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I Was a Male War Bride Director: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Randy Stuart, William Neff

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  • DVD Release Date: 01/06/2004
  • Original Release: 1949
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 9,526

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Closed Caption; Theatrical trailer; Silent, behind-the-scenes documentary

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Side #1 --
1. Main Titles [1:56]
2. The Way to Heidelberg [3:05]
3. Goodbye, Lt. Gates [1:34]
4. Gates Help Out [2:10]
5. She's Your Man [6:05]
6. Motorbike Buddies [1:42]
7. Henri Gets High [1:33]
8. Stright Down the River [1:15]
9. Trying to Be Friendly [3:47]
10. Lost [2:42]
11. Liquor & Liniment [3:16]
12. Roommates [3:04]
13. Henri's Disguise [1:06]
14. The Floor Show [7:33]
15. Meet Mr. Schindler [1:39]
16. Saying Something Nice [2:28]
17. Love in a Haystack [:16]
18. Red Tape [2:51]
19. Getting Anxious [3:14]
20. Three Ceremonies [4:16]
21. A Lot Married [2:28]
22. Back to Heidelberg [1:17]
23. No Place to Stay [3:01]
24. Section 271 [2:29]
25. Female Trouble [1:44]
26. The War Bride [1:57]
27. No Bed for the Bride [1:04]
28. Out in the Night [1:18]
29. Taking on the Navy [:43]
30. Meet Mrs. Rochard [:42]
31. Goodbye, Florence [5:11]
32. Honeymoon in the Brig [1:09]

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Howard Hawks directed this classic farce about how love attempts to triumph over military red tape after the close of World War II. Capt. Henri Rochard (Cary Grant) is a French officer who is assigned to put a stop to a black market operation in occupied Germany with the help of Lt. Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan), an American WAC. While their initial meetings are hardly harmonious, in time Rochard and Gates find that opposites really do attract, and they fall in love. The two decide to get married, which seems simple enough, but the moment Gates receives orders to return to the United States and Rochard wants to join her, they soon discover just how complicated the U.S. Army can make things. While the Army has a strict protocol for dealing with "war brides," there is no similar routine for men who marry female Army personnel, so in order to follow his new wife into the States, Rochard has to disguise himself as a WAC. From this moment on, nearly everything that happens to Rochard is an affront to his dignity and/or his patience, from his inability to share a bunk with his new bride to his discovery that Army regulations prevent him from driving a motorcycle (Gates has to take the handlebars, while her husband is forced to ride in a sidecar). As more than one writer has pointed out, while Grant gives a deft comic performance, it's a bit of a stretch to imagine that he's French (but probably no more than to imagine that anyone would really believe that he's a woman). Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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July 23, 2004: Howard Hawk's 'I Was A Male War Bride' has since gone on to become a benchmark in screwball comedy. Grant plays French officer, Capt. Henri Rochard, stationed in post-war Germany. He falls for a stubborn, wisecracking American WAC operator, Catharine Gates (Ann Sheridan). After a secret mission goes happily awry Gates and Rochard discover that they are in love. They marry, only to discover that U.S. immigration laws have no provision for admitting foreign husbands into the country. To alleviate the confusion ? though ultimately more results ? Rochard files for his landed immigrant papers under the status of a `war bride.? This gets him past the paper work but not beyond security, who at first do not believe their eyes, then assume that the marriage license is a forgery. Rochard is detained from leaving France, forced to live in a youth hostile and then herded into a hotel with a bunch of legitimate war brides who, of course, do not accept him to sleep in the same area. This is one of those great comedy of errors, in which two people, destined to be together by the final fade out, have to go through the rarest of hoops in order to achieve that blissful conclusion. The DVD transfer is, in a word - gorgeous! A stunning black and white picture with an exceptionally balanced gray scale is pleasant and easy on the eyes. There are rare occasions where film grain appears and some age related artifacts but nothing that will distract one from immersing themselves in this classic screwball. There are NO DIGITAL ANOMALIES for a smooth visual presentation throughout. The audio is mono but well balanced. There are no extras.

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March 17, 2001: This hilarious film stars Cary Grant as French Army officer Henri Rochard and Ann Sheridan as American WAC lieutenant Catherine Gates. They are sent out on a mission together in Germany. At first they can't stand each other and bicker endlessly. But as time passes, they realize they are madly in love. Catherine receives orders that she is to return to the states, which poses a big problem. The two get married, but due to military red tape the only way Henri Rochard can return with Catherine is if he goes as a war bride. This film features fine performances from its leads and also stars Marion Marshall.

This review was written about the VHS edition.