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Watch: I Was a Male War Bride 1949 123movies, Full Movie Online – In post-war, French Army Captain Henrí Rochard and US Army Lieutenant Catherine Gates, stationed in Heidelberg, West Germany, are often teamed on missions. Their personal relationship teeters from being friendly enough to Catherine not sure if she wants to spend any time with him, professionally or personally, as he is the type who will chase anything in a skirt, while she knows she ultimately wants to be with the type of man who only wants one “skirt”, namely hers. Their latest mission, what will be their last together before he is decommissioned, is punctuated by them getting into one misadventure after another, and despite those mishaps, they come to realize that they love each other on the fact that they would never see each other again after their return to Heidelberg, and want to get married. That want starts the bureaucratic nightmare they face, ranging the gamut of military policies and civil laws in whatever jurisdiction they are in. That nightmare culminates when Catherine’s unit is being shipped back to the United States, the only way that Henrí can enter the United States as her spouse being under the War Brides Act. Henrí ends up being classified among one hundred thirty-nine other war brides, one hundred twenty-six children of war brides, nine dogs, three cats, two canaries and one parrot, none having as much trouble that he has despite he being “approved” as “Mrs. Henrí Rochard”..
Plot: After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
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Pleasant comedy of Cary Grant as an army wife
I saw this movie years and years ago and always remembered the line, “Be quiet or people will think we smuggled in a cow.” I was excited to see it on TCM. Alas, while it’s good, it’s not as hysterically funny as I thought it was going to be. Cary Grant plays a Frenchman with an English accent who winds up married to an American officer, played by Ann Sheridan. I loved their banter, especially in the beginning. Their wedding night is interrupted when she gets orders to ship out, and the problem becomes how to get her new husband home with her to America when all the spousal regulations seem to be for brides.

For me, the funniest scene took place while Grant is waiting for the bus with all the brides. Over a loudspeaker, a female officer informs the women about the new styles in the states and the way hair is worn. Grant’s face is priceless while she’s talking.

The movie is cute and notable for Grant dressing like a woman and looking very homely. Ann Sheridan is very good. The film is a little slow, but if you love Cary Grant, you should enjoy it.

Fast, fun…and Cary Grant. What more do you want?
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

Howard Hawks directing Cary Grant in a farce of a post-war comedy. It’s hilarious at times, and always engaging as you’d expect. But then, you might also expect something even further over the top, which might have made this a classic rather than just a really funny fun film.

A reminder–this is the pairing that gave us “Bringing Up Baby” and “His Girl Friday,” two of the funniest movies ever. Even “Monkey Business,” three years later, had more zaniness to it, though clearly in third place among the four. “I Was a Male War Bride” is the up side to the film noir version of the American soldier in the late 1940s, and it plays into a lot of jokes that were probably hilarious at the time–like the absurd acronyms the military used and uses–but in 2011 it’s the larger romance and brief cross-dressing that are the hooks.

If the other three Hawks-Grant comedies have the likes of Katherine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe to give them longevity (and writers like Ben Hecht chipping in on that score), this one has the lesser known Ann Sheridan. As friendly, likable and every-day as she is meant to be (a little like Ginger Rogers in “Monkey Business”), she never quite lights up the screen. Or more importantly, lights up Cary Grant.

Don’t worry, there are really funny parts–the motorcycle scenes in general, including on the boat–so watch this, definitely. Grant might not be his quirky or even romantic best, but he’s still Cary Grant. And the writing is fun, the pace always fast. And then, when you’re done, you’ll want to remember the others in this group. And to round it out, you might discover the fifth collaboration–not a comedy–the moving and very well made “Only Angels Have Wings.” Great stuff all around.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 45 min (105 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Comedy, Romance, War
Director Howard Hawks
Writer Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigelgass, Hagar Wilde
Actors Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,887 m (11 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm