The idea for this plot was a good one for the post World War II years. Unfortunately, this film is just too hokey. The script is poor and disjointed, with little imagination for attempts at humor. Consequently, there isn't very much. Just a couple of songs make it a musical, but they are soon forgotten. Donald O'Connor does one dance number.
The film has a sense of cavalier about its presentation of former servicemen going to college on the GI-bill. It was a tougher time for those vets who still had to work to put food on the table. Another movie, made a year earlier, captured the spirit of the times and situation quite well, using humor and drama. William Holden, Jean Crain and Edmund Gwenn starred in "Apartment for Peggy."
The acting just isn't that good here, and despite a good cast, the film is flat and not very interesting. For one thing, the plot tries to cram too much into the story. A battle of the sexes theme intermingles with couples with babies, the guys in college on the GI Bill, the men having been football players, and a coach and teacher antagonists. I don't know how it fared as the movies, but I suspect that "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" wasn't a big hit in its day.
About the only thing that seemed authentic in the plot was the Quonset hut housing. The only line I could see that might have elicited laughter in its time was one from O'Connor's Bill Winfield. He says, "Too bad a fireplace doesn't go with this early Quonset." Five stars is a generous rating for this film. I give the film that for the courage of the cast in taking on such a dull, hokey screenplay.
The film has a sense of cavalier about its presentation of former servicemen going to college on the GI-bill. It was a tougher time for those vets who still had to work to put food on the table. Another movie, made a year earlier, captured the spirit of the times and situation quite well, using humor and drama. William Holden, Jean Crain and Edmund Gwenn starred in "Apartment for Peggy."
The acting just isn't that good here, and despite a good cast, the film is flat and not very interesting. For one thing, the plot tries to cram too much into the story. A battle of the sexes theme intermingles with couples with babies, the guys in college on the GI Bill, the men having been football players, and a coach and teacher antagonists. I don't know how it fared as the movies, but I suspect that "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" wasn't a big hit in its day.
About the only thing that seemed authentic in the plot was the Quonset hut housing. The only line I could see that might have elicited laughter in its time was one from O'Connor's Bill Winfield. He says, "Too bad a fireplace doesn't go with this early Quonset." Five stars is a generous rating for this film. I give the film that for the courage of the cast in taking on such a dull, hokey screenplay.