{"id":18860,"date":"2011-07-25T11:40:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2020-12-24T23:59:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T06:59:48","slug":"monsieur-beaucaire-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18860","title":{"rendered":"Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Listen to me, Beaucaire &#8212; your life is in danger!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Poster-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Poster.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the reign of Louis XV (Reginald Owen), a French barber (Bob Hope) who has recently been spurned by his ambitious girlfriend (Joan Caulfield) is forced to impersonate a duke (Patric Knowles), whose upcoming marriage to a Spanish princess (Marjorie Reynolds) will supposedly stop imminent war between the two countries.\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>Cecil Kellaway Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>George Marshall Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken Identities<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monsieur_Beaucaire_%28novel%29\">novel by Booth Tarkington<\/a>, this farcical costume drama is a classic Bob Hope feature, featuring the beloved ski-nosed star bumbling his way through numerous semi-dangerous scenarios &#8212; all while keeping an eye on the girl he hopes to win (in this case, an enjoyably feisty Joan Caulfield), and spouting characteristically snappy come-back lines:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Count D&#8217;Armand:<\/strong> Go on! Help him!<br \/>\n<strong>Monsieur Beaucaire:<\/strong> Who me?<br \/>\n<strong>Count D&#8217;Armand:<\/strong> Yes, you! You&#8217;re a man. You&#8217;ve got blood in your veins.<br \/>\n<strong>Monsieur Beaucaire:<\/strong> I wanna keep it there. It&#8217;s the squirty kind. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How much you&#8217;ll enjoy <em>Monsieur Beaucaire<\/em> depends precisely on how funny you find this kind of exchange. For myself, I find that a little of Hope goes a long way &#8212; and having watched soooo many of his films in recent months, I&#8217;m feeling a little weary at this point. In fact, now that I&#8217;ve finished reviewing all of the Bob Hope titles in Peary&#8217;s book, I think I can safely say that you only need to a see a couple of his films (one of the <em>Road To&#8230;<\/em> flicks with Bing Crosby, and what I consider to be Hope&#8217;s best satirical vehicle &#8212; <em>My Favorite Brunette<\/em>) to get a sense of what his enduring popularity was all about. If you&#8217;re a fan, rest assured that there are plenty of other competent Hope films out there &#8212; like this one &#8212; to enjoy. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plenty of Hope&#8217;s typically light-hearted humor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Hope-Humor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Hope-Humor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Hope-Humor.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Hope-Humor-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monsieur-Beaucaire-Hope-Humor-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though naturally Hope fans will want to check it out. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038747\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1946\/09\/05\/archives\/the-screen-monsieur-beaucaire-based-on-the-tarkington-novel-and.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allrovi.com\/movies\/movie\/monsieur-beaucaire-v33142\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Listen to me, Beaucaire &#8212; your life is in danger!&#8221; Synopsis: During the reign of Louis XV (Reginald Owen), a French barber (Bob Hope) who has recently been spurned by his ambitious girlfriend (Joan Caulfield) is forced to impersonate a duke (Patric Knowles), whose upcoming marriage to a Spanish princess (Marjorie Reynolds) will supposedly stop imminent war between the two countries. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bob Hope Films Cecil Kellaway Films Comedy George Marshall Films Historical Drama Mistaken Identities&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18860\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18860","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=18860"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59356,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18860\/revisions\/59356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}