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FEATURE REVIEWS<br />
Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspaper and Programs<br />
THE STORY: "ImlUitlon General" (MGM)<br />
When Olenn Ford, a master serKonnt. niid Kent. Smith, a<br />
ono-stur neneral. get separated from their division, they<br />
take reftK'e in a fai-m house owned by Taina EIk. who sjiealcs<br />
no En-:h.-ii. Smith is Icllled by a German sniper and Ford,<br />
against the advice of his corporal. Red Buttons, seeks to ,„<br />
carrj- out a piece of strategy by posing as the general. <strong>He</strong> Is<br />
able to get away with it because many of tiie soldiers do<br />
not know him and did not know Smith. But complications<br />
spring up when Tige Andrews, a private w^ho previously<br />
had feuded with Ford, comes to the farm house and Buttons<br />
has to hide Ford While Andrews is around. Meanwhile,<br />
the friend.^hip of Ford and Miss Elg has deepened Into love.<br />
Ford successfully carries out his planned maneuver and<br />
the men never learn that Ford is not a general.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
If near any army base, arrange to have a tank in front<br />
of the theatre, possibly with recruiting facilities. Put combat<br />
helmets on ushers or usherettes. Arrange with a store<br />
to display in a window the chevrons of nonconunLssioned<br />
officers and emblems of commissioned officers.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
Love Knew No Language Barrier ... It Was Early to Bedlam<br />
in a Lonely French Farm House ... As Loaded With<br />
Laughs as a Machine Gun Is With Bullets . . . From Sergeant<br />
to General in a Couple of Siap-Happy Minutes<br />
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