The Major and the Minor

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film romantic comedy film

The Major and the Minor is a 1942 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Ginger Rogers as a woman who disguises herself as a twelve-year-old girl to buy a cheaper train ticket, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings.

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → romantic comedy film →
basedOn	Farce "Connie Goes Home" by Edward Childs Carpenter →
castMember	Diana Lynn → Edward Fielding → Franklin Pangborn → Ginger Rogers → Lela Rogers → Ray Milland → Rita Johnson → Robert Benchley →
character	Major Philip Kirby → Susan Applegate →
cinematography	Leo Tover →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Billy Wilder →
distributor	Paramount Pictures →
editor	Doane Harrison →
featureDebutFor	Billy Wilder as a Hollywood director →
filmFormat	black-and-white →
genre	comedy film → romantic comedy →
hasFemaleLead	Ginger Rogers →
hasTheme	age disguise → mistaken identity → romantic misunderstanding →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Susan Applegate →
motionPictureRating	Approved (Production Code era) →
musicBy	Robert Emmett Dolan →
narrativeFocus	relationship between Susan Applegate and Major Philip Kirby →
notableFor	early example of Billy Wilder’s Hollywood comedy style →
plotSummary	A woman disguises herself as a twelve-year-old girl to buy a cheaper train ticket, leading to romantic and comedic complications with an army major. →
producer	Arthur Hornblow Jr. →
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures →
publicationDate	1942 →
releaseYear	1942 →
runtime	100 minutes →
screenwriter	Billy Wilder → Charles Brackett →
setInPeriod	World War II era →
setting	a military academy → a train →
title	The Major and the Minor →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Hornblow Jr. → Ginger Rogers → Ray Milland →	notableWork
The Major and the Minor →	title