The Major and the Minor (1942)

04/12/2025 49 min

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Episode Synopsis

This week, we discuss the screwball comedy, The Major and the Minor, the first American film directed by legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder.SPOILER ALERT We will be talking about this movie in its entirety, including the central masquerade and the romantic tension it creates. If you plan on watching it, we strongly suggest you do so before listening to our takes.A Paramount Pictures production. Released on September 16, 1942. Directed by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, based on the play Connie Goes Home by Edward Childs Carpenter. Starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. Cinematography by Leo Tover. Edited by Doane Harrison. Music by Robert Emmett Dolan.