Hold That Blonde! (1945)

Name: Hold That Blonde!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1945-11-23
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Albert Dekker, Frank Fenton, George Zucco

Hold That Blonde! (1945), directed by George Marshall, starring Eddie Bracken and Veronica Lake.

11/23/1945 BR Comedy 1h 16m

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Watch your wallet! Hold on to your girl! There's a daffy Raffles on the loose!

Synopsis

Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged in helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace.

Daniel L. FappCinematography
George MarshallDirector
LeRoy StoneEditing
Paul JonesProducer

About the film

Hold That Blonde! is a 1945 American comedy crime film directed by George Marshall and starring Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake and Albert Dekker.

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Hold That Blonde! is a 1945 American comedy crime film directed by George Marshall and starring Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake and Albert Dekker.

Plot

Bracken plays a kleptomaniac who unwittingly becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves, including a beautiful woman, Sally, whom he promptly falls in love with, initially unaware of her true occupation.

Cast

Eddie Bracken as Ogden Spencer Trulow III

Veronica Lake as Sally Martin

Albert Dekker as Insp Callahan

Frank Fenton as Mr. Phillips

George Zucco as Dr. Paval Storasky

Donald MacBride as Mr. Kratz

Lewis Russell as Henry Carteret

Norma Varden as Mrs. Carteret

Willie Best as Willie

Jack Norton as the drunk

Lyle Latell as Tony

Production

The film was originally known as Good Intentions.

Officially it is a remake of Paths to Paradise, a 1925 silent comedy starring Raymond Griffith, inasmuch as both are based on the same play, The Heart of a Thief by Paul Armstrong. However, the storyline was almost entirely reworked, to the extent that the two films have almost nothing in common apart from a few sight gags and a party sequence in which a valuable necklace is the target of the thieves.

The movie was originally offered to Bob Hope, then under contract to Paramount. He refused to do it unless he could make one film per year outside Paramount. The studio refused and Hope was put on suspension. The part was given instead to Eddie Bracken. (Hope and Paramount would eventually resolve their differences and sign a new seven-year contract.)

Filming started 20 November 1944. The part was a favorite of Lake's because it represented a change of pace for her ("it's a comedy, rather what Carole Lombard used to do") and she liked working with George Marshall, calling him "splendid... he's lots of fun, acts out the scenes himself," she said.

Reception

Diabolique said "this is the sort of movie that should have been great fun but just isn’t; Bracken flails about, Lake is dull and lacking sexiness, and together they lack the chemistry of, say, Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard."

References

External links

Hold That Blonde! at IMDb

Hold That Blonde! at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Text from Hold That Blonde! on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_That_Blonde!

Trivia

It premiered on November 23, 1945, a Friday.
It runs 1h16 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosParamount Pictures
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Daniel L. Fapp Cinematography
George Marshall Director
LeRoy Stone Editing
Paul Jones Producer
Werner R. Heymann Original music
Earl Baldwin Screenplay
Eddie Moran Screenplay
Walter DeLeon Screenplay

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What is Hold That Blonde! about?

Hold That Blonde!: Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged in helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace.

Who directed Hold That Blonde!?

Hold That Blonde! was directed by George Marshall in 1945.

Who stars in Hold That Blonde!?

The cast of Hold That Blonde! includes Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Albert Dekker, Frank Fenton and George Zucco.

How long is Hold That Blonde!?

Hold That Blonde! runs for 76 minutes, or 1h16.