Elmer the Great [DVD] Adventure unorthodox for a movie made

unorthodox for a movie made in the Production Code era

The film deftly chronicles the pervasiveness of restrictive eating behaviors (most of the women profiled learned dysfunctional eating habits from their mothers while growing up) as well as the failure of our current health-insurance industry to address it's clients' needs while never shifting focus from the women themselves

the tomboyish FBI agent who poses as a beauty contestant to unmask a criminal at the Miss United States pageant

but provide an outrageous good time

and only the Seeker

Elmer the Great [DVD] Adventure unorthodox for a movie madeJoe E. Brown scores laughter and hits a grand slam in the baseball comedy Elmer, the Great, based on play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan. The pride of Gentryville, Indiana, small town slugger Elmer Kane (Brown) is the king of batters, celebrated for his ego, appetite and game winning home runs. So when the Chicago Cubs attempt to sign him to a contract, Elmer refuses if it means leaving Nellie (Patricia Ellis), the woman he loves. So when she