The Major and the Minor

"The Major and the Minor" is a fascinating comedy that stars Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. It's about a soldier who's engaged, but then falls in love with a young woman posing as a 12-year old girl. This film was directed... Full review

Billy Wilder, like his contemporary Preston Sturgis, gained attention in Hollywood at Paramount Studio as a screen writer. And oddly enough both decided to become directors because of unfair feelings towards the work of director Mitchell Leisin with their scripts.... Full review

Billy Wilder and his excellent collaborator, Charles Brackett, knew what the movie going public of the time wanted to see. So, it's not a surprise they achieved a great hit with "The Major and the Minor". One has to go... Full review

The enjoyable performances do a lot to help this film rise above average, and they are what initially made me love this movie. And even though the basic plot seemed to be mere fluff to me when I first saw... Full review

This is a very fun movie to watch! It is funny and has a good sense of romance. It is a very interesting plot and has alot of twist and turns. An especially funny part is where Rodgers pretends to be... Full review

I love this movie! It's fun hearted and touching! Ginger Rogers is a great actress! Go watch this movie PEOPLE!... Full review

Rogers is a little hard to believe to be 14 or however old she is, but the story is great. Fun to watch over and over.... Full review

"The Major and The Minor" is director, Billy Wilder's, first directorial movie, and it was a hit. About 90% of Billy Wilder's comedies were hits. It's an adorable story about a New York City working girl (Ginger Rogers) wanting to... Full review

This almost insane concoction is delicious fun, a portent of some of the even funnier moments that Billy Wilder and his collaborators eventually brought to the screen. The cast, given the difficulty inherent in the script (Do all of these... Full review

The greatest trick this movie pulls off is in fooling its audience that it is a piece of fluff. Admittedly, it is to a certain extent, but nobody is more conscious of the limitations of the genre than the makers... Full review

Ginger Rogers' imitation of an adolescent works not because it's believable but because the actress has so much fun with it. Wilder loves topical jokes, some of which may have to be explained to movie fans sixty years removed from their context. ... Full Review

The film, though, really belongs to Rogers, giving one of her greatest performances in a role you can't imagine any other actress pulling off.....Wilder was a great director from the start, and Ginger proves....Algonquin Round Table member Robert Benchley is his terrifically wry self in the early scenes.....Relying on Rogers's formidable talent for mimicry, he has her playing someone who plays someone..... ... Full Review

Easy and effortless yet satisfying, The Major and The Minor is a classic treat. Review by Andrew L. Urban: There is much mischievous fun in the screenplay of The Major and The Minor, hardly dented by the knowing and worldly view from 60 or more years after the film was made. ... Full Review

Billy Wilder's directional talent is exceptional in this film....All the regard in the world goes to the wonderful Ginger Rogers, for her hilarious and spot on portrayal of a 12-year-old.....Although the plot sounds rather unbelievable, it all flows together nicely and appears very realistic..... ... Full Review

Ginger Rogers (pictured) is Susan, an Iowa girl who left hicksville for the big city.One year and 25 jobs later, she's broke and ready to give up and go home. ... Full Article

A woman's attempt to disguise herself as an underage girl mushrooms into a series of humorous deceptions in this romantic comedy. Ginger Rogers stars as Susan Applegate, a young woman living in New York who, nearly broke and sick of... ... Full Article

The Lolita , of the 1940s, and every bit as sexy. Ginger Rogers sparkles as a working girl who dresses up as a 12-year-old in order to get her train ticket for half price. ... Full Article

The Major and the Minor is a sparkling and effervescing piece of farce-comedy. Story [suggested by the play Connie Goes Home by Edward Childs Carpenter and the story Sunny Goes Home by Fannie Kilbourne] is light, fluffy, and frolicsome. ... Full Article