Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Louisiana Purchase / Never Say Die Double Feature
by Irving Cummings, Elliott Nugent
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Actor: Bob Hope, Dona Drake, Ir?ne Bordoni, Vera Zorina, Victor MooreDirector: Elliott Nugent, Irving Cummings
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 181 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Louisiana Purchase / Never Say Die Double Feature
Movie Review: Pleasant comedies with Hope cast outside his stereotype
Summary: 3 Stars
While Bob Hope made films for over 30 years, his best by far were in the first decade and these 2 films from 1939 and 1941 easily demonstrate this. They are good entertainment. In both, Hope abandons his usual persona as the egotistical coward.
"Never say Die" is a great example of a forgotten second rung gem. Hope plays a millionaire hypochondriac who is waiting to die when he is wrongly diagnosed as having the acidity of a dog and will eventually implode because he will eat his own bones. The film is full of nutty and very funny ideas like this, not surprising when you learn that Preston Sturges is listed as one of the writers. Martha Raye plays against type as the heroine, destined to a loveless marriage to a prince, but falling for Hope and saving him from a black widow played by Gale Sondergaard. There is an excellent supporting cast, beautiful backdrops of the European countryside and Raye delivers an amusing song with her usual skill but to really take off, it needs stars of the calibre of Jeanette Macdonald and Maurice Chevalier.
"Louisiana Purchase" is the film version of a popular Broadway musical with many of the original cast. The script is a satire on politics. Filmed in technicolour which is preserved in this excellent print, there are some funny bits but most of the Irving Berlin songs have been cut and the comedy is too slow. Irving Cummings directs in his usual technically competent, unimaginative and plodding way. This film should have been faster and funnier. Vera Zorina plays the female lead and she is prettier and more animated than in any of her other film appearances.
The DVD prints are good, particularly "Louisiana Purchase", and come with succinct liner notes about the films and the casts. One problem though - it is impossible to return to the main menu listing the 2 films if you move away from that menu.
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