Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface Double Feature

Even being a Bob Hope fan, I was still impressed with Sorrowful Jones. The jokes were classic Hope with his perfect timing and delivery, and the acting by all parties involved was excellent. Not cheesy at all. I hadn't heard of this film before and took a chance on it, but now I consider this to be one of Hope's best. The other film in the set is The Paleface. This one is a bit more cheesy than Sorrowful Jones but you still get the same classic Hope delivery. I wasn't impressed with Jane Russel, as she seems to be trying too hard to be "bad." But heck, it's a comedy film and is just supposed to be entertaining, which it is. On the bright side you get the nifty song "Buttons & Bows." This 2-film set is worth your while, as both films are quite good and have extremely funny scenes.

These two feature films are perfect for the whole family. They are terrific comedies that are well-written and well-acted. They make good entertainment.I am amazed at the strong, dominating woman who could out-shoot, out-think and out-maneuver all the men around her, portrayed in a widely released film during the 1940s in Jane Russell's character in "The Paleface". Understandably, the film was a smashing success when it was first released.The film "The Paleface" introduced the famous popular standard tune "Buttons & Bows", which Bob Hope sang to Jane Russell, trying to woo her.Given the prominence of the actors and their outstanding performances, I recommend this double feature for your permanent film collection.

Both of these are good.

Two more great great films from Bob Hope's early days at Paramount!I do not now if it happened in shipping or sent this way, but the casewas very, very badly damaged and I had to replace it, thank goodness theDVD was unharmed and played ok. The reason for my wondering, it was shippedwith another DVD and that one was just fine, that leaves me to believe it wassent out that way. I love the item, but leary of dealing with Shopcents ever again.I rate the item 5 stars, and Shopcents only 1.

was looking for more of early Bob Hope after seeing The Son of Paleface issued by Kino Lorber. This is an excellent companion product even if not quite up to KL's quality standards, it is nonetheless a very good DVD with bitrates in the 8-9 Mkbs range.Am especially grateful to receive Sorrowful Jones which I most likely otherwise would have missed, a hidden gem!

This is a great movie. Very clean and VERY funny. It is a must see. I have shared this movie with many friends and they all liked it. It is nice you get "The Paleface" bonus but I mainly bought this package for "Sorrowful Jones". The movie came in a timely fashion and was pristine. I couldn't be happier with the service.

Bob Hope is always entertaining and his humour is old-hat now but still fun. It is interesting to look back and find the fun is not sohilarious but worthwhile .

I liked both films. I am a Bob Hope fan! Funny and entertaining. Sorrowful Jones is OK. Its a remake of Shirley Temples Miss Marker. It is entertaining and Lucille Ball is fantastic in a more serious role. The Paleface is hilarious! Both films are family friendly. Recommend both the movies. Quality video and no issues with seller.

A couple of fun classic Bob Hope movies with 2 Beautiful Women of Film; Lucille Ball and Jane Russell...(Lucky Bob) LOL... DVD Quality is excellent and the Seller is Trustworthy! Thanks; Ron

Très mal aimé (et méconnu) en France Bob Hope mérite d'être réévalué à sa juste mesure de bon comique populaire. Les copies des deux films sont excellentes

Sorrowful Jones (A most accurate version of "Little Miss Marker")Sorrowful (Bob Hope) is a bookie on Broadway. Gladys O'Neill (Lucille Ball) is an old flame who is seeing gangster Big Steve. Big Steve just burned all the bookies with a horse race. But the next race, Dreamy Joe is going to lose. So Sorrowful is taking all book on the race. Sorrowful takes a marker from a gambler who leaves his daughter, Mary Jane, as the marker.When the father overhears something he shouldn't, he "disappears". Sorrowful is stuck with Mary Jane. They learn that the father was found in the river and that she is now an orphan.The racing commission is investigating the race and Big Steve needs a patsy to run his last Dreamy Joe scam. Sorrowful suggests transferring ownership of Dreamy Joe to the Mary Jane. This starts everything into action.Gladys and Sorrowful start to get attached to Mary Jane. But when the police start to piece together what is happening, Big Steve starts to tie up the loose ends. This lands Mary Jane in the hospital with a concussion asking for Dreamy Joe. Sorrowful arranges to steal Dreamy Joe and take him to Mary Jane. Of course, a horse in a hospital is perfect comic fare for Hope.As for most Damon Runyon stories, this ends happily in marriage.In The Paleface, Jane Russell plays a beautiful Calamity Jane. Jane is facing 10 years in prison or she must help the Feds in stopping guns from getting to the Indians. She is to meet up with a lawyer who will pose as her husband. When she arrives, she finds the lawyer dead and men waiting for her. She escapes into a ladies bath which the first floor is occupied by Painless Pete Potter (Bob Hope), a novice dentist.In a moment of desperation she hooks up with Painless and marries him. But she is really setting him up to be a target of the smugglers. The smugglers know about the Federal agent but don't know who it is. Painless leads the wagon train astray and the train winds up at an abandoned weigh station. The station is attacked by Indians and Jane kills eleven of them but everyone assumes that Painless did it and he becomes a hero.They arrive in the town where the sale is going to be made. The bad guys try to set Painless up but Jane comes to his rescue. Jane and Painless get captured and escape. The ending is totally ridiculous but is still fun.This film won the Oscar for Best Song for Bob Hope's rendition of Buttons and Bows.

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I like Paleface (even though I've seen it before - and it's a bit silly). Sorrowful was worth a watch, but I think that part of the movie was 'missing' - because I'd seen a Trailer for it (which is why I bought the DVD), and the excerpt on the Trailer (in a Court Room) was nowhere on the DVD