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La brune de mes rêves

Original title: My Favorite Brunette
  • 1947
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  • 1h 27m
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6.7/10
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Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in La brune de mes rêves (1947)
Bumbling DetectiveHard-boiled DetectiveComedyCrimeMysteryRomanceThriller

Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.

  • Director
    • Elliott Nugent
  • Writers
    • Edmund Beloin
    • Jack Rose
    • Bob Hope
  • Stars
    • Bob Hope
    • Dorothy Lamour
    • Peter Lorre
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
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    • Director
      • Elliott Nugent
    • Writers
      • Edmund Beloin
      • Jack Rose
      • Bob Hope
    • Stars
      • Bob Hope
      • Dorothy Lamour
      • Peter Lorre
    • 79User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Bob Hope
    Bob Hope
    • Ronnie Jackson
    Dorothy Lamour
    Dorothy Lamour
    • Carlotta Montay
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Kismet
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    • Willie
    • (as Lon Chaney)
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • Dr. Lundau
    Charles Dingle
    Charles Dingle
    • Maj. Simon Montague
    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • James Collins
    Frank Puglia
    Frank Puglia
    • Baron Montay
    Ann Doran
    Ann Doran
    • Miss Rogers
    Willard Robertson
    Willard Robertson
    • Prison Warden
    Jack La Rue
    Jack La Rue
    • Tony
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Crawford
    Anthony Caruso
    Anthony Caruso
    • First Man on Death Row
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chefe
    • Henri - Head Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Rube Clifford
    Jack Rube Clifford
    • Prison Guard Captain
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Cooley
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Harry
    • (uncredited)
    Boyd Davis
    • Mr. Dawson
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Elliott Nugent
    • Writers
      • Edmund Beloin
      • Jack Rose
      • Bob Hope
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    Snow Leopard

    Hope Is Very Funny in This Enjoyable Light Comedy

    Bob Hope is very funny in this enjoyable light comedy. The plot is deliberately crazy and implausible, but creative, and it sets up some funny situations. The rest of the cast is good too, and it all works very well as light entertainment.

    Hope plays a photographer who longs to be a detective, and then gets his chance, only to find out that it's a lot more than he can handle. It's a fine role for Hope, and the script also gives him a lot of good material to work with. Dorothy Lamour is suitably mysterious as the woman who involves him in a complicated situation. Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. add atmosphere and humor as two of Hope's adversaries.

    Anyone who likes Hope should enjoy seeing him in "My Favorite Brunette", and it is also recommended for anyone who likes light comedies of the era.
    7ma-cortes

    Bob Hope comedy where he becomes involved in killings and intrigues

    The film concerns Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) a quite shy baby photographer gets mistaken with his next door neighbour Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd) , a famous San Francisco private eye . The problems start when the Baroness Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour) contracts Ronnie to find her husband (Frank Puglia) and investigate about a map what marks the location of a Criolita (uranium) deposit that would be the key for defense of free world . It will lead him by the way to an international intrigue . Meanwhile , Ronnie to confront a villain Major (Charles Dingle) and his heavies (henchmen: Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr. ,John Hoyt) .

    The picture results to be a hilarious spy caper with lots of fun , giggles , laughs , tongue-in cheek and a little bit of action and suspense . The movie is the following to¨My favorite blonde¨(by Sidney Lanfield) who starred Hope and Madeleine Carroll as his partenaire. There appears some cameos and guest appearances of famed stars , such as Alan Ladd as the typical tough detective and Bing Crosby in a likable final interpretation . Bing Crosby along with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour formed a famous trio with too much success and they starred numerous films with titles as ¨Road to..Bali , Road to ..Morocco,.. Zanzibar , ...Hong Kong¨, among others . Besides , appearing as a secondary actor the terror expert Lon Chaney Jr. , repeating his role of the simple-minded person in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel :¨Mice and men¨(1939) , Chaney's performance as an innocent burly man is spectacularly touching and amusing . In addition , Peter Lorre , as always , plays an astute villainous and with skills for throwing deadly daggers . The motion picture was well directed by Eliott Nugent . The flick will appeal to Bob Hope fans .
    7moonspinner55

    "I'm going back to 'watch the birdie' and stop looking at the chicks!"

