Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface Double Feature

Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface Double Feature
by Norman Z. McLeod, Sidney Lanfield

Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface Double Feature
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Actor: Bob Hope, Iris Adrian, Jane Russell, Lucille Ball, Robert Armstrong
Director: Norman Z. McLeod, Sidney Lanfield
Brand: Universal Studios
Writer: Barney Dean
Writer: Burt Styler
Writer: Damon Runyon
Writer: Edmund L. Hartmann
Writer: Frank Tashlin
Writer: Gladys Lehman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios

Movie Reviews of Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface Double Feature

Movie Review: One Classic Plus One Hidden Gem
Summary: 5 Stars

It's difficult to imagine a Bob Hope fan who hasn't seen and enjoyed The Paleface, costarring Jane Russell as Calamity Jane. Full of slapstick and bullet-quick dialogue, The Paleface chronicles the adventures of a cowardly dentist, "Painless" Potter, who gets involved and falls in love with Calamity Jane.

But the real gem here is Sorrowful Jones, with its surprising characters. Costarring Lucille Ball and Mary Jane Saunders, the movie is about a bookie who runs afoul of a mob boss, his troubles complicated by a little girl left in his bookie office by her father. Lucille Ball is no wide-eyed, clownish "Lucy" here; instead, she plays a wise-cracking gal who has Sorrowful's number and constantly calls him on his behavior. The banter between them is very funny. Mary Jane Saunders, the little girl, is so amazing that I wonder how she never eclipsed Shirley Temple. Shirley had tons of talent, but I could never get into that sugary-sweet character. Saunders has a touch of sweetness and innocence, but the writers gave her and Bob Hope the lines and situations to make up some of the funniest scenes I've seen (enjoy the "goodnight" scene). I imagine Hope enjoyed working with this little one.

My favorite Bob Hope movies are ones in which he plays the vain, wise-cracking, somewhat cowardly ladies' man, and this is one of the best.

The movie is based on a story by Damon Runyon, the same writer whose stories inspired Guys and Dolls and The Lemon Drop Kid (also a Hope gem).

If you're a fan of early Bob Hope movies, I'd say you need this one.

Summary of Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface Double Feature

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