There's not much to say about #IWasAMaleWarBride (1949) that has not already been said.
Yes, the setup is overlong and the hate-to-love transition does not really work. But watched the same day as #StopPressGirl (1949) it is a stark contrast.
#AnnSheridan's character is witty and competent, and stands the test of the decades quite well, as does #MarionMarshall's Kitty.
Interestingly, 20-year-old Marshall was engaged to 54-year-old director Howard Hawks the following year. Young actor has romance with older director. Yet again.
According to a biography (which I just listed on #Wikipedia, since Wikipedia's article turns out to be quite thin) Marshall lived with Hawks for some time.
Much is made of the cross-dressing in the movie, but that's actually only a small part right at the end. I suspect that the much longer motorcycle side-car scenes were intended at the time to be gender-reversal too. But looked at with 2026 eyes one just shrugs and says "What of it?".







