Major and the Minor is a 1942 American romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. It was the first American film directed by Billy Wilder . [2] The screenplay credited to Wilder and Charles Brackett is "suggested by" the 1923 play Connie Goes Home by Edward Childs Carpenter , based on the 1921 Saturday Evening Post story "Sunny Goes Home" by Fannie Kilbourne.
Ginger Rogers plays a city girl who poses as a child to get a cheaper train ticket and meets a Major (Ray Milland) on the way. Directed by Billy Wilder, this 1942 film is a classic screwball comedy with witty dialogue and slapstick humor.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1942-12-24
Oct 20, 2022 · The Major And The Minor 1942 by Billy Wilder. Publication date 1942 Topics Mistaken identity, Army, military, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, cadets, Language English.
- 100 min
The Major and the Minor. Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) decides to leave New York City and take a train back to Iowa, but she has only enough money for a child's ticket. She disguises herself as ...
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- Ginger Rogers
- Billy Wilder
- Comedy
Apr 17, 2021 · Ginger Rogers plays a woman who disguises herself as a 12-year-old girl to travel home cheaply and meets a teacher (Ray Milland) who falls for her. The film is a farcical romance with witty dialogue, satire and self-reflexivity.
Billy Wilder. Director, Writer. Charles Brackett. Writer. Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides ...
A comedy film about a woman who disguises herself as a child to get a cheaper train ticket and meets a major on the way. She faces complications when she stays at his military school and falls in love with him.
