My Favorite Blonde
(1942)
BOB STICKS HIS NOSE IN OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Lindsey Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - July 4, 1942 - all caps)
Stars: Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco, Lionel Royce
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Duration: 78
Bob Hope had for some time said on his radio show that Madeleine Carroll was his "favorite blonde". The actress called to thank him, and a movie pairing soon followed. A parody of spy films (most notably "The 39 Steps"), the film delivers the laughs as British agent Carroll evades the Nazi bad guys with unwilling help from a penguin-toting vadevillian performer played by Hope. Gale Sondergaard plays the spy chief with a prerequisite dose of iciness. Sadly, she isn't featured as much as one could wish, but her henchmen fit the bill as the heavies.
| Bob Hope | Larry Haines |
| Madeleine Carroll | Karen Bentley |
| Gale Sondergaard | Madame Stephanie Runick |
| George Zucco | Dr. Hugo Streger |
| Lionel Royce | Karl |
| Walter Kingsford | Dr. Wallace Faber |
| Victor Varconi | Miller |
| Otto Reichow | Lanz |
| Esther Howard | Mrs. Topley |
| Edward Gargan | Mulrooney |
| James Burke | Union Secretary |
| Charles Cane | Turk O'Flaherty |
| Crane Whitley | Ulrich - Henchman |
| Dooley Wilson | Porter |
| Milton Parsons | Mortician |
| Erville Alderson | Sheriff |
| Tom Fadden | Tom Douglas |
| Fred Kelsey | Sam - Policeman |
| Edgar Dearing | Joe - Policeman |
| Leslie Denison | Elvan |
| Robert Emmett Keane | Nat Burton |
| Addison Richards | Herbert Wilson |
| Matthew Boulton | Colonel Ashmont |
| Mary Akin | Spectator (uncredited) |
| Rose Allen | Outraged Woman (uncredited) |
| Monte Blue | Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited) |
| Wade Boteler | Conductor (uncredited) |
| William Cabanne | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Jack Chapin | (uncredited) |
| Jack Clifford | Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited) |
| Jack Rube Clifford | Policeman at Union Hall |
| Edmund Cobb | Railroad Yard Man (uncredited) |
| Nell Craig | Mother Who Has a Girl of Nine (uncredited) |
| Kernan Cripps | Railroad Yard Man (uncredited) |
| Bing Crosby | Man Outside Union Hall - Cameo Appearance (uncredited) |
| Vernon Dent | Ole - Bartender (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dew | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Dudley Dickerson | Chicago Redcap (uncredited) |
| Jimmie Dodd | Stuttering Boy (uncredited) |
| Pearl Early | Hefty Woman (uncredited) |
| Sarah Edwards | Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited) |
| Dick Elliott | Dan - Backstage Doorman (uncredited) |
| Johnny Erickson | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Betty Farrington | Mother at Meeting (uncredited) |
| James Ford | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| William Forrest | Colonel Raeburn (uncredited) |
| Arno Frey | Male Nurse (uncredited) |
| Jack Gardner | Mechanic (uncredited) |
| Kirby Grant | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Grace Hayle | Woman in Theatre Box (uncredited) |
| Edward Hearn | Train Official (uncredited) |
| Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | Mike (uncredited) |
| George Hickman | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
| John Hiestand | Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Leyland Hodgson | English Driver (uncredited) |
| Harry Hollingsworth | Irish Cop at Hit-and-Run Accident (uncredited) |
| Alice Keating | Mother Saying "He Cries" (uncredited) |
| Richard Keene | Officer with Colonel Raeburn (uncredited) |
| John Kelly | Bus #5 Driver (uncredited) |
| Phyllis Kennedy | Girl in Theatre Box (uncredited) |
| Lyle Latell | Bus Driver (uncredited) |
| Perc Launders | Onlooker Extra on Street (uncredited) |
| Teala Loring | Young Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited) |
| Jack Luden | Spectator Announcing "Girl is Dead" (uncredited) |
| Charles McAvoy | Brakeman (uncredited) |
| Pat McKee | Irishman on Bus (uncredited) |
| David McKim | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Art Miles | Cop Outside Union Hall (uncredited) |
| James Millican | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | New York Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Charles R. Moore | Pullman Porter (uncredited) |
| Rex Moore | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Customer in Diner (uncredited) |
| Louis Natheaux | Man in Coffee Shop (uncredited) |
| Rita Owin | Mother with Rubber Panties Trouble (uncredited) |
| Edward Peil Sr. | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Gerald Pierce | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Allan Ramsay | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Isabel Randolph | Frederick's Mother (uncredited) |
| Joe Recht | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Dick Rush | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Paul Scardon | Dr. Robert Higby (uncredited) |
| Jack Shea | Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited) |
| Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | Frederick (uncredited) |
| George Turner | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Minerva Urecal | Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited) |
| Max Wagner | Bus Driver (uncredited) |
| Lloyd Whitlock | Apartment Manager (uncredited) |
| William C. Mellor | Cinematographer |
| William Shea | Film Editor |
| Gene Garvin | Sound Department |
| Gene Merritt | Sound Department |
| David Buttolph | Composer |
| Hans Dreier | Art Director |
| Robert Usher | Art Director |
| Edith Head | Custome Designer |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
Genre: Comedy, War
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0035100
