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My Favorite Blonde (1942) [N/A]

Featuring:
Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard

Written by:
Melvin Frank
Norman Panama
Don Hartman

Directed by:
Sidney Lanfield


Release Date:
April 2, 1942

Original Title:
My Favorite Blonde

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 78

HELP! SHE'S AFTER ME! IS THERE A BRUNETTE IN THE HOUSE?

Overview from TheMovieDB

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.

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Overview from Open Movies

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train bound for Los Angeles. Is Hollywood waiting for him with open arms? Not really as the one he signed a contract for is Percy, his roller-skating penguin partner! But, as the proverb says, the shadow of glory is better than no glory at all! Anyway, doesn't Larry meet a woman on the train? And a blonde one! And a British agent into the bargain! The delicious creature who is carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch and is being pursued by Nazi agents. She will need Larry (and Percy)'s help to elude her pursuers and to get the secret information to destination. The mission will be accomplished, although in an eventful and hilarious way...

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Rankings and Honors

My Favorite Blonde (1942) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes 100%
Metacritic 74/100

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Production

Art Direction:
Hans Dreier
Robert Usher

Associate Producer:
Paul Jones

Costume Design:
Edith Head

Director:
Sidney Lanfield

Director of Photography:
William C. Mellor

Editor:
William Shea

Executive Producer:
Buddy G. DeSylva

Makeup Artist:
Wally Westmore

Original Music Composer:
David Buttolph

Screenplay:
Frank Butler
Don Hartman

Sound Recordist:
Gene Merritt
Gene Garvin

Story:
Norman Panama
Melvin Frank

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