'Hoppy' was not a writer or gag man but an early master of the one line pitch, he had an incredible nose for money making ideas. He stopped Zanuck once in the hallway and poking him in the shoulder and said,. TYRONE POWER.....call it A YANK IN THE R. A. F. Zanuck was immediately smitten with the idea and though not a masterpiece it was so damned TIMELY that it made a LOT of money.
Review of A Yank in the R.A.F.
