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...Broker Adam Stoddard (Warner Baxter) casually tells his secretary: "There's nothing wrong with me that my family won't cure." Forthwith he bustles off to his wife (Fay Wray) and four sons, comfortably settled in an ample Connecticut establishment enlivened by an attractive young governess (Ingrid Bergman). As the Stoddard family bounces along in their touring car or gobbles a big Thanksgiving dinner, they give a pretty picture of opulent early 20th-century existence...
...transition to tragedy and parlor problems burdens the film with more labored histrionics than an oldtime melodrama. As the second U. S. screen appearance of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (Intermezzo) and the first for Warner Baxter in more than a year, it gives neither a chance to show more than their frowns...
...well-guarded secret. But many an idol stays at the top of the heap because of their magic. They know they must avoid oblique angle close-ups of Clark Gable so that his sugar-bowl ears won't predominate. They quickly learn that a new comer like Ingrid Bergman must be shot from the left as her face is expressionless from the other side. They are careful with close-ups of older beauties like Claudette Colbert and Marlene Dietrich, keeping them motionless to conceal the wrinkles that make-up and careful lighting won't hide. Photographing rubber chins...
...talk things over. They came to a solemn conclusion: "In no other field has safety engineering been as much neglected as in warfare." To rectify this situation, they organized on the spot the Honorable Order of Cannon Fodder, Ltd. Motto: "Peace, it's wonderful." Attorney Douglas E. Bergman issued a nationwide invitation to all registrants to join, imposed two conditions : 1) they must favor the draft; 2) they must have no political aspirations, since he has already had himself elected national president...
...original members' (Dallas' Tank Sausage Local No. 1) campaign: blunt points on bayonets, better enforcement of antinoise and assault ordinances on the battlefield, rear-view mirrors and road flares for tank equipment, creation of king's-X areas on battlefields for tired soldiers. Title assumed by Bergman and friends: Founding Fodders...