ID

FBW001263      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

My Favorite Blonde

Directed by

Sidney Lanfield

Produced by

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Paul Jones; Script: Don Hartman, Frank Butler; Camera: William C. Mellor; Editing: William O'Shea; Production design: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Music: David Buttolph

Cast

Bob Hope (Larry Haines); Madeleine Carroll (Karen Bentley); Gale Sondergaard (Mme. Stephanie Runick); George Zucco (Dr. Hugo Streger); Lionel Royce (Karl); Walter Kingsford (Dr. Faber); Victor Varconi (Miller); Otto Reichow (Lanz); Charles Cane (Turk O'Flaherty); Crane Whitley (Ulrich); Erville Alderson (Sheriff); Esther Howard (Mrs. Topley); Edward Gargan (Mulrooney); James Burke (Union Secretary); Dooley Wilson (Porter); Bing Crosby (Man Giving Directions); Milton Parsons (Mortician); Tom Fadden (Tom Douglas); Fred Kelsey (Sam); Edgar Dearing (Joe); Leslie Denison (Elvan); Robert Emmet Keane (Burton); Addison Richards (Herbert Wilson); Matthew Boulton (Col. Ashmont); Wade Boteler (Conductor); William Forrest (Col. Raeburn); Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (Frederick); Israel Randolph (Frederick's Mother); Edward Hearn (Train Official); Leyland Hodgson (English Driver); Jack Luden (Spectator); Mary Akin (Spectator); Monte Blue (Cop at Union Hall); Jack Clifford (Cop at Union Hall); Dick Elliott (Backstage Doorman); Arno Frey (Male Nurse); Lloyd Whitlock (Apartment Manager); Vernon Dent (Ole, Bartender); Sarah Edwards (Mrs. Weatherwax); Paul Scardon (Dr. Higby); Bill Lally (Telegraph Operator); Minerva Urecal (Frozen-Faced Woman); James Millican (Truck Driver); Edmund Cobb (Yard Man); Jimmie Dodd (Stuttering Boy); Eddie Dew (Pilot); George Turner (Pilot); Kirby Grant (Pilot); William Cabanne (Pilot); Harry Hollingsworth (Irish Cop); Edward Peil, Sr. (Cop); Dick Rush (Cop); Art Miles (Cop Outside Union Hall); Max Wagner (Man with Truck); William Irving (Waiter); Charles Moore (Pullman Porter); Dudley Dickerson (Red Cap); Charles McAvoy (Brakeman); George Hickman (Elevator Boy); Joe Recht (Newsboy); Rex Moore (Newsboy); Gerald Pierce (Newsboy); Allan Ramsey (Newsboy); John Erickson (Newsboy); David McKim (Newsboy); Frank Mills (New York Taxi Driver); Frank Marlowe (Chicago Taxi Driver); Mike Lally (Chicago Taxi Driver); Alice Keating (Woman); Betty Farrington (Woman); Nell Craig (Woman); Rose Allen (Outraged Woman)

Length

78'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Karen Bentley is a beautiful spy who posesses plans involving the shipment of war planes to England and is being chased by Nazis who want the plans for themselves. While in New York, she escapes from them by ducking into a small dressing room at a theater. Coincidentally this is the dressing room of Larry Haines, a wise-cracking ladies' man who's preparing his performing penguin for its debut. Karen convinces Larry to aid her escape. From there it's a comic cross-country chase with lots of disguises and silliness.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987