My Favorite Blonde (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Sidney Lanfield |
| Producer(s) | Paul Jones (associate) |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
| Top Topics | |
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My Favorite Blonde (1942) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Sidney Lanfield and produced by Paul Jones.
SYNOPSIS
A wartime spy comedy with Carroll enlisting vaudevillian Hope and his trained penguin in a coast-to-coast espionage mission that gets progressively more absurd. Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), the progenitor of nearly all spy chase films, which also starred Carroll, appears to have served as the inspiration for this popular romp. Crosby makes a very brief appearance in a memorable scene.
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Quotes from
Karen Bentley: No questions please. I'm being followed by two men in black.
Larry Haines: You sure you don't mean two men in white?
Larry Haines: Lady, if I'm not out of that door in 2 seconds flat, my name's not Larry Haines!
[Larry opens the door, sees a knife fly into the wood, and closes the door]
Larry Haines: [holding his hand out to Karen] Meet John Doe!
Larry Haines: [Trying to get away from Karen] Taxi! A thin taxi for one!
Karen Bentley: Larry! Larry! You have 3 hours between trains. Wouldn't you like to go past my apartment house and drop me off?
Larry Haines: Drop you off? I sure would. How many stories is it?
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Facts about
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onOctober 19, 1942 with Bob Hope reprising his film role.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
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