SPETTACOLI MODERNI: FILM

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) Director(s): George Marshall Writer(s): Melvin Frank, Norman Panama (based on the novel by Booth Tarkington) Producer(s): Paul Jones Cinematography: Lionel Lindon Editing: Arthur Schmidt Music Composer: Robert Emmett Dolan Music Director: Robert Emmett Dolan Art Direction: Earl Hedrick, Hans Dreier Costume Design: Mary Kay Dodson Special Effects: Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart Choreography: Josephine Earl, Billy Daniels Storia Monsieur Beaucaire, Booth Tarkington's novel about an 18th-century French barber who poses as a swashbuckling aristocrat, was the surprising source for this Grade-A Bob Hope comedy. While in the original novel the tonsorial hero pretended to be someone he wasn't by choice, in this 1946 film Hope is coerced into posturing as a nobleman on the threat of death. It's "out of the frying pan" time here, since Hope will be a target for execution the moment he weds a Spanish princess in place of genuine noble Patric Knowles. Bob's actions will prevent a war between Spain and France, but it's likely he won't be around to celebrate the Peace. Hiding his cowardice by cracking wise at every opportunity, Hope manages to save both the day and himself; he even rescues Joseph Schildkraut, the film's nominal villain, from the guillotine. The female contingent is represented by Joan Caulfield as Bob's covetous girl friend, Marjorie Reynolds as a princess, and Hillary Brooke as a haughty schemer (who is given her just desserts in an early slapstick set-piece). Woody Allen has long expressed his affection for Monsieur Beaucaire, an affection made doubly obvious in "homage" fashion by Allen's 1975 costume comedy Love and Death. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hillary Brooke (1915-1999) Biografia Died May 25, 1999 of an undisclosed cause, age 84. Blonde actress who starred in several B-movies during the 1940s, then turned to television for a long list of dramatic and comedic guest appearances. She's best remembered as Lou Costello's girlfriend on The Abbott and Costello Show. REGULAR TV ROLES As herself on The Abbott and Costello Show (1952-1953) As Roberta Townsend [recurring] on My Little Margie (1952-1954)

Filmografia (by MSN Entertainment) Historic Reruns, Vol. 9: Abbott and Costello (1995) Vintage Commercials, Vol. 3 (1958) Spoilers of the Forest) (1957)  - Phyllis Warren The Man Who Knew Too Much) (1956)  - Jan Peterson Bengazi) (1955)  - Nora Heat Wave (1954)  - Carol Forrest Dragon's Gold (1954)  - Vivian Crosby The Maze (1953)  - Peggy Lord Invaders from Mars (1953)  - Mary MacLean The Lady Wants Mink (1953)  - Mrs. Cantrell Mexican Manhunt (1953)  - Eve Carter Confidence Girl (1952)  - Mary Webb Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)  - Capt. Bonney Never Wave at a Wac (1952)  - Phyllis Turnbull Insurance Investigator (1951)  - Addie Wilson The Lost Continent (1951)  - Maria Stevens Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)  - Square Deal Sal Beauty on Parade (1950)  - Gloria Barton Bodyhold (1950)  - Flo Woodbury Unmasked (1950)  - Doris King The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)  - Mrs. Pettigrew Vendetta (1950)  - Lydia Nevil Lucky Losers (1950)  - Countess Alimony (1949)  - Linda Waring Africa Screams (1949)  - Diana Emerson Big Town Scandal (1948)  - Lorelei Kilbourne Let's Live Again (1948) The Fuller Brush Man (1948)  - Mildred Trist Underworld Scandal (1947) Guilty Assignment (1947) Big Town After Dark (1947)  - Lorelei Kilbourne I Cover Big Town (1947)  - Lorelei Kilbourne Big Town (1947)  - Lorelei Kilbourne Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)  - Lynn Stafford The Strange Woman (1946)  - Meg Saladine Road to Utopia (1946)  - Kate Up Goes Maisie (1946)  - Barbara Nuboult The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946) Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)  - Mme Pompadour Strange Impersonation (1946)  - Arline Cole Strange Journey (1946) The Enchanted Cottage (1945)  - Beatrice Alexander The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)  - Kathleen Carson The Woman in Green (1945)  - Lydia Marlow And the Angels Sing (1944)  - Polish bride Jane Eyre (1944)  - Blanche Ingram Ministry of Fear (1944)  - The Second Mrs. Bellaire Practically Yours (1944) Standing Room Only (1944)  - Alice Todd The Lady in the Dark (1944)  - Miss Barr The Crystal Ball (1943)  - Jo's Friend Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)  - Sally Musgrave Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)  - Sally Musgrave Sleepytime Gal (1942)  - Railroad Station Blonde Ship Ahoy (1942) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)  - Jill Grandis To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)  - Mrs. Brown Happy Go Lucky (1942)  - Young Society Girl Counter-Espionage (1942)  - Pamela Wake Island (1942) Maisie Was a Lady (1941)  - Guest The Lone Rider Rides on (1941) Unfinished Business (1941) The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941) Married Bachelor (1941)  - Hillary Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)  - Mrs. Arnold The Philadelphia Story (1940)  - Mainliner New Moon (1940)  - Guest Florian (1940) Two Girls on Broadway (1940) Eternally Yours (1939)  - Girl at Shower, Blonde on Stage

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