Fancy Pants Overview:

Fancy Pants (1950) was a Comedy - Western Film directed by George Marshall and produced by Robert L. Welch.

SYNOPSIS

Bob Hope successfully takes the Laughton role as butler from Ruggles of Red Gap (1935). A nouveau riche American family aspires to class by hiring Hope as their British butler. Unfortunately, Hope is neither a butler nor British; he's actually an out of work American actor. Fun performances by Hope and Ball, and the incomparable Blore.

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[as Sir Wimbley kisses her hand]
Agatha: You act if gravy was on it!


Humphrey: [Last lines] A kiss like that could kill a guy!"


[Arthur jumps onto the horse behind Agatha, only for both of them to fall off]
Humphrey: Wouldn't it be much simpler to call a cab?


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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onSeptember 10, 1951 with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball reprising their film roles.
In a scene involving Lucille Ball and Bob Hope on a mechanical horse, Hope took a tumble off the horse and suffered a mild concussion.
Second of four feature films that Bob Hope and Lucille Ball made together.
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