Son of Paleface

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Abe A Better than The Paleface but with less structure. Roy Rogers is a great addition. The Bob Hope parts have dated worse than the Jane Russell parts. If you look a peculiar kind of slapstick, over the top, spoof-like humor you'll like this, but that kind of comedy isn't really my thing. Hope's gags are tired and cliched by now but may have been top of the roost in 1952. Thankfully it's just about the right length (maybe could be 10-20 minutes shorter) and good for a single viewing. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review s r Any movie that kids at Harvard like this one is worth the time. Although the humor is cliched, it grows on you. This was some of the best wit I've seen since the Marx brothers. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite simply one of the best comedies ever made. The gags keep coming and are delivered expertly. No one over acts and Jane Russell is fantastic. If you cannot enjoy this, well I really do not know what to say. Glorious. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The best comedy movie ever made! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Whereas THE PALEFACE was a comedy with music, Frank Tashlin's sequel is a full-fledged musical; Hope and Russell are joined this time around by Roy Rogers (who reprises the Oscar-winning "Buttons and Bows") and Trigger; the two stars also introduce to Oscar-nominated "Am I In Love?" Good fun. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a cartoon come to life, with Bob Hope's one-liners not that far from Daffy Duck's similarly witty repartee. Hope also finds himself subjected to a variety of slapstick situations and even drinks a cocktail that makes his head spin around and steam come out of his ears. Although this is a sequel to Paleface and features some of the same cast (outlaw Jane Russell, for example), director (formerly writer) Frank Tashlin takes things one step beyond (or more than one step beyond) the earlier film by making it insane. Roy Rogers and Trigger are along for the ride and somehow (in between all of the singing cowboy stuff), they supply a good deal of comedy - particularly Trigger. Do not take it lightly when I suggest that this is funny (in a Looney Tunes way) because I am sure you can easily imagine how crap this formula could be (a funny horse and Bob Hope - yeah right!). Hope plays the son of his former character (Painless "Paleface" Potter) who has returned to the West to seek his inheritance. But who cares about plot when absurdity rules? Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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