My Favorite Blonde / Star Spangled Rhythm Double Feature

Product Description

My Favorite BlondeIt s all aboard for intrigue, laughs and romance as Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll contend with German spies during a daffy but dangerous cross-country chase. Bing Crosby makes a memorable cameo appearance in this free-wheeling comedy gem.

Star Spangled RhythmBob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour star in this music comedy smash. Songs like That Old Black Magic and entertainers including Fred MacMurray, Veronica Lake, Paulette Goddard and Dick Powell make this a not-to-be-missed extravaganza.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Great double feature.......2007-06-21

You can't go far wrong with the early Bob Hope films. This double feature is misleading though because only one is a Hope vehicle.

"My Favourite Blonde" was a spy comedy, a take off of "The Thirty Nine Steps", a famous book by John Buchan and British film starring the gorgeous Madelaine Carroll and Robert Donat. The gags come thick and fast and Hope is perfectly cast as a second rate vaudevillian with a performing penguin. He inadvertantly gets mixed up with British agent Carroll who is trying to deliver secret microfilm to her boss. Their adventures take them from New York to Los Angeles, providing the script writers with endless opportunities for mayhem. It is a very entertaining film and Carroll surprises with her comedy technique.

"Star Spangled Rhythm" was Paramount's entry into the all star "putting on a show" films which every studio produced during the war. It is one of the best. Betty Hutton stars as a telephonist at the studio and she is very funny. She has 2 standout scenes - when she greets boyfriend Eddie Bracken and a superb routine with 2 acrobats in which she is trying to get over the walls of the studio lot. The show itself has some excellent acts including Dorothy Lamour, Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake sending up their images (Lake is inept) and Ray Milland, Lynne Overman, Franchot Tone and Fred MacMurray (his dead pan timing is impeccable) demonstrating if men played cards like women. There are also a couple of great songs - "That Old Black Magic" and "Hit the Road to Dreamland" for example. Ironically, for me the dud of the show is the climax with Bing Crosby performing a patriotic song which is cloying in the typical Crosby manner.

The prints of the films are perfect but the extras only include the trailers of the films and some liner notes.

My Favorite Bob!.......2007-02-15

This is delightfully hysterical film starring funnyman Bob Hope and showcasing the gorgeous Madeline Carroll. She really shines and gets to show off her comedic talent. Carroll did so many serious roles like "Secret Agent", "Lloyds of London", that it is refreshing to see her act in a screwball comedy while maintaining some sense of dignity. They have wonderful chemistry. I especially love the scene where Bob gets to "rough-up" Madeleine in order to have the police called to the scene to provide safe escort from the building. The villians are wonderful and Bob gets the best of them. My favorite Bob Hope film. Oh yes, the bonus Star Spangled Rhythm movie is a good look at Hollywood's morale-boosting war contribution. The skit showcasing the three gorgeous ladies from Paramount - Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour, and Veronica Lake is hysterical.

Star spangeld Rhythm.......2007-01-27

This movie is light, absurd, and very funny. The "going over the wall" scene is hilarious.

My Favorite Blonde DVD review.......2007-01-10

The DVD was in good shape. I enjoyed watching My Favorite Blonde.

GREAT.... without being brilliant...........2006-12-03

STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM has a good and inspiring plot and showcases Betty Hutton at her most likeable. Unfortunately, the Paramount stars aren`t as remembered today as the ones from MGM, Fox and Warner Bros.
But the film remains the best flagwaving vehicle from the studios 1942-1945.

The Goddard/Lamour/Lake number is a standout; I only look at Veronica Lake - her coolness is breathtaking. Other highlights are the Vera Zorina dance and when "men play cards are women do...."

I will also give credit to Victor Moore, Cecil B. DeMille, Bob Hope and a script that never outstays its welcome... The finale is propaganda at its worst, but 1 have to remember why this film was made(to boost the morale and the boys in the fields)

The only thing this film lacks is the Busby Berkeley touch and some tapdancing by major stars.....

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MY FAVORITE BLONDE is Hope at his best, but the female role should have been given to a blonde Vivien Leigh(but she left in 1940 to do her bit for the war-effort in native England)...

That Madeleine woman simply isn`t good or pretty enough....

But the witty lines and (other) performances is a delight....

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