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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.
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.
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.
Synopsis. 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.
The "minor" in The Major and the Minor (1942) is Susan Applegate, a young woman in her 20's who's fed up with New York and decides to go home to Iowa. But when she tries to buy her train ticket, she finds she doesn't have enough money.
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 a young girl and, after ...
When suspicious conductors catch her smoking a cigarette, Susan hides in the sleeper cabin occupied by Major Philip Kirby, a military boys' school instructor who is returning from Washington, D.C. after trying to get his military status reactivated.
