{"id":48484,"date":"2020-04-18T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T06:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48484"},"modified":"2021-01-15T23:03:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:03:46","slug":"caught-in-the-draft-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48484","title":{"rendered":"Caught in the Draft (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Of course I&#8217;m not a coward. I&#8217;m just allergic to bullets!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA cowardly actor (Bob Hope) afraid of loud noises does everything he can to avoid enlisting in the army, including wooing the beautiful daughter (Dorothy Lamour) of a crusty colonel (Clarence Kolb) &#8212; but he nonetheless soon finds himself in basic training with his buddies (Eddie Bracken and Lynne Overman).\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>Actors and Actresses<\/li>\n<li>Bob Hope Films<\/li>\n<li>Cowardice<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy Lamour Films<\/li>\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis box office hit was squarely designed to capitalize both on the success of the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15909\"><em>Road To&#8230;<\/em><\/a> series (Hope&#8217;s character at one point says, &#8220;She looks like Dorothy Lamour, with clothes on.&#8221;) and current-day angst over involuntary enlistment during the earliest stages of American engagement with World War II. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Caught-in-the-Draft-Hope-Lamour2.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was quite well received &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/06\/26\/archives\/caught-in-the-draff-a-wacky-farce-about-the-perils-of-selective.html\">Bosley Crowther wrote a glowing review for the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, referring to it as &#8220;a lively slapstick farce in which the gags are beautifully abundant&#8221; &#8212; but it hasn&#8217;t aged all that well. Hope&#8217;s cowardly character quickly (instantly, actually) grates on one&#8217;s nerves, and his treatment of Lamour is so utilitarian from the get-go that we have a hard time rooting either for him or for them as a couple. You can skip this one unless you&#8217;re a diehard fan of Hope or Lamour. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><br \/>\nNot much, unless this is your cup of tea. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033455\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/06\/26\/archives\/caught-in-the-draff-a-wacky-farce-about-the-perils-of-selective.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3230&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Of course I&#8217;m not a coward. I&#8217;m just allergic to bullets!&#8221; Synopsis: A cowardly actor (Bob Hope) afraid of loud noises does everything he can to avoid enlisting in the army, including wooing the beautiful daughter (Dorothy Lamour) of a crusty colonel (Clarence Kolb) &#8212; but he nonetheless soon finds himself in basic training with his buddies (Eddie Bracken and Lynne Overman). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Actors and Actresses Bob Hope Films Cowardice Dorothy Lamour Films Military Romantic Comedy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48484\"> 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-48484","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\/48484","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=48484"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63622,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48484\/revisions\/63622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}