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Thanks for the Memory 1938 Bob Hope is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiance and Hopes publisher who is still carrying a torch for her

Sorrowful Jones 1949 A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet When her father doesnt return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free wheeling lifestyle Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse thievi

Nothing But the Truth 1941 Stockbroker T T Ralston has promised his niece Gwen to double it if she can raise 20,000 for charity But he connives so those she asks refuse to give her more than the 10,000 shes already raised Gwen secretly gives T T s new partner Steve Bennett the 10,000 and asks him to

My Favorite Blonde 1942 Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train bound for Los Angeles Is Hollywood waiting for him with open arms Not really as the one he signed a contract for is Percy, his roller skating penguin partner But, as the proverb says, the shadow of glory is bette

My Favorite Spy 1951 Peanuts White, a burlesque comic, is recruited by U S agents to impersonate international spy Eric Augustine whom White resembles in a mission to purchase a million dollar microfilm in mysterious, exotic Tangier There, he encounters the irresistable Lily Dalbray, an old friend o

Caught in the Draft (1941) Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her fath

Ill Take Sweden (1965) Single father Bob Holcomb, dissatisfied with his daughter JoJo's choice of partner, seizes an unexpected opportunity to bring her on a trip to Sweden in order for her to forget all thoughts on marriage. Confronted with liberal Swedish morals, he finds out that marriage might n

Call Me Bwana (1963) A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off course and lands in Africa where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Washington orders the great African Authority Matthew Merriwether (Bob Hope), an utter fraud and authority only on feminine pulchritude, to go find

Casanovas Big Night (1954) Italy, 1757. Lowly tailor Pippo Popolino disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what he's getting into: locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must jour

Paris Holiday (1958) American comedian Bob Hunter, on a luxury liner to France with French counterpart Fernandel, takes an interest in blonde diplomat Ann McCall while pursued by an even shapelier blonde, the mysterious Zara, who seems to be after something in Bob's possession. But he's only going t

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) The Divine Didi, a European actress known more for her bubble bath scenes than for her acting, decides she has had enough with bubble baths and wants to be taken seriously as an actress. So much so that she runs away during the middle of a scene while filming in

Where Theres Life (1947) The American son of an Eastern European monarch wounded in an assassination attempt becomes a target for a terrorist organization.

Critics Choice (1963) Parker Ballantine is the most respected and forthright of the New York theater critics. Most of his closest friends are part of the Broadway community, such as his ex-wife actress Ivy London and producer S.P. Champlain. These friendships are not affected by bad reviews from Par

Bachelor in Paradise (1961) A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes, he needs to write another book fast, to pay them. His publisher de

Fancy Pants (1950) An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The complications increase when the town believes Arthur to be an Earl, and President Roosevelt d

My Favorite Brunette (1947) Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in

The Road to Hong Kong (1962) Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as con men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, they are thrust into internationa

Eight on the Lam (1967) Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot. His luck quickly changes when it's discovered that his bank discovers a substantial money shortage in their books. Now Hope and his large family are forced to take it on the lam. His children's

Road to Zanzibar (1941) Chuck and his pal Fearless flee a South African carnival when their sideshow causes a fire. After several similar escapades, they've finally saved enough to return to the USA, when Chuck spends it all on a "lost" diamond mine. But that's only the beginning; before l

The Facts of Life (1960) Larry and Kitty are two middle-class suburbanites who find themselves growing bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other grating in manner, they find themselves falling in love when thrown together without their spouses on a vacatio

Road to Morocco (1942) Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean, are cast away on a desert shore and hop a convenient camel to an Arabian Nights city where Turkey soon finds himself sold as a slave...to luscious Princess Shalmar of Karameesh. Naturally, Jeff wou

Road to Bali (1952) Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a ches

The Princess and the Pirate (1944) Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, her ship is attacked by pirates who know her identity and plan to kidnap her and hold her for a king's ransom. Littl

Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus attorney, has gathered Cyrus 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans mansion for Cyrus

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) Beaucaire is a barber for the Royal French court who becomes a real "royal pain" for the king. As a result he is sent to the guillotine - however he is saved by the Duc de Chandre, who rescues and transports him to the Spanish court. While there Beaucaire poses as a noblesm

Off Limits (1952) Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however,...

Road to Utopia (1945) At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been stolen by McGurk and Sperry, a couple of thugs. They disguise themselves as McGurk and Sper

Alias Jesse James (1959) Inept insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a $100,000 policy. When his boss learns the man was Jesse James he sends Milford after him with money to buy back the policy. After a masked Jesse robs Milford of the money, Milford's boss heads out with more money. Jes

Road to Singapore (1940) Bing Crosby and Bob Hope star in the first of the 'Road to' movies as two playboys trying to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour.

A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.

Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.

Calamity Jane is despatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence school dentist as part of her cover.

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran's girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. Fortunately it's Christmas, a time ...

Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.