![]() ![]() The only problem is both Rochard and Gates seem to have a history so neither is particularly keen to work with the other. This is post-war Allied Occupied Germany so Captain Rochard is assigned American Lieutenant Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) as his driver. The story is pretty simple - Grant’s Captain Henri Rochard has been ordered to contact a skilled lens maker by the name of Schindler. That’s obviously beyond doubt)? But, like Cary Grant’s French Army Captain in a dress, it took me a little while to figure out what it was I was looking at. Is it a war film? A road movie? An espionage thriller? A romantic comedy (well, yes. ![]() Everyone and their brother: “And youuuu can’t sleep here.Howard Hawks’ ‘I Was a Male War Bride’ (1949) is a film that grapples with issues of identity in more ways than one as, for the first hour or so, I was wondering what sort of movie this was.The sergeant asking Henri questions he’d usually ask a female war bride, like whether he’s pregnant.Henri: “‘Dear madam’… oh yeah, that’s me.”.Catherine: “Yes, we know, we know, dear.Catherine hitting the man who hid the papers on the head with a baking sheet.Henri: “The American Army better be careful or they’re not going to have any American children very soon!”.Catherine’s buddies questioning her decision to marry a “foreigner,” and one friend rebutting them by telling them that they need to get glasses.Henri (on when he and Catherine decided to marry): “This afternoon, about 2:30.”.Henri confessing his affection to… an empty motorcycle.Catherine telling the German police she’s never seen Henri in her life.Innkeeper: “CLIMBING IN THE NICE YOUNG LADY’S ROOM?”.Henri and the innkeeper knocking on the door at each other.Henri trying to get comfortable enough to sleep in a too-small wooden chair.Henri hiding under a tarp in the sidecar while Catherine drives through a torrential downpour.Henri: “Perhaps they just moved it there.” Catherine: “We must have been driving alongside that road for the last hour.”.Henri getting stuck on the railroad crossing gate!.Henri: “It’s a pleasure to get out of this portable bathtub.”.The sidecar coming detached from the motorcycle, starting the pair’s journey off on the wrong foot.Catherine cracking up at the idea of Henri being unable to remove the blue paint.And if you so much as lay a finger on me this trip, you’re going back to France minus a lot of parts you probably value.” I’m going to carry a revolver and a trench knife. Catherine: “I may as well warn you, bubblemouth.Henri: “The very idea of any connection is revolting!”Ĭatherine: “Oh, no, you don’t.From their first scene together, Grant and Sheridan’s banter is amazing.Gates’ laundry in front of everyone in her office. Even when speaking languages other than English, and playing a French officer, Cary Grant preserves his trademark transcontinental accent.Cast member Eleanor Audley (who plays the assignment officer) is most famous for voicing the Disney villain Maleficent in the original, animated Sleeping Beauty film.Much of the cast and crew, including the film’s two stars, fell ill during production.Though his role is uncredited, this was Edward Platt’s first film.The book’s lengthy title is as follows: I Was an Alien Spouse of Female Military Personnel Enroute to the United States Under Public Law 271 of the Congress. The film and its source material do not share a name, and for good reason.This film is based on a book by the real Henri Rochard, a Belgian officer who married an American nurse.This was Howard Hawks’ first film to be shot on location in Europe.But in order to accompany his new lady-friend back to America, Henri most become a “war bride.” Though they get off to a rocky start, Henri and Catherine eventually fall for each other. The only transportation available for their mission is a motorcycle, and Henri must ride in the sidecar since he’s not an American officer. Catherine Gates, a member of the Women’s Army Corps, in post-World War II Europe. Henri Rochard is a Captain in the French army. I Was a Male War Bride, a 1949 comedy directed by Howard Hawks (Image via ) ![]()
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