{"id":3439,"date":"2007-07-05T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2020-12-26T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T06:02:09","slug":"at-war-with-the-army-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3439","title":{"rendered":"At War With the Army (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I know you&#8217;re a sergeant and I&#8217;m only a private. The least you could do is be a little friendly!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Poster-130x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Poster-130x300.jpg 130w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Poster-55x128.jpg 55w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Poster-444x1024.jpg 444w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Poster.jpg 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA private (Jerry Lewis) and a sergeant (Dean Martin) deal with bureaucracy and mishaps in a WWII army training camp.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Dean Martin Films<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Lewis Films<\/li>\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a play by James Allardice, <em>At War With the Army<\/em> was Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin&#8217;s first starring vehicle together, and thus holds a unique place in film history. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis-1024x644.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis-1024x644.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis-768x483.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis-1536x966.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis-429x270.png 429w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-Way-With-the-Army-Martin-Lewis.png 1623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On its own merits, it comes across as a mildly amusing &#8212; though often stagy &#8212; spoof of military rigmarole, along the lines of Joseph Heller&#8217;s <em>Catch-22<\/em>. Lewis and Martin don&#8217;t have enough screen time together, but each performs admirably on his own: Lewis is as wacky as ever:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag-1536x954.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag-435x270.png 435w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Drag.png 1653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and Martin is appropriately suave. An ongoing sub-plot about a beautiful but dumb pregnant woman (Jean Ruth) trying to get ahold of former-flame Martin leads to a satisfying, unexpected conclusion. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth-1024x650.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth-1536x976.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth-425x270.png 425w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Ruth.png 1617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jerry Lewis as Alvin Korwin<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4-1024x648.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4-1536x972.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4-427x270.png 427w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Lewis4.png 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A clever skewering of military bureaucracy and hierarchies<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering-1536x965.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering-430x270.png 430w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/At-War-With-the-Army-Skewering.png 1619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s notable for its historical status as Lewis and Martin&#8217;s first film together. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0042209\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/17028\/at-war-with-the-army#articles-reviews?articleId=87358\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I know you&#8217;re a sergeant and I&#8217;m only a private. The least you could do is be a little friendly!&#8221; Synopsis: A private (Jerry Lewis) and a sergeant (Dean Martin) deal with bureaucracy and mishaps in a WWII army training camp. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Dean Martin Films Jerry Lewis Films Military Play Adaptation World War II Review: Based on a play by James Allardice, At War With the Army was Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin&#8217;s first starring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3439\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59819,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions\/59819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}