David wonders: "A friend and I were discussing the strereotypical, loud mouthed drill sargeant--the prototype would have to be Louis Gossett, Jr. in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. Would ya'll be willing to list other examples of this character on the screen?" Almost any film depicting military training might do--consider some war films (and cartoons!) from World War II especially. You might check on the Gary Cooper sequence from IF I HAD A MILLION, among other pre-war films. For a later film, see THE D.I. with Jack Webb and it's obverse: THE SERGEANT, with Rod Steiger. Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]