Search - My Favorite Brunette on DVD

Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1947 DVD Release: 07/07/1998 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Madacy Total Copies: 2 Genres: Comedy, Detective Film See Also: My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Brunette, Bob Hope Collection, Vol. 2: My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Brunette [Collector's Edition], My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Brunette

Just as Bob Hope's My Favorite Blonde (1942) was a takeoff on Alfred Hitchcock, Hope's My Favorite Brunette was a lampoon of the noirish "hard-boiled detective" school popularized by Raymond Chandler. Awaiting execution on death row, Hope tells the gathered reporters how he got into his present predicament. It seems that Hope was once a baby photographer, his office adjacent to the one leased by a private detective (played in an amusing unbilled cameo by Alan Ladd). While hanging around the p.i.'s office, Hope is mistaken for the detective by beautiful client Dorothy Lamour. She hires Hope to search for her missing uncle, and also entrusts him with a valuable map. Hope's diligent (if inept) sleuthing takes him to a shady rest sanitarium, where he runs afoul of lamebrained henchman Lon Chaney, Jr. and sinister, knife-throwing Peter Lorre. Both are in the employ of attorney Charles Dingle, who is responsible for the disappearance of Lamour's uncle. Escaping the sanitarium with Lamour in tow, Hope follows the trail of evidence to noted geologist Reginald Denny. The geologist is murdered, and Hope is accused of the crime. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Bob Hope - Ronnie Jackson
Dorothy Lamour - Carlotta Montay
Peter Lorre - Kismet
Lon Chaney, Jr. - Willie
John Hoyt - Dr.Lundau

All the DVD extras in the world don't mean a thing if the film print used for a digital transfer is in poor condition. The detective spoof My Favorite Brunette is one of Bob Hope's funniest pictures, but this budget Madacy DVD release is best avoided. The print is so scratchy that the experience of watching the movie brings back memories of viewing ancient industrial films in Family Life and Home Economics classes. As bad as the print is, at least it's superior to the audio track. The movie is very hard to hear, and the higher the volume, the louder the background hiss becomes. It literally seems like someone at Madacy had an old print of My Favorite Brunette in his basement, found out the copyright on it had expired, and decided to put it out on DVD in a hurry. My Favorite Brunette deserves better -- sometimes consumers really are better off paying more for name brands. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide