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Buck Privates

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Buck Privates -- The first of many vehicles starring the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello has the boys mistakenly enlisting in the Army where they make a shambles of basic training but wind up leading their unit to victory during field maneuvers. Director Arthur Lubin strings together a series of gags involving several of the team's familiar flim-flam routines, little-guy Lou's talent for slapstick and a tame romantic subplot with the Andrew Sisters belting out "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B." It's a dated period piece, but that's part of its pleasure and the gags still draw smiles, especially from youngsters. (A-I)1941

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.