Zeus

23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937)

• Director
  • John G. Blystone
• Writers
  • Mary Roberts Rinehart(from The Saturday Evening Post story by)
  • Harry Ruskin(screenplay)
  • Samuel J. Warshawsky(screenplay)
• Stars
  • James Ellison
  • Alice Dahl
  • Morgan Hill

  Douglas MacLean, who starred in the original 1919 version of this World War I comedy, produced this remake starring James Ellison as Sgt. Gray. One day at training camp, Gray bets his buddies that he'll be having breakfast with the General (Paul Harvey) the next morning. Through a series of comic episodes, Gray accomplishes his goal, surprising his fellow soldiers. Arthur Lake (Dagwood in the Blondie series) co-stars in this average comedy, which is bolstered by some okay songs from Sammy Stept and Ted Koehler.