Monday, March 5, 2007

no catchy title

Fall In (1942)

As America entered World War II, along came a series of short movies (around 50 minutes each) starring William Tracy and Joe Sawyer. They play a couple of Army sergeants getting to into one misadventure after another. Fall In has them busting up a Nazi spy ring operating in the same town as an Army training base.

When a movie is under an hour, you don't get a lot of backstory on the characters but the time flies by without any time to yawn. While a little corny, this was an enjoyable hour. I'm sure in '42-'43, when America's young men were heading off in droves to fight for freedom, many never to return home, it was nice to go to the movies and be able to laugh a little.

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one says one number and the other another
but they were set at the same time. Hmmm...

i love you amy uzarski.  always!
 
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