Hold That Blonde
| Hold That Blonde | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Written by |
Paul Armstrong (original playwright) Walter DeLeon Earl Baldwin Eddie Moran |
| Starring | Eddie Bracken |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Leroy Stone |
Production company | |
Release dates | November 23, 1945 |
Running time | 76 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hold That Blonde is a 1945 film directed by George Marshall. It stars Eddie Bracken and Veronica Lake.[1] Bracken plays a kleptomaniac who unwittingly becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves, including Lake, whom he promptly falls in love with, initially unaware of her true occupation.
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.[2]
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, Heart of a Thief by Paul Armstrong. However, the storyline was almost entirely reworked to fit Bracken's nebbish persona, 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.
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
References
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/work/hold-that-blonde-95405
- ↑ Change of Pace in Roles Beckons Veronica Lake: Star to Pause at Career's Crossroads Roles to Shift for Veronica Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 08 July 1945: C1.