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My Favourite Brunette - Movie Review |
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MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE is a spoof of the hardboiled detective genre. Bob Hope plays a baby photographer who gets mixed up with gangsters after he pretends to be a private detective. Dorothy Lamour costars as the mysterious femme fatale, and horror legends Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney turn in hilariously villainous performances. Hope plays Ronnie Jackson, a baby photographer, who dreams of being a private eye like his business neighbour, Sam McCloud. Mistaken for McCloud by the beautiful Carlotta Montay (Lamour), Jackson embarks on a nervous mission to locate her missing uncle, Baron Montay (Frank Puglia). The baron, it seems, has been kidnapped by a bunch of spies (who count a deliciously sinister Peter Lorre and a not-quite-all-there Lon Chaney amongst there number) who are seeking the whereabouts of a stash of uranium. The story itself is by-the-numbers stuff and strictly predictable, but the comedy is frequently of the highest laugh-out-loud calibre. Stand-out scenes include Lorre's attempts to place crucial evidence in Hope's path as the hopeless would-be detective searches a room, and Hope's foiled attempt to trick Chaney (who appears to be having a whale of a time) into helping him to escape from a sanatorium in which he is being held by the spies. There are a couple of amusing cameos – one predictable, one less so – and a nice brisk pace that suits the relatively short running time. If you're not a Hope fan this isn't going to convert you, but if you're not averse to his one-size-fits-all brand of comedy then you're sure to be entertained.
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My Favourite Brunette - Cast & Crew |
| Directed by: Elliott Nugent Produced by: Daniel Dare Starring: Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lon Chaney, Peter Lorre Crew: Earl Hedrick, Ellsworth Hoagland, Hans Dreier, Lionel Lindon, Robert Emmett Dolan Copyright: Public Domain Format: Colour Duration: 80 mins Year: 1947 Tags: Beautiful Woman, Brunette, Chase, Death Row, Detective, Frame Up, Mistaken Identity, Murder, Narrative, Photography, Sanitarium |
My Favourite Brunette Trivia - Did You Know?Bing Crosby's cameo in My Favorite Brunette - Bob Hope and Bing Crosby had an arraingement to do cameos in each other's movies, however, Bing had already done a cameo in Bob's last movie, so it wasn't Bing's turn. Bob wanted Bing to do this cameo so badly that bob offered to pay bing $5000. which Bing donated to charity. Bing Crosby walked on set, skipped makeup, ( already made up from another movie he was shooting on the lot), stopped at wardrobe, (which consisted of donning a prison guard shirt), and did his bit in one take, leaving the soundstage in just 5 minutes, making a Hollywood record for the most money per minute payed to an actor. Related FilmsKansas City Confidential | Penny Serenade | The Fatal Hour | M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Morder | Sherlock Holmes - Dressed To Kill | |
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