Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Louisiana Purchase / Never Say Die Double Feature
by Elliott Nugent, Irving Cummings
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Actor: Alan Mowbray, Andy Devine, Bob Hope, Gale Sondergaard, Martha RayeDirector: Elliott Nugent, Irving Cummings
Brand: MCA
Writer: Buddy G. DeSylva
Writer: Don Hartman
Writer: Frank Butler
Writer: Jerome Chodorov
Writer: Joseph Fields
Writer: Morrie Ryskind
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 181 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Louisiana Purchase / Never Say Die Double Feature
DVD Review: Not Hope's Finest
Summary: 3 Stars
You have to remember, when reviewing starring Bob Hope, it would be difficult to find a pre-1960 Hope movie that isn't worth watching. I gave this three stars to let people know that, if they are looking for good Hope movies to start collecting, this isn't the place to start.
Never Say Die is simply so-so. The irony is that the actors all do a tremendous job, and the plot is wonderful for Bob Hope. But the timing of the dialogue is a bit off in the scenes.
Bob Hope plays a wealthy young hypochondriac who is "recovering" at a mineral springs health spa in or near Bavaria, accompanied by his valet. When a woman, recently widowed and with whom he has been dallying, shows up at the spa and insists they marry, Hope's character has to find a way out of the situation. On his way back from a doctor's office, where he learns that he has only 30 days to live, he meets Martha Raye, who is running away from a forced marriage to a local prince because she is in love with a man back home in Texas. Hope and Raye, with the help of Hope's valet, scheme to marry, the plan being that he will leave all his money to Raye and her fiancee. It's a funny plot, and the actors are marvelous. Andy Devine plays the fella from home, and Gale Sundergaard plays the black widow, and everyone is chasing everyone. Martha Raye is her usual zany, wonderful self, but her dialogue also suffers a bit.
The Louisiana Purchase, while I still wouldn't put it up with my favorites, is interesting in that it deals with Louisiana politics and can be quite biting for an older movie. Even considering Hope's jokes about Republicans and Democrats interspersed within his movies, this is quite political. Very amusing, but not belly laugh inducing.
These movies are worth eventually having in your Hope collection. But if you aren't independently wealthy and need to space your Bob Hope purchases out, start with The Lemon Drop Kid, Sorrowful Jones, My Favorite Blonde, My Favorite Brunette, or Road to Singapore and other Road movies.
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Description of Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Louisiana Purchase / Never Say Die Double Feature
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 10/08/02
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
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