My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Directed by

Elliott Nugent

Genre

film noir, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A baby photographer on death row tells reporters how he got there. He was asked by a baroness to find a missing baron, which led him into a series of confusing events in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium.

comiclightheartedparodicwhimsicalmysterioussillyplayfulnostalgic

What happens

My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 American romantic comedy film and film noir parody, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about a baby photographer on death row in San Quentin State Prison who tells reporters his history. While taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, he is asked by an irresistible baroness to find a missing baron, which initiates a series of confusing but sinister events in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium. Spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style, the film features Lon Chaney Jr. playing Willie, a character based on his Of Mice and Men role Lennie; Peter Lorre as Kismet, a comic take on his many film noir roles; and cameo appearances by film noir regular Alan Ladd and Hope partner Bing Crosby. Sequences were filmed in San Francisco and Pebble Beach, California. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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