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Here's an interesting piece of movie trivia for you. What special significance has Claudette Colbert as a leading lady for John Wayne? Answer; she's the last player male or female to be billed above John Wayne in any film. Other than in cameo or guest appearances, the Duke took top billing in every single film he made after Without Reservations.

But I suppose it is just that Claudette take top billing here because in many ways this bears a lot similarity to her Oscar winning role in It Happened One Night. Only oddly enough she's really in the Clark Gable part.

If you remember Gable was the newspaperman down on his luck who spots runaway heiress Colbert in Florida and sticks to her to get the big exclusive story when she's found. Here it's Colbert doing the sticking to Wayne.

Colbert plays Christopher Madden an author who has written a big post World War II best seller. It's getting as much attention as Gone With the Wind back in the day. She's taking a transcontinental train trip to Hollywood where Cary Grant and Lana Turner are scheduled to star in a film adaption of her book. Grant pulls out at the last minute and while boarding the train trip Colbert catches sight of John Wayne in Marine uniform and thinks he should be the unknown who plays the hero of her book.

Wayne may look the part, but he's got views distinctly different from what Colbert wrote in her novel. Circumstances however force the both of them with Wayne's pal Don DeFore to leave the train in Chicago and they have to make their way west just as Gable and Colbert had to make their way north in It Happened One Night.

Oh, and Wayne and DeFore do not know their companion is a celebrity author in the same Colbert did not know Gable was a newspaperman and on to her identity.

Without Reservations is a nice comedy, the last one that Wayne would do in modern times. Comedies that he later did like North to Alaska, Donovan's Reef and McLintock had considerably less sophistication than this one did.

Still like McLintock, Wayne gets to expound on some of his personal philosophy of rugged individualism as being what made America great. In response to the liberal hero of Colbert's book, Wayne has a very eloquent scene in talking about our pioneer heritage about people with all that was against them in a savage wilderness, just being grateful for the opportunity to make it on their own. Without Reservations may in fact be the first film where some of his own personal philosophy gets written into it.

Stealing every scene she's in is Anne Triola who is one of the people the trio meets on the train and later Wayne and DeFore find being a waitress in San Diego. She had such a limited film career, this should have been a breakthrough role for her.

Louella Parsons, Cary Grant, Jack Benny, and Dolores Moran have some brief walk-ons playing themselves. Without Reservations marks the only film any of them ever did with John Wayne. I only wish Cary's bit had been in a scene with Wayne.

These kinds of comedy are what made Claudette Colbert's career. But it was nice to see John Wayne doing one as well. Though some fans of the Duke might regret he does not throw a punch or fire a weapon in this at all.

Cute comedy about a novelist (Claudette Colbert) who meets a soldier (John Wayne) and realizes she loves him. There's more to it than that, but that's the bare bones of the plot. The movie moves quickly, is VERY funny and who knew John Wayne could do comedy so well? Colbert beautiful and charming (as always). There's also a few appearances from stars of that era. Bright, breezy...well worth seeing.

Claudette Colbert chases a soldier "Without Reservations" in this 1946 film which also stars John Wayne, Don DeFore, and Ann Triola, with cameos by Louella Parsons, Cary Grant, Jack Benny, and Delores Moran as themselves.

Colbert plays a best-selling author, Christopher Madden, who has written a book about the world post-war - it looks to be a combination of "Gone with the Wind" and "Atlas Shrugged." En route by train to Hollywood to do the screenplay, she is extremely distressed to learn that Cary Grant will not be available to do the movie version.

She is writing a telegram to the producer when she comes face to face with her fictional hero in the flesh. He's a soldier named Rusty (Wayne) going to San Diego with his pal, Dink (DeFore). She doesn't tell them her identity, giving her name as Kit Klatch.

Kit decides she has to have Rusty star in the film so instead of boarding the train that will take her to L.A., she gets on the train going to San Diego. This leads to all sorts of adventures for the threesome, and it's obvious that Kit and Rusty, despite very opposing political views, have fallen in love.

