Bob Hope in Black and White

Today would have been Bob's birthday and so they are showing some classic Bob flicks on TCM. They've already showng the clever "My Favorite Brunette" in which a baby photographer (Bob) gets mixed up with a bunch of film noir baddies. Now they're showing "Ghost Breakers" where Bob playing Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence and Paulette Goddard get mixed up in murder and a haunted castle.

The movies Bob Hope made in the `30's and `40's were tremendously influential and are sadly underrated and largely forgotten today. Hope worked with top notch talent and top notch and very funny scripts. Check em out if you get the chance.