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The Admiral Was a Lady (B&W) [VHS]

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In "The Admiral Was A Lady" is about a navy ex-wave after the war who is chased by 4 funloving men who want to marry her.It's a nicely done romantic comedy starring Edmond O'Brien and Wanda Hendrix.Check it out!!

At the risk of dating myself, this film was one of many post-WW II movies produced in the era before rock and roll became the fashion. Even in the 21st century, I was thoroughly entertained by it.
*It's a story of four ex-airmen who receive unemployment checks until complications begin when they meet an ex-WAC. As the story develops, the jilted WAC is taken under the protection of the airmen. She learns how they make extra income without working. And they go to great lengths to maintain the status of the idle.
*At the threat of being employed, the airmen have to keep her with them for three days. The antics that follow are hilarious. As the film advances towards the end, she learns they are committed to staying together until each one of them can live their life on their own. View this film and you will learn why and how they did it.
*One of the actors in this movie was Rudy Vallee who was a leading romance actor of his time but he took second billing under Edmond O'Brien and Wanda Hendrix. This movie was one of a 50 pack Family Classics DVD movie collection.

The Hollywood treatment of the problems of returning servicemen after World War 2 took many forms - sob stories, psychological dramas, films noirs, even musicals - but this film is unusual, perhaps even unique, in giving them an irreverent screwball slant. The script sparkles with wise-cracking dialogue, and the action proceeds headlong in unpredictable directions. It is the sort of movie that the phrase "never a dull moment" was coined for. The two leads did full justice to their parts, but they lacked the star status to impress the critics. If Claudette Colbert and Cary Grant had been cast, or Jean Arthur and Jimmy Stewart, they could have performed no better, but this film would now be assured of its place in the annals of screwball comedy instead of being neglected and almost forgotten.