Tag: Romance

My Favorite Brunette (1947) [Comedy] [Romance] [Mystery]

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The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Hope) relates the events to a group of reporters the events that lead to his predicament. Jackson is a baby photographer who dreams about being a real private detective like his friend Sam McCloud (Ladd). One day he is mistaken for a detective by a mysterious lady in distress (Lamour) and soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery.

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Directed by Elliott Nugent, produced by Daniel Dare, written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, starring Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson, Alan Ladd as Sam McCloud (cameo appearance), Dorothy Lamour as Baroness Carlotta Montay, Frank Puglia as Baron Montay, Peter Lorre as Kismet, Lon Chaney, Jr. as Willie, John Hoyt as Dr. Lundau, Charles Dingle as Major Simon Montague, Reginald Denny as James Collins and Ann Doran as Miss Rogers.

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Source: “My Favorite Brunette” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 20 March 2013. Web. 31 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Brunette.

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I’m from Arkansas (1944) [Comedy] [Romance]

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“I’m from Arkansas” is a 1944 American film directed by Lew Landers. The movie is not quite a classic, but it has a delightful surprise for the viewers.

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Directed by Lew Landers, produced by E.H. Kleinert and Irving Vershel, written by Marcy Klauber (screenplay) and Joseph Carole (screenplay), starring Slim Summerville as Juniper Jenkins aka Pa, El Brendel as Oly, Iris Adrian as Doris, Bruce Bennett as Bob Hamline, Maude Eburne as Matilda Alden Jenkins aka Ma, Cliff Nazarro as Willie Childs, Al St. John as Farmer, Carolina Cotton as Abigail ‘Abby’ Alden, Danny Jackson as Efus Jenkins, Paul Newlan as Farmer, Harry Harvey as Stowe Packing Company Representative, Arthur Q. Bryan as Commissioner of Agriculture, John Hamilton as Harry Cashin, Vice President of, Slowe Packing Company, Douglas Wood as Governor of Arkansas, Walter Baldwin as, Packing Company Attorney, Flo Bert as Showgirl, The Pied Pipers as Quartet, The Sunshine Girls (including Mary Ford) as Girl Trio and Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely.

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Source: “I’m from Arkansas” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 20 March 2013. Web. 22 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_from_Arkansas.

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