Thunder Birds (William A. Wellman, 1942)

Dopey WWII propaganda film in gorgeous (is there any other kind?) Technicolor memorable only for the hot guys and (maybe) how fervently it courts Chinese participation on the Allies side. The most telling IMDb review discusses just one moment when "Gene [Tierney] steps out of the shower with ringlets in her hair that were captured by the Technicolor light in such a way as to take my breath away and have never forgotten it. Her hair was usually shown dry and perfectly coiffed and this is the only movie of hers I know where those fantastic ringlets were shown." That's the only way a film like this could work - in extremely fleeting images. In short, a movie to screenshot (as I did below with Ms. Tierney's ringlets), not watch.

Grade: C