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This Is the Army

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

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This Is the Army -- Patriotic musical using Irving Berlin's songs from his World War I Army show as recycled for a World War II edition. Director Michael Curtiz blends fact and fancy by restaging the 1917 original with a cast headed by George Murphy and then films the new version with the 1943 Army cast headed by Ronald Reagan as Murphy's son. Standout is Berlin singing one of his own numbers but the flagwaving rhetoric keeps getting in the way of the music and comedy. (A-I) (br) ( 1943 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.