Product: My Favorite Brunette [VHS] (1947)
Rating: 5.0
Lamour and Hope Off the Road
My Favorite Brunette is a classic that has apparantly been rescued. Hope is cast as a Baby Photographer who wants to change careers. He wants to be a detective. His studio is located in an office building in San Francisco juxtaposed to that of adetective who is played by Alan Ladd in a cameo role.Hope is alone when Dorothy Lamour comes into the office and asks for help mistaking Hope for a detective. She says that she wants help in finding her missing husband she also gives Hope a map and instructs him to guard it with his life. She then gives him an address outside San Franciso where he is to meet her.Then the movie takes off. Hope encounters Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. among others. Lamour's sanity is questioned. Hope goes from location to location trying to solve the mystery. Hope even ends up in the gas chamber for murder. It is hard to tell where it will end or what will happen next but is all great fun. The laughs never stop. The pacing is fast but easy to follow. The only caveat is that the copy is not as pristine as would be desired but it is probably the best that could be provided for the transfer. I believe that one reason for this is that for some reason it does not seem to be owned by Paramount and therefore has not been preserved except for what we have here. The sound track is better than I expected. I believe this to be one of Hope's best and is a "must see" for all his fans. Bing Crosby has a cameo at the end of the picture. Once you start towatch this picture you probably won't notice the quality of the print: it is that good ! The direction is excellent, the quality of the production is very high. That is my reason for the 5 Stars.