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This film is a powerful argument against war. The men, at first enthusiastic, become bitter and they feel betrayed. The two scenes that affected me the most are the German soldier in a trench with a dying Frenchman and the death of a man who reaches out toward a butterfly which is the only beautiful object in a desolate war field.

As hilarious as the movie is, I enjoyed the Broadway production a bit more. When Jonathon is told that he looks like Boris Karloff, his reaction in the play is humorous because the part WAS taken by Karloff. And when he finds out that he is not a real Brewster, Mortimer yells, "I'm the son of a sea cook!" which is not as funny as the stage line, "I'm a bastard!"

Josephine Hull played her part on the stage and in the film. In my opinion, she could do no wrong. Her subdued sense of comedy was absolutely brilliant.

Written by a mad genius and acted by two more, "Queen" is in a niche of its own. It is unique. An inexperienced woman and a worldly man rub their psyches against each other and reach a tender concord. This is the stuff of greatness, the elemental force of man and woman.