My Favorite Brunette (1947)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Elliott Nugent

Writers:

Edmund Beloin (original screenplay) and
Jack Rose (original screenplay)

Release Date:

4 April 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Mystery

Tagline:

He's a hilarious hawkshaw... with a case on Dottie!

Plot:

Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office...

Plot Keywords:

Death Row | Baby Photographer | Murder | Photographer | Sanitarium

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 23

7:15 AM

TCM

Cast

Bob Hope	...	Ronnie Jackson
Dorothy Lamour	...	Baroness Carlotta Montay
Peter Lorre	...	Kismet
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Willie (as Lon Chaney)
John Hoyt	...	Dr. Lundau
Charles Dingle	...	Major Simon Montague
Reginald Denny	...	James Collins
Frank Puglia	...	Baron Stefan Montay / Nicholas
Ann Doran	...	Miss Rogers
Willard Robertson	...	Prison Warden
Jack La Rue	...	Tony
Charles Arnt	...	Oliver J. Crawford

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #11981) | UK:PG | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16

Company:

Hope Enterprises

Trivia:

On a Capitol Records 78, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour waxed two Jay Livingston-Ray Evans tunes: the romantic "Beside You," a Lamour solo in the film, and a comic-banter ditty named after the movie, although this number was not performed in the picture.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A shot of the plane landing is flipped: the writing on the tail is backwards.

Quotes:

Ronnie Jackson: You can open the mailman later.

Movie Connections:

References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

Soundtrack:

'Murder,' He Says

Hope Is Very Funny in This Enjoyable Light Comedy

Bob Hope is very funny in this enjoyable light comedy. The plot is deliberately crazy and implausible, but creative, and it sets up some funny situations. The rest of the cast is good too, and it all works very well as light entertainment.

Hope plays a photographer who longs to be a detective, and then gets his chance, only to find out that it's a lot more than he can handle. It's a fine role for Hope, and the script also gives him a lot of good material to work with. Dorothy Lamour is suitably mysterious as the woman who involves him in a complicated situation. Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. add atmosphere and humor as two of Hope's adversaries.

Anyone who likes Hope should enjoy seeing him in "My Favorite Brunette", and it is also recommended for anyone who likes light comedies of the era.