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.

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The Major and the Minor canonical	21

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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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ

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Ginger Rogers → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Arthur Hornblow Jr. → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

The Major and the Minor → title → The Major and the Minor self-link ⓘ

Ray Milland → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Robert Benchley → performedIn → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

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Claude Binyon → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

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Hans Dreier → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Daniel Mandell → edited → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Major Philip Kirby → appearsIn → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Major Philip Kirby → romanticLeadOf → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Major Philip Kirby → createdForWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Diana Lynn → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Farce "Connie Goes Home" by Edward Childs Carpenter → adaptedInto → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

subject surface form: Connie Goes Home

Doane Harrison → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Charles Brackett → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Minor Watson → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Minor Watson → appearedIn → The Major and the Minor ⓘ

Rita Johnson → notableWork → The Major and the Minor ⓘ