Colbert is delightful as usual, and DeFore, kind of a Jack Carson type, is always pleasant to watch. The surprise for some will be John Wayne who's not riding a horse or wearing a cowboy hat. Frankly, this writer has always preferred him that way. I'm not a particular fan of westerns, and the plainclothes Wayne seems handsomer and less stiff somehow.

Here, he's playing the role of someone whose beliefs are close to his own in real life, i.e., somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan, while the Colbert character is a socialist. Tall and handsome, he does the romantic scenes well; one wishes he'd stayed out of the saddle more often.

This is a light, fun comedy that takes place in a world that, like Kit, doesn't quite know which direction to take post-World War II. Seventy-four years later, we still haven't figured it out, and "Without Reservations" remains an entertaining film.

Most of these reviewers are pretty spot-on, so I can just add my observations: It was a complete surprise to see a John Wayne character deliver a book critique. I was off my pins for a while until he went into his "Why don't you just stop thinking." Movie was like a collision between Ayn Rand and Frank Capra. Still, very breezy, and we enjoyed the contemporary stock location footage of Chicago... with the cute cameo by Jack Benny (taking train back up to Waukegan, no doubt). Also, it presented an interesting peek, though filtered through Hollywood's cockeyed optimism, of a question that was surely on many people's minds. We've saved the world, now how shall we remake it in our image. Surely there were many Kit Masterson writing about what we should do, My theory has long been that the postwar world was most shaped by the GI Bill of Rights, which put a college education and new home within reach of millions of veterans, and created the American middle class, for good or bad. Having lived through the crises of our new century, it's interesting to see people who realized they were standing at other crossroads in history.

Claudette Colbert and John Wayne star in this lightweight comedy about an authoress who may not know enough about men to write about them. Her first book is a smash hit, but John Wayne scrutinizes it a bit, when he meets Claudette, not knowing she wrote it. He and his pal Don DeFore make a nice pair of guys to hang out with, and he and Claudette have good chemistry and repartee, but somehow the last 30 minutes goes off course and keeps this from being a very fulfilling movie experience. They're all good company and they have quite a few madcap escapades together, but things just don't fall into place as they should and the film tends to wander and go on too long. But if you get a chance to see Without Reservations, it's enjoyable and undemanding entertainment for almost two hours.

If you know John Wayne films it's not surprising that He could be humorous, even in his heroic roles that He usually portrayed. This film is amusing and the characters are appealing. It's good for a viewing every few years or so. The only problem is a that John Wayne is about 10 years too old for this role. Born in 1906, in 1946, when this film was released, He was about 40 years old. The reason that He wasn't actually in the military during WWII was that He was a little too old. Before His breakout success in "Stagecoach" Wayne spent nearly 10 years cranking out B-Westerns. For the remainder of His career He was almost always a little too old for His character, which was especially evident as He got older. Until his last few films, He was still playing the hero roles that got the girl in the end. I 've always wished that He had played more age appropriate character roles once he was in his 60s. It's only a small gripe, and He does well in this lite comedy.

Hello, I have loved this movie since I was 10 in 1947. I love John Wayne and Claudette Colbert in everything they do. This is such a cute, fun and romantic comedy it makes a person want to really "be there". It reminds me of "It happened One Night" with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, from a few years earlier. I love that movie, also.

Such fun! Thank you for listening. Florence Stockton Reno, Nevada

Claudette Colbert plays a best-selling novelist on her way to Hollywood, where her book is being made into a movie. On the train she meets two Marines (John Wayne, Don DeFore). She immediately sees Wayne as the ideal man to play the lead character from her novel. Unfortunately for her, Wayne's read the novel and hates it, so she keeps her identity a secret as she travels with the two men to California.

Colbert is right at home playing a role similar to ones she had played a few times before. So it's no surprise she is good here. Nor is it a surprise that Don DeFore is good as Wayne's sidekick. But what may come as a surprise for many watching this is just how good John Wayne is at a light comedy role. Anne Triola is also lots of fun as Consuela Callaghan, described as a "beetle" by Wayne & DeFore. For what they mean by that you'll have to watch and see. Beautiful Dona Drake has a small part but she's always stunning to look at. Several celebrity cameos, including Cary Grant. The only time John Wayne and Cary Grant appeared in the same film, albeit not in the same scene. Very charming and funny romantic comedy, the second half of which is in the It Happened One Night vein.

