Review of I Was a Male War Bride

Incredibly weak wartime farce. Army Captain Cary Grant and his sweetheart, Lieutenant Ann Sheridan, get married overseas, but they soon discover they cannot return to the States together because of his French citizenship. The solution? Dress the captain up as a woman and take advantage of the Immigration of War Brides Act! Slight stuff, with a screenplay seemingly written around the title (and the commercially comic idea of placing a peculiarly butch and graceless Grant in drag). Howard Hawks directed, with none of his usual skill (he's graceless, too). Supporting cast (including Marion Marshall and Bill Neff) is colorless. *1/2 from ****