Product: My Favorite Brunette [VHS] (1947)
Rating: 3.0
One of Bob Hope's Best
I know it's misleading to say that this is one of Bob Hope's best movies, and then only give it a 3 star rating, but I have good reason for this. I have been a big fan of this movie for a very long time. I have seen it played on commercial television since I was a kid, and more recently by live streaming on Netflix. I never really considered to be part of the "Film Noir" style of movie making. I don't know if the original intention was for it to be film noir or not, but in the many times I have viewed it in the past, it certainly didn't seem be as dark and menacing as most film noir movies come across. This movie is a spoof on detective films, whether or not the use of black and white was supposed to reflect what would be film noir or not is a mystery to me. But I don't remember it being film noir the many times that I have seen it in the past. This DVD version is very dark though, it shows the great wear and tear of age. I was hoping that it had been somewhat restored, but it is not anything like the live streamed version I recently saw on Netflix. This DVD was made by Alpha Video, there are other copies made by other companies but I doubt that they are of any better quality than this one is. From what I have read in the reviews here on Amazon, other people have had the same experience that I have had. I will still watch it because it is one of my all time favorite comedies, but I would prefer a more cleaned up version of this little gem of a movie.