]The imaginative children expect to enjoy their summer days in a tree-house, playing games, swinging on a rubber tire, and fantasizing about a neighboring house that harbors the town""s pariah." However, at home he is shown little respect - in fact, his ghastly mother-in-law snatches the paper and tosses it away unread.The rear hatch opened to reveal dozens of new recruits in green fatigues and carrying duffel bags.One of them was a young, naive, and idealistic 19 year-old infantry soldier-rookie named Private Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), who was looking around bewildered and nervous." Yen Lo leaves to "spend the afternoon at Macy""s" - his wife has given him "the most appalling list.The play was such a hit that she bought the film rights and made her way back to Hollywood through MGM""s successful production of the play - directed by George Cukor.