---
title: 'The Major and the Minor (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-major-and-the-minor-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035019/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Major and the Minor (1942)

1942 · 100 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Major and the Minor is a 1942 American romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. It was the first American film directed by Billy Wilder. The screenplay credited to Wilder and Charles Brackett is "suggested by" the 1923 play Connie Goes Home by Edward Childs Carpenter, based on the 1921 Saturday Evening Post story "Sunny Goes Home" by Fannie Kilbourne.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [Charles Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-brackett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert E. Dolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-e-dolan)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Hornblow, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hornblow-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leo Tover](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-tover)
- **Editor:** [Doane Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/doane-harrison)

## Cast

- [Edward Fielding](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-fielding)
- [Ray Milland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-milland)
- [Diana Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-lynn)
- [Norma Varden](https://cinepixo.com/people/norma-varden)
- [Ginger Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ginger-rogers)
- [Frankie Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-thomas)
- [Ethel Clayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-clayton)
- [Robert Benchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-benchley)
- [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright)
- [Rita Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-johnson)

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