Monday, October 8, 2012

210. Paleface

Paleface
1948
Directed by Norman McLeod

Oh honestly, do we have to talk about this?  It's Bob Hope.  I even like Robin Williams more than him. And that is saying something.

RATING: -----

Interesting Facts:

I hate western parodies with all my soul.



6 comments:

  1. Jane Russell is so cool though. I didn't really like this movie (I didn't hate it as much as you do) but she was worth it, I think.

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  2. A true stinker. Hope to never see it again.

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  3. Haha I had forgotten about this so I am sure you will too.

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  4. > TS, Normally I like that you go back into the archives and drag up oldies for us to revisit, but this one? Ha. Thanks a bunch mate! Like all of us, I'd rather forget about it.. Bob Hope and all.

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  5. ANGRY DENTAL PATIENT: I'll give you fifteen minutes to get out of town
    HOPE: In the last town they gave me twenty

    All strike me down if you will, but I rather enjoyed this. And not just for the hilariously misjudged close-up of Jane Russell's stunt double when they fall off the horses near the end.

    A couple of technical notes:
    - I know it's standard practice, particularly in westerns, but I do dislike filming night time scenes in broad daylight with darkened film. It's totally unconvincing, including when we can see shadows directly underneath objects indicating midday sun.
    - Does anyone know why big-bucks Hollywood was still using black & white for almost all of its films before this one whilst impoverished, war-torn Britain regularly used colour throughout the forties? Is it just that The Book is unrepresentative in this respect?

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  6. I have such fond memories of Jane Russell from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes that I always forget she is in crap like this. Sorry Dessie. I mean, good films like this...

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