Playing Rose, in a movie that captured the era to perfection, Lili made the dumpy little girl Rose into a complex and loveable character. River and Lili formed a screen relationship that will never leave my memory. It kind of creeps into your soul and the ending is complex enough to leave you thinking what was said after the credits closed.

If ever an Oscar was deserved, it was deserved by Lili in this role. Nobody could have brought that character to life and make you actually fall in love with her as well as Lili did. The movie itself was of an era before my time, but I came along not so far after that era to know that the Marines played by River and friends were real characters. That was how Mariens and Sailors were at that time, and the male female relations were so much different than today. They captured it to perfection.

I am devoted to all of Lil’s films now, but “Dog Fight” is my favorite movie of all time, and that is saying something.

Filmakers miss out whenever they don’t make roles for women of Lili’s ability. Shows that Hollywood is a bunch of idiots more often than not!