Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Monsieur Beaucaire / Where There's Life Double Feature
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Features
• Black & White
• Closed-captioned
• DVD-Video
• Full Screen
• Subtitled
• NTSC
In Theaters : 04 September, 1946
DVD Release : 08 October, 2002 |
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Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Monsieur Beaucaire / Where There's Life Double Feature Customer Reviews
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Funny predictable comedies
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By the mid to late forties, Bob Hope's screen character was an established persona, the cowardly braggart who thinks (hopes) he is irresistable to woman and outwits the heavy by sheer luck. The challenge for his writers was to come up with some new situation in which he could strut his stuff.
"Monsieur Beaucaire" places Hope in the court of French King Louis as a barber who becomes embroiled in a scheme to marry a nobleman to Spanish royalty to avert war. Hope plays entirely in a 1940's idiom with topical references, even to Crosby. This, of course, sounds absurd but it is in fact an hilarious send up of historical swashbucklers. Joan Caulfield is excellent as the object of his affection and the supporting cast is outstanding. The production values are higher than usual for his films so this therefore becomes one of his best.
"Where There's Life" is a send up of the spy genre of which Hope did a number, starting with "My Favourite Blonde". It is quite funny but Signe Hasse is wasted as a Ninotchka type and William Bendix blusters in his typical loud and unattractive way. The film is a lesser production in every way to "Monsieur Beaucaire".
The prints of the films are good but there are no extras except trailers and some liner notes. |
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