Doctor John Litel joins the Army to head a major facility. Nurse Eleanor Parker -- in her screen debut -- joins because she's smitten with the old goat. And intern William T. Orr is drafted.
This World War II propaganda film doesn't please either my eye or my ear. There's far too much green in the print, between the khaki uniforms and fields and forests. The make-up the performers wear is often erratically applied, and the lighting is weird. Warner Brothers' Technicolor work was among the best, and they took great pride in their Technicolor shorts. This does not live up to that high standard.
As for the ear, well, narrator Knox Manning is given lines that his usual stentorian delivery elevates to the point where I thought he might have an aneurysm.
This World War II propaganda film doesn't please either my eye or my ear. There's far too much green in the print, between the khaki uniforms and fields and forests. The make-up the performers wear is often erratically applied, and the lighting is weird. Warner Brothers' Technicolor work was among the best, and they took great pride in their Technicolor shorts. This does not live up to that high standard.
As for the ear, well, narrator Knox Manning is given lines that his usual stentorian delivery elevates to the point where I thought he might have an aneurysm.