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The Major and the Minor: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley. A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home.
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.
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.
83% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings. 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.
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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.
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.
A young woman is unable to afford the train fare to her home town in Iowa so pretends to be a 12-year-old girl in order to pay half-fare. On the train the conductors start to get suspicious and she runs from them, hiding in the compartment of an Army Major.
The Major and the Minor ★★★½ 1942. Very funny comedy that marked Wilder's directorial debut. Susan Applegate (Rogers) decides she's had it with New York and wants to head home to Iowa, but she only has enough money for a child's half-price train ticket.
The Lolita of the 1940s, and just as sexy. A sparkling farce that marked Wilder's American directorial debut after years of writing witty screenplays for other directors, The Major And The Minor sails along breezily from its very first scenes until its romantic ending. Read More.
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR is Wilder's first film as director, and his first comedy. He demonstrated in it that he was above average in his ability to direct, getting the first good performance he got out of Ray Milland and an equally good one out of Ginger Rogers.
