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The Major and the Minor


Date: 1942
Type: Comedy / Romance
Rating: 2 Stars 2/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Billy Wilder
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

A woman pretends to be 12 to get a cheap rail fare for her trip back home and on the train meets a major who takes her to the camp he works at and meets the cadets and his fiance. She falls in love with the major but keeps it hidden as she is still pretending to be 12 and she is helped another teenager (Diana Lynn). Whilst Ginger Rogers is a good actress she is not convincing as a 12 year old. The plot is therefore very silly but despite that it is entertaining. Not the best of Ginger Roger's films.

Actors


Ginger RogersGinger Rogers
Ray MillandRay Milland
Rita JohnsonRita Johnson
Robert BenchleyRobert Benchley
Diana LynnDiana Lynn
Edward Fielding
Frankie Thomas
Lela E Rogers
Norma VardenNorma Varden

Oscars

None
Production
Paramount Pictures
The Major and the Minor