Many in the Hollywood elite belittled John Wayne. To get back at him for his Americanist views, liberals panned his movies and acting ability. If you have seen "The Quiet Man" or "The Searchers" or "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" or "The Sands of Iwo Jima" amongst many others, you already know that John Wayne could indeed act.

Watch "Without Reservations." My family loves John Wayne but who would have thought he could do comedy? And then do it well?

"Without Reservations" is a funny, amusing, delightful movie which is one of my wife's favorite (a New York City liberal by the way). Get a big bowl of popcorn. Sit back with your family and enjoy a lighthearted adventure. Cobert and Don Dafore are perfectly cast.

It is surprising how inane this comedy is when one considers quality of the leading actors. In a real sense, this movie is emblematic of those who thought life would return to "normal" upon the completion of World War Two. In fact, at one point in the film, Rusty Thomas (John Wayne) says to Kit Madden (Claudette Colbert): "Why don't you just stop thinking?" Rusty, like so many servicemen in 1945, returned to a country which had changed enormously, including, as in this film, the role of women in society. Kit's proper name is Christopher! And her character is that of a professional woman. John Wayne's role is that of the boy-pilot. He is "big and strong," as the Mexican lad (Fernando Alvarado) notes. As a returning pilot, Rusty knows how to fly, but he still seems like a recent high school graduate. War has not prepared him, or many real veterans, for the new America--and neither was Hollywood prepared, it seems. The movie overflows with sexism and non-essential trivia in the "across the country in a car" format. Yet, Colbert manages to squeeze all she can out of her character, Wayne seems to do not as much. In a curiosity, this is one of the few major films where John Wayne's presence on the screen does not dominate, and it is actually overpowered by that of Colbert. It is strange to see the character of Rusty fade into a weakness given Wayne's exceptional talents. In the final analysis, chalk one up for Claudette Colbert. "Without Reservations" is recommended without reservation.

"Without Reservations" is a cute but canned knock-off of "It Happened One Night" (also with Colbert) -- a road picture pitting the sexes against each other and then against the elements of a screwball universe. Though very flimsy in plot structure, Colbert and Wayne end up as interesting foils. Colbert puts out with her usual impeccable timing, urbane wit and unique, feminine charm. It strikes one that Wayne is not left behind in her proverbial comedic dust, a testament to the plain fact that he was actually a fine actor masquerading as a big lug, and moreover capable of playing comedy.

For any fellow "reactionaries" there is some good dialogue delivered by Wayne against Progressivism and in favor of freedom, which, except for its brevity, might as well have been lifted directly from a James Edward Grant script. Unfortunately these ideas (symbolized by the Wayne character) are categorized as the non-thinking position, but nonetheless they are involved in the overall plot resolution.

In all, the film means well but doesn't deliver, and the actors take in the slack where possible.

An American comedy; A story about a famous author who needs an actor to portray the lead character in the upcoming movie version of her worldwide bestseller. She begins to imagine a macho passenger as the lead and attempts to stay in his company, but he doesn't like the book. This light-hearted romance has a lot of effervescence and frivolity with its cute, cliched situations and amusing cameos. Past the brilliantly paced and buoyant first act, it falters by being a bit too breezy, and it resorts to begging for laughs along its thin plotline. That said, Claudette Colbert delivers an amusing performance, and John Wayne, the captain in her sights, gives handsome support. There are some funny swipes at the Hollywood studio system, and all in all, it is watchable and fun.

While John Wayne and Don DeFore were launched as a comedy team for the first (and last) time in Without Reservations (WR), viewers may be struck by their similarity to the Dennis Morgan/Jack Carson pairings featured in a number of Warner Brothers "buddy" comedies from the 1940s. DeFore resembled Carson's comic persona in many ways, although he never quite equaled Carson in overall acting ability. Wayne and DeFore made an enjoyable comedy twosome in WR, and it is too bad that they never got another chance to reprise their act. In fact, Wayne demonstrated a subtle---almost understated comic flair in WR, and it is a shame that he didn't pursue similar roles in his future career choices along with those many other Western and military films.

