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Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "My Favorite Brunette"(1947)
You Tube ^ | 1947 | Elliott Nugent

Posted on 01/19/2014 3:21:15 PM PST by ReformationFan



TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 1947; alanladd; babyphotographer; bobhope; comedy; comedyfilmnoir; detective; dorothylamour; filmnoir; mfasa; myfavoritebrunette
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Today's feature is conservative patriotic funnyman Bob Hope's venture into the world of comedy film noir. Old Ski Nose plays a baby photographer who realizes his dream of becoming a private detective when he looks after the office of tough guy Alan Ladd. His "Road To" leading lady Dorothy Lamour plays his mysterious female client. It plays like a precursor to the Steve Martin film "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid."
1 posted on 01/19/2014 3:21:15 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan; RansomOttawa; Silentgypsy

ping


2 posted on 01/19/2014 3:22:24 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

mine was RED 2, which I didn’t see in the theater. I was an enjoyable follow up to REDS


3 posted on 01/19/2014 3:22:54 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: ReformationFan

That’s a really funny movie. We have it on DVD.


4 posted on 01/19/2014 3:24:38 PM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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To: ReformationFan

Hope finally gets Lamour!


5 posted on 01/19/2014 3:25:11 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: ReformationFan

I remember seeing that movie a long time ago. It was really funny. Bob Hope was really, really good.


6 posted on 01/19/2014 3:25:32 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Huskrrrr

Indeed. He also gets her in “They Got Me Covered”, one of my favorite Hope films where he’s a WWII foreign correspondent.


7 posted on 01/19/2014 3:32:34 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: Tax-chick

This movie is also available for free if you have the Amazon Prime account


8 posted on 01/19/2014 3:41:09 PM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Fai Mao

We have Netflix streaming, but we bought “My Favorite Brunette” for $3 or so at Walmart before Netflix opened. Our teenage sons went through a phase of watching old comedies: all the Bob Hope pictures, and Laurel and Hardy.


9 posted on 01/19/2014 3:43:56 PM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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To: Tax-chick

Happy to read about love of Bob Hope comedies being passed to younger generations.

Do you remember what some of their favorite ones were?

P.S. I highly recommend “Monsieur Beaucaire”.


10 posted on 01/19/2014 3:58:20 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: Fai Mao

Its free everywhere. The movie is in public domain.

https://archive.org/search.php?query=my%20favorite%20brunette

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=my%20favorite%20brunette&sm=3


11 posted on 01/19/2014 3:58:40 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: Fai Mao

It’s one of the films that has fallen into the public domain after its copyright wasn’t renewed.


12 posted on 01/19/2014 3:59:04 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

They loved “Road to Morocco” and “Laurel and Hardy Meet Frankenstein” and “Laurel and Hardy Meet the Mummy.” I think slapstick appealed more than subtle humor ;-).


13 posted on 01/19/2014 4:00:38 PM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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To: ReformationFan

Netflix doesn’t have “Monsieur Beaucaire” available.


14 posted on 01/19/2014 4:02:01 PM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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To: Tax-chick

That’s too bad. It’s really a funny comedy swashbuckler set in 18th century France and Spain.

I also like his movies with Lucille Ball-

“Critic’s Choice”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR4-LWmuUiE

and

“Sorrowful Jones”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05PUhyM_SQE


15 posted on 01/19/2014 4:12:23 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

I will be watching this in a bit.

Taking a break from Korean shows “Potato Star” and “One Well Raised Daughter”


16 posted on 01/19/2014 4:14:15 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: ReformationFan

I know I’ve seen one of Bob Hope’s movies with Lucille Ball, but I don’t recall which. She was a classic beauty, but you can only really see it in still photos.


17 posted on 01/19/2014 4:15:21 PM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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To: ReformationFan

omg... Arnold Swartzensomething as a ping pong player... weird ad before the video...


18 posted on 01/19/2014 4:17:09 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL

LOL!

I watched a country music video earlier today, and Kathleen climbed on my lap, pointed at the screen, and demanded, “The elks now!” Tom plays her an elk-bugling video at least once a day.


19 posted on 01/19/2014 4:20:21 PM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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To: Tax-chick

“..takes brains, courage and a gun... and I had a gun”

lol


20 posted on 01/19/2014 4:25:47 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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