The Major and the Minor 1942 123movies

Watch: The Major and the Minor 1942 123movies, Full Movie Online – New York working girl Susan Applegate is desperate to go home to Iowa but does not have the railway fare so she disguises herself as a child to ride half fare. Enroute she meets Philip Kirby, an Army major teaching at a military school..
Plot: Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn’t enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the “child” under his wing.
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Ratings:

	7.4/10 Votes: 7,043
	100% | RottenTomatoes
	73/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 101 Popularity: 7.377 | TMDB

Reviews:

One of Wilder’s Best!
Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) gives up on pursuing her dreams in New York, and decides to return home on the next train. Not being able to afford an adult ticket, she pretends to be 11 (12 next week). This plan is rough to start with, and gets more difficult when she meets a handsome military man (Ray Milland) on the train…

Billy Wilder had gotten sick of his writing being taken by directors and butchered from his original vision. This marks his directorial debut, and it is a brilliant piece of film. Is it his masterpiece? Probably not. But I’d say it is better than many other of Wilder’s works.

Can Ginger Rogers pull off being 12? On one hand, clearly not. But, at the same time, any actress that could would probably not be able to be the woman that is hidden underneath the child disguise. For the most part, the transformation is impressive, even if not completely believable.

I absolutely loved this film, and have not found myself more engrossed by a classic film in a long time (and I do watch plenty of classics). If you love Billy Wilder or Ginger Rogers, or want to get acquainted with either one, I would say this is the film for you.

Reviewing the review
I wish I understood how reviews are selected to be displayed as the IMDb-approved review. The current one for “The Major and the Minor” is a major disgrace. The movie article the little girl picks up at Penn Station is NOT “Why I Hit Women,” by Charles Boyer, it is “Why I Hate Women.” It’s a joke– obviously too subtle for some– because Charles Boyer is of course one of the great lovers of the screen, one everyone would have known when this film was released in 1941. It’s similar to when Ginger Rogers’ character as a girl on the train is asked to speak Swedish for the conductors, who question her veracity. She answers, “I want to be alone.” Again, this joke is something every movie viewer then would have known as an allusion to Swedish film star Greta Garbo. “The Major and the Minor” is a marvelous film and deserves better treatment on IMDb.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Comedy, Romance
Director Billy Wilder
Writer Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Edward Childs Carpenter
Actors Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson
Country United States
Awards 3 wins
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,743.8 m (10 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm