Monday, July 5, 2010

Give Me a Sailor (1938)

Directed by Elliott Nugent
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)

Bob Hope finally appears in a movie with a real plot. He's a sailor who thinks he is in love with pretty Betty Grable, but really in love with ugly duckling Martha Raye. They cook up a plot to match her with his brother, who she thinks she is in love with, but the plan backfires and they end up realizing their true feelings. Raye is surprisingly tolerable in this screwball romp, and has good chemistry with her partner Hope.

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