    Bob Hope in one of his better comedies of the 1940s, a clever satire of noir mysteries (Raymond Chandler, in particular) which substitutes hard-boiled for soft-boiled without losing the essence of a good crime story. A baby-photographer in San Francisco is found in the neighboring offices of a vacationing private detective by a femme fatale, who unwittingly hires the would-be gumshoe to help find her missing uncle. Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose penned the dandy original screenplay, neatly skirting the spoofy/silly undercurrent which marred many of Hope's starring vehicles of the era. Dorothy Lamour (with the wonderful character name Carlotta Montay) is the supposedly schizophrenic and paranoid client; Peter Lorre is her evil valet; and nobody cracks walnuts like muscle-stooge Lon Chaney. Fresh and witty, with a surprising hint of sex appeal, a solid production, and two terrific star-cameos as a bonus. *** from ****
    7yonhope

    The Pepsodent Kid takes a bite outta crime

    Hi, Everyone, As this movie begins, count the stars in the Paramount logo. You will see there are 24. That means it is an old Paramount Picture. Paramount's new logo has only 22 stars. I am not sure when that was changed but certainly by the mid fifties.

    Interestingly, this movie has a speaking part for an African American man and an Asian American woman in the first five minutes of the film. Neither gets screen credit. There is also a child actor who chews up the scenery, that scenery being Bob Hope's finger.

    It is nice to see Bob Hope actually climbing a tree. Bob was in excellent physical shape in those days of the 1940s. If you want to watch him dancing watch The Seven Little Foys where he tap dances with Jimmy Cagney during the mid 1950s.

    It is fun for those of us who remember dictaphones and wire recorders and disc recorders that made big 78 rpm records as we watch Bob trying to operate a recorder. Where were the digital MP3 recorders when you needed one in 1947? The cars are fun to look at. This is like a trip to a museum with an old friend.

    One scene I ran back and forth a few times and I have not yet figured out how they did it. There is a scene where Bob is the target for a knife thrower. I think they really threw the knives and barely missed his head. It looks real to me.

    Not Bob's best movie, but worth a look. I recommend Paleface, Fancy Pants, Son of Paleface, Seven Little Foys, Beau James and That Certain Feeling.

    Tom Willett
    7jotix100

    Child photographer turned private eye

    This was one of the three films that Bob Hope did for Paramount with the theme of favorites: blonde, spy and brunette. He was at one of the best moments of his career when this spoof about the detective movie genre went into production.

    "My Favorite Brunette" was directed by Elliott Nugent with a style that made it fun and light to watch. The screen play by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose parodies those films that showed a charismatic private eye get into all kinds of dangerous situations. In this film, Ronnie Jackson, a photographer in San Francisco is suddenly, thrown into a web of intrigue when he steps into the office of his neighbor, the real P.I, Sam McCloud, who is fed up with the job and is leaving town.

    Enter the femme fatale, something that is a must in this type of film, Carlotta Montay. She will get Ronnie into all kinds of difficult situations and even the gas chamber as he tries his best to deal with all the bad people that are chasing Carlotta.

    Bob Hope was excellent in his take of Ronnie Jackson. Dorothy Lamour, in all her beauty, made the most of her Carlotta. Two cameos in the film were notorious because they are uncredited and unexpected: Alan Ladd, and Bing Crosby. Others in the film are Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Dingle, Frank Puglia, Reginald Denny, among the supporting cast.

    The film is still a lot of fun as it makes fun of other more dramatic movies thanks to the direction of Elliott Nugent.

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    • Trivia
      As Bob Hope attempts to hide the record in the chandelier, he finds a bottle of champagne. His remark, "Ray Milland was here!" is a reference to the latter's portrayal of an alcoholic in Le Poison (1945), who hid a bottle of whiskey in a ceiling lamp.
    • Goofs
      A shot of the plane landing is flipped: the lettering on the tail is backwards.
    • Quotes

      Ronnie Jackson: You see, I wanted to be a detective too. It only took brains, courage, and a gun... and I had the gun.

    • Connections
      Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: My Favorite Brunette (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Beside You
      by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

      Performed by Dorothy Lamour (uncredited)

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    • Release date
      • July 9, 1948 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • My Favorite Brunette
    • Filming locations
      • Pebble Beach, California, USA(Crocker Mansion)
    • Production company
      • Hope Enterprises
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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