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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Arabic ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Greek ( Subtitles ), Hindi ( Subtitles ), Turkish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A sequel to Bob Hope's 1948 box-office success The Paleface, 1952's Son of Paleface is a superior product in every way, thanks largely to the spirited, creative direction of Frank Tashlin. Hope is cast as Junior Potter, a Harvard-educated dude who heads West to claim the inheritance left him by his gunslinger father. Much to his chagrin, Junior discovers that his dad has left him nothing but debts. To stave off Potter Sr.'s angry creditors, Junior pretends that his father has salted away a fortune somewhere in the hills. This arouses the attention of curvaceous saloon owner Mike (Jane Russell), who doubles as a mysterious masked bandit known as The Torch. Meanwhile, Roy Rogers (playing a federal agent named Roy Rogers) keeps tabs on Junior, hoping that he'll lead him to The Torch and her gang. True to form, ex-cartoonist Tashlin fills the screen with a wealth of inventive sight gags and inside jokes: Cecil B. DeMille shows up as a photographer in one scene, while in another, Hope, about to embark on the film's wild climactic chase sequence, shoos away a couple of vultures wearing bibs, warning them that "You'll make the whole thing look impossible." Our favorite scenes: Hope's Wile E. Coyote-like reaction to a particularly potent drink, and his bedroom scene with Roy Rogers' wonder horse Trigger. And don't forget the film's slightly risque punch line "Let's see them top that on television," (you have to be there). Songs in Son of Paleface include "You Are My Valley of Sunshine," "Four-Legged Friend," "Wing Ding Tonight," "What A Dirty Shame," and a reprise of The Paleface's Oscar-winning "Buttons and Bows,"...Son of Paleface ( Son of Pale face )
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This very funny film was directed and written by Frank Tasklin and was a sequel to the earlier "Paleface". It is one of those rare occasions where the sequel is widely regarded to be better than the original. A view that I would agree with.
Bob Hope plays Peter "Junior" Potter the son of the character from the last film. Jane Russell also makes a second appearance as the saloon singer Mike Delroy and her alter ego "The Torch", a masked lady bandit who terrorises the town of Sawbuck Pass and its surrounds. Roy Rogers is the undercover agent sent to catch her. Potter is a hapless Easterner who comes West to collect his Fathers fortune and inadvertently gets mixed up in events.
There is lots of fun moments. I liked it when Hope turns up at the "Dirty Shame" saloon and orders a milk to hoots of derision and then quickly adds "In a Dirty Glass". The DVD is worth buying to see Roy Rogers singing " A Four Legged Friend" to his equally famous horse Trigger. This is definitely one of the best comedy Westerns ever and is up there with "Destry Rides Again"(39) and my personal favorite "Along Came Jones"(45). If this film makes you laugh half as much as I did then you will have bought a bargain. Highly recommended.
Bob Hope plays Peter "Junior" Potter the son of the character from the last film. Jane Russell also makes a second appearance as the saloon singer Mike Delroy and her alter ego "The Torch", a masked lady bandit who terrorises the town of Sawbuck Pass and its surrounds. Roy Rogers is the undercover agent sent to catch her. Potter is a hapless Easterner who comes West to collect his Fathers fortune and inadvertently gets mixed up in events.
There is lots of fun moments. I liked it when Hope turns up at the "Dirty Shame" saloon and orders a milk to hoots of derision and then quickly adds "In a Dirty Glass". The DVD is worth buying to see Roy Rogers singing " A Four Legged Friend" to his equally famous horse Trigger. This is definitely one of the best comedy Westerns ever and is up there with "Destry Rides Again"(39) and my personal favorite "Along Came Jones"(45). If this film makes you laugh half as much as I did then you will have bought a bargain. Highly recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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`Son of Paleface' has the edge over its predecessor, `Paleface'. Much more lively and sparky. The two stories are similar, in that Hope's wet-buffoon character pursues Jane Russell's hard-nosed character, but there's much more fun along the way.
Russell is an outlaw, `The Torch', and Hope is Paleface's son, who has left behind his Harvard education and come out West to claim his late daddy's fortune, bequeathed to him in his will.
Of course, there is no fortune - or so it appears - and Hope must therefore fend off the irate citizenry who want him to pay off the debts his father owed them.
Roy Rogers plays his usual unblemished, singing cowboy role, with faithful Trigger beneath him. He's been hired to track down The Torch, but of course, is unmoved by her obvious attractions and concerned only with justice. Rogers' affinity with his horse, in preference for Russell's charms, is poked fun at by Hope to good effect.
Plenty of silly verbal and sight gags throughout, and it must be said that the screen-double used for Hope in some scenes bears not even a remote resemblance to him.
Nonetheless, this film is good fun and raises many a giggle even today. One to sit back and enjoy for its numerous good points.
Russell is an outlaw, `The Torch', and Hope is Paleface's son, who has left behind his Harvard education and come out West to claim his late daddy's fortune, bequeathed to him in his will.
Of course, there is no fortune - or so it appears - and Hope must therefore fend off the irate citizenry who want him to pay off the debts his father owed them.
Roy Rogers plays his usual unblemished, singing cowboy role, with faithful Trigger beneath him. He's been hired to track down The Torch, but of course, is unmoved by her obvious attractions and concerned only with justice. Rogers' affinity with his horse, in preference for Russell's charms, is poked fun at by Hope to good effect.
Plenty of silly verbal and sight gags throughout, and it must be said that the screen-double used for Hope in some scenes bears not even a remote resemblance to him.
Nonetheless, this film is good fun and raises many a giggle even today. One to sit back and enjoy for its numerous good points.
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