I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

I Was a Male War Bride

“That I Was a Male War Bride never rises to the propulsive, feverish comedic heights of films like Bringing Up Baby or Gentlemen Prefer Blondes can be easily forgiven, since it is Howard Hawks behind the lenses. You can’t hit a homerun every time at bat, but that it takes so long to get going is something of a problem. And Ann Sheridan seems out-gunned when next to Cary Grant, distinctly lacking the sardonic timing of Rosalind Russell or verbal-and-athletic sparing of Katharine Hepburn. Having said all of that, I Was a Male War Bride is still an enjoyable romp.

While the first half is off to a slow start, sometimes even boarding on the dull side of things, once our two main characters fall in love things pick up and its full steam ahead. Although during the first half a montage ” read more

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