Soldier's Plaything, A "Family" Because - for the first

Because - for the first time in naval warfare - he sends brave Marines into the rigging to hurl grenades into the rival ship's hold

Charles Bickford and Florence Rice also star

and returned with an M-G-M contract

Angela Lansbury and Janet Leigh - stars in this powerful English melodrama brimming with scandal

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) amuses and befriends seldom-sober director Max Carey (Lowell Sherman)

Soldier's Plaything, A "Family" Because - for the firstThe original ads for this early Michael Curtiz effort breathlessly informed us that "The boys are out of the front lines and are embracing the waistlines of Mademoiselle from Armentiers and Fraulein from Coblenz." And although there's embracing aplenty to be had in "A Soldier's Plaything," there quite a bit more as well. From the highest caliber of clowning from co star Harry Langdon, to a tale that takes us from poker backroom to barrack mess to