The major and the minor

DVD 2008

A frustrated city girl decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby and he insists on taking her to his military academy after the train is stalled.

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False personation United States Fiction

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Man-woman relationships United States Fiction

Railroad travel United States Fiction

United States. Army Officers Fiction

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Description:

1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 2.0
full screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Title from container
Suggested by a play by Edward Childs Carpenter from a story by Fannie Kilbourne
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942
Special features: Exclusive introduction by Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne; theatrical trailer
Director of photography, Leo Tover ; editor, Doane Harrison ; music, Robert Emmett Dolan
Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn
DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
English dialogue, English and French subtitles ; English SDH

Control Number:

537787

UPC:

025195004046

Other Authors:

Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945, actor
Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969, screenwriter
Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976, film producer
Johnson, Rita, 1912-1965, actor
Lynn, Diana, actor
Milland, Ray, actor
Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, actor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, film director, screenwriter

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