I Was a Male War Bride
- Director: Howard Hawks
- Writer: Charles Lederer; Leonard Spigelgass
- Producer: Sol C. Siegel
CGiii Comment
Cary Grant as a French soldier...no attempt was made with the accent.
Ann Sheridan...no attempt was made to make her likeable.
The joke...Grant in drag in the last few minutes.
Hollywood really did consider the general public (their audience) as DUMB.
Trailer...
I Was A Male War Bride (1949) Original Trailer from Picture Palace Movie Posters from PICTURE PALACE MOVIE POSTERS on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
Captain Henri Rochard of France is assigned to work with First Lieutenant Catherine Gates of the U. S. Army. Through a wacky series of misadventures, they fall in love and marry. When the war ends, Rochard tries to return to America like female war brides could under the auspices of America's 1945 War Brides Act. Zany gender-confusing antics follow.
Cast & Characters
Cary Grant as Capt. Henri Rochard;
Ann Sheridan as Lt. Catherine Gates;
Marion Marshall as Lt. Kitty Lawrence;
Randy Stuart as Lt. Eloise Billings;
Bill Neff as Capt. Jack Ramsey;
King Donovan as Undetermined Role;
Charles B. Fitzsimons as Lieutenant Kelly;
Robert Stevenson as Lieutenant;
Otto Waldis as Undetermined Role;
Robert Adair as Colonel Bliven;
Mark Baker as Barracks Private;
Michael Balfour as Male billet sergeant;
Estelle Brody as WAC announcer officer;
Andre Charlot as French Minister;
Russ Conway as Cmdr. Willis, Chaplain