{"id":49221,"date":"2020-07-07T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T04:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49221"},"modified":"2021-01-15T23:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:00:41","slug":"louisiana-purchase-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49221","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Purchase (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t you have a bathing suit? The senator might drool.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-1041x1536.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Louisiana-Purchase-Poster-scaled.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe head (Bob Hope) of a company caught filching government funds hires a beautiful dancer (Vera Zorina) to ensnare a strait-laced senator (Victor Moore) in a sex scandal &#8212; but his plan becomes more complicated when Zorina actually falls for Moore.\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>Blackmail<\/li>\n<li>Bob Hope Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary is clearly a huge fan of Bob Hope, given that he lists no less than 18 of Hope&#8217;s many comedies in <em>GFTFF<\/em> (including all but one of the seven <em>Road To&#8230;<\/em> titles). This adaptation of Irving Berlin&#8217;s Broadway musical &#8212; made shortly after <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48484\"><em>Caught in the Draft<\/em> (1941)<\/a> &#8212; was Hope&#8217;s first film in Technicolor: it remains visually appealing, but sadly only contains a couple of songs, and overall falls short of its potential as a political satire. Moore&#8217;s intentionally milquetoast Senator Oliver P. Loganberry is an annoying foil, while Hope&#8217;s scheming State Representative is hardly someone we want to root for either. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore-1024x736.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore-376x270.png 376w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Moore.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vera_Zorina\">German-Norwegian ballerina Zorina<\/a> has an ethereal and appealing presence, but she&#8217;s not enough to elevate the film to anything other than escapist fare of its day. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor-1024x735.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor-1024x735.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor-376x270.png 376w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louisiana-Purchase-Technicolor.png 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see viewing for Hope fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033851\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1942\/01\/01\/archives\/louisiana-purchase-seen-at-paramount-garbo-in-twofaced-woman-mickey.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4533&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t you have a bathing suit? The senator might drool.&#8221; Synopsis: The head (Bob Hope) of a company caught filching government funds hires a beautiful dancer (Vera Zorina) to ensnare a strait-laced senator (Victor Moore) in a sex scandal &#8212; but his plan becomes more complicated when Zorina actually falls for Moore. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Blackmail Bob Hope Films Musicals Romantic Comedy Review: Peary is clearly a huge fan of Bob Hope, given that he lists no less&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49221\"> 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-49221","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\/49221","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=49221"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63620,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49221\/revisions\/63620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}