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Anachronisms abound in this 1945 film. Fred MacMurray actually sings here and he does a good job at it. The story of a man who is physically unfit to serve during World War 11 is transported back in time by a genie who can't seem to get him back to modern day. First, going back to the Revolutionary War Days, it was ridiculous and offensive to hear the Hessians saluting in the Nazi way. We see MacMurray with Columbus and the Indians as well as with the settlements of New Amsterdam. June Haver and Joan Leslie provide the love interests and Anthony Quinn appears as an Indian in the film.

Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin were both major players when working with others but less successful as collaborators witness their Broadway flop Firebrand Of Florence featuring Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya. This film has the air of Broadway origins despite being written for the screen. Fox had a decent roster of musical talent on the Lot, John Payne, Dick Haymes, Don Ameche, Betty Grable etc yet opted for Paramount leading man, not known previously for singing and dancing. As virtually always Ira's lyrics were out of the right bottle but Weill's music fails to beguile and the quality of the ten-minute operetta in the Columbus sequence contrasts sharply with the rest of the footage. Worth a watch as a curio.

Saw it as many times as I could before it left the scene. A delightful and entertaining film with some of my very favorite stars. Only wish I could find it again! Would certainly buy/view it if I could. Please, somebody, bring it back. Fred MacMurray was perfect in his role as a patriot during World War II, and his leading ladies, Joan Leslie, and especially June Haver were beautiful and charming. It was a musical, but also romantic, funny, and clever. This was my favorite movie starring June Haver, although I always liked her. Her dazzling smile lit up the screen, and her beauty and talent were an asset to any film. The supporting cast lent credit to their individual roles. A well-balanced and light-hearted film; only wish we had more like it!

If you haven't seen this obscure little charmer, you should seek it out. It is the story of a bumbling, wartime Sad Sack (Fred MacMurray) who is listed 4-F each time he attempts to join any branch of the military. He finds a magic lamp which of course contains a genie (Gene Sheldon), but the genie is even more bumbling than MacMurray is, sending him across time to serve in all the wrong times and places than the one he wants. It is cute, cheerful, and pure fluff, and you can't help but like it. The plots is much like a Disney film, particularly since the two stars (MacMurray and Sheldon) both made numerous Disney films in the 50's and 60's, although not together. Needless to say, it all ends well for everyone, and the viewer goes away feeling pretty good.

I happened to see this movie twice or more and found it well made! WWII had freshly ended and the so-called "Cold War" was about to begin. This movie could, therefore, be defined as one of the best "propaganda", patriotic movies preparing Americans and, secondly, people from the still to be formed "Western NATO block" of countries to face the next coming menace. The movie celebrates the might of the US, through the centuries, while projecting itself onwards to the then present war, which had just ended. Nice and funny is the way of describing the discovering of the American Continent by Columbus and pretty the "espisode" of New Amsterdam and the purchasing of Manhattan from a drunk local Indian .. Must see it (at least once, for curiosity of fashion of propaganda through time)! :)

This film is from 1945, in gorgeous (but a little too dark in the night-time scenes) Technicolor, with songs by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin! It's a war-time pageant and everyone wants to get in the army, and a genie appears to help Fred MacMurray do a "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" entry into various times of American history. Anthony Quinn is funny as a street-smart Indian, and I never realized how gorgeous June Haver and Joan Leslie were. So-so songs and a terrible title explain how unknown this goofy film is. Gregory Ratoff was evidentially a better actor (Symphony for Six Million) than a director, but at 77 minutes this film is worth your time, especially if you like musicals. Nice to look at, and the choreography is pretty amusing.