{"id":18549,"date":"2011-07-12T10:57:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T17:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18549"},"modified":"2021-01-26T17:04:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T00:04:57","slug":"paleface-the-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18549","title":{"rendered":"Paleface, The (1948)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a million Indians out here against one coward!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Poster.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nCalamity Jane (Jane Russell) is offered a pardon if she can discover who&#8217;s selling guns to Native Americans, and hoodwinks a cowardly dentist (Bob Hope) into marrying her as part of her disguise.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bob Hope Films<\/li>\n<li>Cowardice<\/li>\n<li>Jane Russell Films<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken Identities<\/li>\n<li>Native Americans<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary refers to this top-grossing Bob Hope comedy (scripted by Frank Tashlin and directed by Norman Z. McLeod) as &#8220;engaging&#8221;, noting that while it has &#8220;an unfortunate lack of visual wit&#8221;, Hope&#8217;s &#8220;non-stop wisecracking is most often on target&#8221;. He calls out a few of the &#8220;top comedy sequences&#8221;, and notes that, for him, the &#8220;picture&#8217;s highlight has Hope singing &#8216;Buttons and Bows&#8217; to Russell&#8221;. While I&#8217;m basically in agreement with Peary&#8217;s positive but not overly enthusiastic review, I&#8217;ll admit I simply didn&#8217;t find it all that funny this time around (I remember enjoying it quite a bit more when I first saw it years ago). Perhaps I&#8217;ve simply watched too many Bob Hope films recently, but I didn&#8217;t find his performance in this one to be particularly memorable or side-splitting. With that said, it&#8217;s always refreshing to see a strong female character like Calamity Jane on-screen (Russell is fine in the role), and I did enjoy the bawdy comedic tension generated by Hope&#8217;s perpetually unconsummated marriage to the bodacious Russell. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Interestingly, this title is included in the notoriously snooty <em>1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em>, though the reviewer is frustratingly elusive as to exactly why it should be considered &#8220;must-see&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hope singing the pleasantly hummable Oscar-winning song &#8220;Buttons and Bows&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Buttons-and-Bows.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Buttons-and-Bows.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Buttons-and-Bows.png 576w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Buttons-and-Bows-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Paleface-Buttons-and-Bows-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look simply for its historical popularity. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040679\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1948\/12\/16\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-the-paleface-without-bing-crosby-and-dot.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=3201\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/86150\/the-paleface\/#articles-reviews?articleId=88935\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-paleface\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a million Indians out here against one coward!&#8221; Synopsis: Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) is offered a pardon if she can discover who&#8217;s selling guns to Native Americans, and hoodwinks a cowardly dentist (Bob Hope) into marrying her as part of her disguise. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bob Hope Films Cowardice Jane Russell Films Mistaken Identities Native Americans Satires and Spoofs Strong Females Westerns Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary refers to this top-grossing Bob Hope comedy (scripted by Frank&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18549\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66193,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18549\/revisions\/66193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}