The Hendersonville Film Society will show Son of Paleface on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
Son of Paleface
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In Brief: Possibly Bob Hope's crowning achievement, Son of Paleface re-teams Hope with Jane Russell in this sequel to 1948's Western farce The Paleface. Animator Frank Tashlin takes over directorial duties from Norman Z. McLeod, but a distinct continuity of style unites the 1952 story with its predecessor as a result of Tashlin's services as cowriter on both films. Tashlin's frenetic penchant for sight gags suits Hope's broad sensibilities, and the addition of Roy Rogers — with Trigger the Wonder Horse in tow — adds a more satirical substrate to the farcical proceedings. As is typically the case with Hope's films, his constant stream of one-liners dominates the proceedings, but Tashlin's unique sensibility for physical comedy and Rogers' deadpan cowboy schtick elevate this to comedic heights on par with the best of Hope and Crosby's Road pictures. NY Times critic Bosley Crowther lauded Hope's "blissfully bumptious asininity," and French New Wave icon Jean-Luc Godard went so far as to suggest that the descriptor "Chaplinesque" should be changed to "Tashlinesque." While I may not be as effusive in my praise of Tashlin as Mr. Godard, this is undeniably one of his best films and an unquestionable masterpiece in the context of Hope's oeuvre.
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Director: | Frank Tashlin |
| Starring: | Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Wee Willie Davis, Iron Eyes Cody |
| Rated: | NR |
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