Gunga Din: male love is true love

Ever notice the closeups of Fairbanks and Fontaine? They focus on their teeth, as if they're hostile animals. You get the feeling straight away that Fontaine's character, Emmy, is going to be around just long enough to prove that her fiance is a 'man first.'

When Fairbanks (Ballantine) is caught by his chums dragging some curtain material behind him, he's ridiculed for showing his petticoat. It seems that movie censor Joseph Breen worried about that line because he opposed "pansy gags," especially where heroic soldiers were concerned.

Anyway, all's well that ends well. Ballantine decides to remain in the army and the joyful reunion at the end of Gunga Din is an all-male affair.