The Princess and the Pirate
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Actor: Bob Hope, Victor McLaglen, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter SlezakBrand: Princess
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), PCM Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), PCM Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Princess and the Pirate
DVD Review: "I'll chop off his liver! Say, that might be pretty good, chopped liver."
Summary: 4 Stars
Bob Hope is his charming-best in THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE (1944), a fun Technicolor musical comedy with lots of great sight gags for Hope and company, plus a romantic Virginia Mayo in lush period dress.
Set during the 17th century, Bob Hope is Sylvester "the Great", a none-too-successful entertainer, who must rescue Margaret (Virginia Mayo), a princess traveling incognito, when their ship is hijacked by notorious pirate The Hook (Victor McLaglen) and his men. Sylvester and Margaret escape the ship only to be swept away into another hilarious confrontation, this time with money-hungry Featherhead (Walter Slezak), a nobleman who holds Margaret for ransom.
Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo are an irresistible musical comedy team in THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE, which also features fun roles for Maude Eburne, Walter Brennan, and even Hope's "Road..." companion Bing Crosby! If you're a fan of Ms Mayo, you'll appreciate her lush wardrobe of gowns (designed by Mary Grant); her singing voice for the song "How'd You Like to Kiss Me in the Moonlight?" was effectively-dubbed by Louanne Hogan.
Sadly, the print used for this DVD isn't the best, with certain areas affected by what's commonly referred-to as misregistering or "double imaging". This is a frequent problem encountered in early three-strip Technicolor titles where one of the interpositive colour layers has suffered shrinkage or has warped, resulting in a slight "double image" when the three coloured layers are projected together. It's only noticeable in a few scenes but won't affect your enjoyment of the movie.
An hilarious comedy romp with Bob Hope at his best! Highly-recommended. The DVD includes the trailer. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).
Description of The Princess and the Pirate
The legendary Bob Hope takes to the high seas in this hilarious, OscarĀ(r)-nominated* romantic comedy co-starring Virginia Mayo, Walter Slezak, Walter Brennan and Victor McLaglen! Sylvester the Great (Hope) is a 17th-century entertainer with an act so atrocious, he's exiled from England. Aboard a ship bound for America, he finds himself falling for the beautiful Princess Margaret(Mayo), a woman uninterested in lovenot to mention his lousy one-liners. But when an evil band of pirates attacks the ship and captures the princess, her only hope is the cowardly comedian. Can Sylvester stop cracking jokes and muster the courage to rescue his royal love? In other words, will heand Margaret end up walking down the aisle or walking the plank? *1944: Art Direction (Color); Nonmusical ScoreBestsellers in DVD
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