"Josephine 'Jo' McBain" (Rosalind Russell) is a spoiled socialite who is divorced from a wealthy uniform designer and also happens to be the daughter of a very powerful politician by the name of "Senator Tom Reynolds" (Charles Dingle). So when she hears that her new fiancé, "Lt. Col. Schuyler 'Sky' Fairchild" (William Ching) is being reassigned from the Pentagon to Paris she decides to reserve the first flight out of Washington D.C. to join him. Senator Reynolds, however, comes up with another idea and convinces her to join the Women's Army Corps (WAC) instead with the assurance that she will be commissioned as an officer almost immediately upon being sworn in and subsequently sent to Paris in no time. Naturally, she whole-heartedly agrees--but what she doesn't know is that the senator has no intention of using his influence to soften her Army experience figuring that some old-fashioned discipline will do her some good. However, the question soon becomes whether the Army is ready for someone like her? Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a rather tepid comedy which was completely predictable all the way through. It does, however, have some good scenes here and there with Marie Wilson (as "Clara Schneiderman") putting in a good supporting performance. Be that as it may, while not a great comedy by any stretch of the imagination, I suppose it was sufficient for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of Never Wave at a WAC
