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On her first day of work, Sue Applegate (Ginger Rogers) has to escape the clutches of a lecherous client (Robert Benchley, whose favorite line is "Why don't you slip out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?"). Fed up with the big city, Sue decides to head home to Iowa with the precious $27.50 train fare she's kept in a sealed envelope since her arrival. The fare has gone up, however, and she is forced to pose as a 12-year-old to buy a half-price ticket. On the train, she has to dodge the suspicious conductors and bursts into the compartment of Major Phillip Kirby (Ray Milland), who falls for Sue's masquerade and harbors her for the night. The situation is further complicated by the major's fiancée (Rita Johnson) and her savvy 12-year-old sister (Diana Lynn), the only one who sees through the ruse. Add a stay at the major's academy and some escapades with young, hormone-driven cadets, and you have an enjoyable, if not quite classic, silly comedy, well paced by Billy Wilder in his first directorial effort. Rogers's real-life mother appears in a small role as Sue's mother. Rogers is only occasionally convincing as a 12-year-old, but after all she was 30 at the time. --David Horiuchi
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This is a cute classic romantic comedy with a solid script and great actors playing the various characters contained therein. As other reviewers have noted, you have to be able to put aside the notion that the "girl" Ginger Rogers portrays manages to pull the wool over almost everyone's eyes in the movie with respect to her age. If you can do that then you will have a treat watching this film.
I bought this movie based upon the reviews I had read and was not disappointed this time around. This is a keeper.
I bought this movie based upon the reviews I had read and was not disappointed this time around. This is a keeper.
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Ray Milland plays an extremely nearsighted "Major" in the Army. There is a war on and his goal is to get in on it before it is over. He is engaged to a Colonel's daughter Pamela Hill (Rita Johnson.) Her goal is to keep him at a cadet academy and become a surrogate father figure.
Susan Kathleen 'Su-Su' Applegate (Ginger Rogers) finds it too expensive to make a living in the big city and intends to return home. To her surprise the train fair is now double what she planned on. Her only hope is to pretend she is a "minor" to travel at half fare.
On the train the path of the "Major" and "Minor" cross and the fun begins.
Will Su-Su get home?
Will the Major get what he wants?
And what becomes of the major's fianc'?
The answer is there are the big Maginot line and the small Maginot line ...
Susan Kathleen 'Su-Su' Applegate (Ginger Rogers) finds it too expensive to make a living in the big city and intends to return home. To her surprise the train fair is now double what she planned on. Her only hope is to pretend she is a "minor" to travel at half fare.
On the train the path of the "Major" and "Minor" cross and the fun begins.
Will Su-Su get home?
Will the Major get what he wants?
And what becomes of the major's fianc'?
The answer is there are the big Maginot line and the small Maginot line ...
By JOHN GODFREY
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attached. I was pleasantly surprised by this excellent first time comendy directed by Billy Wilder. Some of the outside scenes were set at St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin.
The dialogue is smart & mature enough to hold up well 60 years later. Ginger disguies herself as a 12 yearold to get half fare on a train taking her home to Iowa from NYC.Anyone who cannot see that she is a sexy, beautiful, full grown women is an idiot. But she fools the Major played by Ray Milland. She stumbles into his private compartment, fleeing the conductors. They bond, in a way that wold get him arrested today as a pervert. But it's all innocent & hilarious in 1942. He becomes Uncle Phil & falls in love with her, uncomfortable with the fact that he thinks she is 12 year old "Zue Sue".
The scenes of her being pursued & kissed by eager, unknowing cadets half her age, are kind of 'corny' especially the seduction scene when she breaks out in a brief tap dance.
This is my second Ray Milland film in as many weeks. It could not be more different than his role as a drunk in "Lost Weekend" only several years later. I'm becoming a "late" fan of Milland & Ginger sans Fred.
The dialogue is smart & mature enough to hold up well 60 years later. Ginger disguies herself as a 12 yearold to get half fare on a train taking her home to Iowa from NYC.Anyone who cannot see that she is a sexy, beautiful, full grown women is an idiot. But she fools the Major played by Ray Milland. She stumbles into his private compartment, fleeing the conductors. They bond, in a way that wold get him arrested today as a pervert. But it's all innocent & hilarious in 1942. He becomes Uncle Phil & falls in love with her, uncomfortable with the fact that he thinks she is 12 year old "Zue Sue".
The scenes of her being pursued & kissed by eager, unknowing cadets half her age, are kind of 'corny' especially the seduction scene when she breaks out in a brief tap dance.
This is my second Ray Milland film in as many weeks. It could not be more different than his role as a drunk in "Lost Weekend" only several years later. I'm becoming a "late" fan of Milland & Ginger sans Fred.
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classic
who says this movie isn't classic? it's one of the funniest. Ginger somehow manages to be a surprisingly good little girl. (if not 12, then 14 maybe, but who cares? Read more
Published on May 26 2004 by Steven L. Katz
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EVERYTHING IS JUST GINGER!
Last night (040404) I couldn't stop watching this movie, although I hadn't planned on it. Ginger may have gotten her Oscar for the unworthy Kitty Foyle, but she deserved a... Read more
Published on April 3 2004
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Funny, but slightly perverse
This movie was pretty funny, and I really enjoyed it, but the whole thing about a 12-year-old and a full grown man was a little... weird. Read more
Published on Dec 27 2002
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Ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ho
Even if it's not a "classic," it's funny. Maybe it's not terribly believable to those who know what 12-year-olds are like, but even so, it's hilarious. Read more
Published on July 15 2002
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billy wilder is it!!!!
This is a fantastic movie. Even though it is Wilder's first film as a director (in Hollywood) it is very much his film. Wilder and Brackett's script is perfect. Read more
Published on Feb 2 2002 by Sarah_Aliza
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Suspend Your Disbelief
This film has raised a few eyebrows over the years, since the subject matter is of a grown man falling in love with a woman pretending to be a twelve year old girl. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2002 by James L.
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Priceless Classic, lots of fun!
What a wonderful film! Billy Wilder has directed a cute and wonderful film that is timeless! When Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) has had it with the big city (New York) she... Read more
Published on Jan 15 2002 by Teacher Mom
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PRIME ROGERS/WILDER COMEDY
"Ever hear of Stevenson, Iowa? Nobody ever has. Dull. People there just walk around on two legs. Cars run on four wheels. The grass is just plain green". Read more
Published on Nov 11 2001 by "scotsladdie"
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Ginger Roger's adorable!
I absolutely adore this movie (have seen it 6 x's!) Ginger Rogers plays the part of Susan Applegate who is fed up with New York and decides she's going back to her little home... Read more
Published on Sep 4 2001 by Christine Casey
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WODNERFUL
i loved this story when i saw it a while back ago on AMC & i loved it went crazy trying 2 find it BUT ta da here it wz:D...recomend it 2 NE 1 who likes old movies:D... Read more
Published on Aug 24 2001 by "mysterylady_tx"
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