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My Favorite Blonde is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll. Based on a story by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film is about a vaudeville performer who gets mixed up with British and German secret agents in the days just before the United States' entry into World War II.
My Favorite Blonde (1942) is a breezy Bob Hope comedy which satirizes Hitchcock-type thrillers of its era. Hope plays a burlesque player with a penguin act who gets embroiled with Nazi agents and beautiful blonde spy Madeleine Carroll, who previously appeared in Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935).
My Favorite Blonde: Directed by Sidney Lanfield. With Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco. Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
And a blonde one! And a British agent into the bargain! The delicious creature who is carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch and is being pursued by Nazi agents. She will need Larry (and Percy)'s help to elude her pursuers and to get the secret information to destination. The mission will be accomplished, although in an eventful and ...
Rent My Favorite Blonde on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Vaudevillian Larry Haines (Bob Hope) sets out for California seeking fame and fortune, but ...
My Favorite Blonde was an extremely popular entry in those early war years when the Allies needed some laughs. There were subsequent follow-ups (My Favorite Brunette and My Favorite Spy in 1947 and 1951, respectively, but the stories are not related). So, grab a copy of this excellent comedy and be ready to have a good time in the old home theater.
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents. Sidney Lanfield. Director.