One of the pleasant surprises in WR was the abundant scene-stealing of little known Anne Triola. Her ditzy shrill supporting performance was both funny and engaging. Triola should have enjoyed a more substantial film career than the one she actually realized.

Another positive addition to WR was the bit role played by lovely Dona Drake, as the sexy Mexican girl Wayne and DeFore encounter in their travels. As noted in her IMDB biography, Drake had a most interesting background in real life. She was the child of African-American parents, and generally "passed" as a non-Black ethnic type (usually Mexican) in order to try to further her show business career. IMDB pointed out that Drake's life story actually resembled certain aspects of that of the Fredi Washington character from the original film version of Fanny Hurst's Imitation Of Life. And notwithstanding her considerable beauty and talent, Drake (like Triola) was destined to have a similarly limited future as a movie performer.

This was the first time that Wayne was directed by the veteran Mervyn LeRoy. The two men worked well together, and developed a lifelong friendship. Many years later, Wayne contacted LeRoy to assist him in his directing of The Green Berets film. LeRoy graciously agreed to help his old friend. His uncredited participation represented the last such movie project of LeRoy's decades-long career.

When they made WR, Claudette Colbert was 43 and John Wayne was 39. This was one of the first times that Colbert was paired with a younger actor in a romantic film. The situation is somewhat reminiscent of the latter phase of Audrey Hepburn's own acting career trajectory.

Others have pointed out a certain plot resemblance between WR and Frank Capra's It Happened One Night, and the interesting fact that in WR Colbert was cast in the somewhat similar "Clark Gable role" of the earlier movie. Like so many such attempts to repeat the success of a previous classic, WR lacked the intangible "something" that often distinguished the "good" from the "great." Nonetheless, WR is an entertaining film that has its own charms, and is worthy of your attention in its own right.

Christopher (Claudette Colbert) has written a best-selling book that is being turned into a Hollywood film and the hunt is on to find someone to play the lead role. On the train to Hollywood, she meets Rusty (John Wayne) and Dink (Don DeFore) and she feels that Dusty is perfect for the role. However, Dusty doesn't think much of her book while Christopher doesn't admit to being the authoress. They become travel partners and love is in the air before the truth is revealed.....

Wayne and Colbert play nicely off each other, while the funniest moments come from DeFore. Unfortunately, there are not enough funny moments and we are subjected to tedious drawn-out sequences such as the mock aeroplane landing on the train and a boring episode with a Mexican family. And why has Claudette Colbert been given the ridiculous name of "Christopher"? That's a man's name! This film could have been shorter and better.

This movie is worth watching just for the chance to see how much of an influence Preston Sturges had on the comedies of the 40's and early 50's. Colbert plays Christopher Madden, on route to Hollywood to rewrite her bestseller as a Hollywood film. As in Palm Beach Story, Colbert ends up an a train without luggage or ticket, engaging in a bizarre class dialogue, this time with Marine John Wayne (who plays the comedy almost as well as Cary Grant, whom Colbert's character wants Wayne's character to replace...interestingly confusing in a film that mocks post-war propaganda and Hollywood). Marines and trains and propaganda -- anyone else love Hail the Conquering Hero?

Colbert's character has outlined a "progressive" post-WWII heroic future for the country which runs counter to everything she experiences in her cross-country journey (and Sullivan's Travels). This may be the first movie to deal with the post-war propaganda era, and it does it pretty well. Colbert's novel is itself a kind of propaganda: "Here is Tomorrow" (she's the progressive doppelganger of Ayn Rand). Interestingly, the movie's war of the sexes casts the ordinary women Madden meets, in the role of reactionaries, just where the establishment in the next decade wanted them to be.

Watch a couple Sturges flicks before you see this one. Smoke em if you've got em.

Not my fave hohn watne but I'm a fan so I watched it. Worth the watch

Sometimes it's where you are when watching a film or what else you've been viewing lately, but this one bogged down for me. It just seemed a bit "done" and nothing much special or different. Perhaps a completist would add this one, and there is the novelty of John Wayne and the cameos of the several stars. The train shtick came across like a trite recycle, and the time out with the New Mexico family bored and drug on to my view. This is one and done for me.