Academy Awards, USA 1956
| Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Melville Shavelson Jack Rose |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Melville Shavelson
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Shout Factory)
Bob Hope plays vaudevillian Eddie Foy, a woman-hater who inexplicably falls in love with a pretty Italian ballet dancer. Before he knows it, they are married with seven kids. He spends most of his time on the road performing, not realizing his wife is sick until he unexpectedly comes home and finds her dead. He decides to make the kids a part of his act, and takes him on the road despite their objections. Eventually they learn to love each other. Cloying biography with the usual quota of bad Bob Hope jokes. The one scene in which he dances with James Cagney is a gem, but cannot save the film.
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