Twice, Bob Hope's character('Painless' Peter Potter),forgets to hitch the horses to the wagon before cracking the whip, resulting in a 'drag race' for the person holding the reins.
Jane Russell, as Calamity Jane, is busted out of jail by some agents of the governor, to hopefully round up some renegades who are selling rifles and explosives to the hostile Indians. If she succeeds, she will receive a full parson of her 10 year sentence. She's supposed to acquire a male partner, but finds him shot dead in his office. So, she runs into Hope, as a quack dentist, who makes merry with his patients: one of the comedic highlights. They soon marry and join a wagon train(not clear why?).Jane tries to make it look like Hope, not she, is a federal agent. She establishes his reputation as a dead eye gunslinger by secretly killing eleven Indians in a row, attributed to Hope, hiding behind a barrel. Also,secretly killed his opponent in a formal duel. I will stop here in my summary.
Although it can hardly be considered a musical comedy, there are 2 notable songs. Hope sings "Buttons and Bows" while supposedly driving a wagon. It actually won the Academy Award for best original song! Then,
saloon girl Iris Adrian sings "Meetcha 'Round the Corner". The sequel to this film: "Son of Paleface", is much more of a musical farce. It's generally rated as a more interesting film, and includes Roy Rogers and Trigger, as well as Hope and Jane.
It's available at YouTube, in Technicolor.
Jane Russell, as Calamity Jane, is busted out of jail by some agents of the governor, to hopefully round up some renegades who are selling rifles and explosives to the hostile Indians. If she succeeds, she will receive a full parson of her 10 year sentence. She's supposed to acquire a male partner, but finds him shot dead in his office. So, she runs into Hope, as a quack dentist, who makes merry with his patients: one of the comedic highlights. They soon marry and join a wagon train(not clear why?).Jane tries to make it look like Hope, not she, is a federal agent. She establishes his reputation as a dead eye gunslinger by secretly killing eleven Indians in a row, attributed to Hope, hiding behind a barrel. Also,secretly killed his opponent in a formal duel. I will stop here in my summary.
Although it can hardly be considered a musical comedy, there are 2 notable songs. Hope sings "Buttons and Bows" while supposedly driving a wagon. It actually won the Academy Award for best original song! Then,
saloon girl Iris Adrian sings "Meetcha 'Round the Corner". The sequel to this film: "Son of Paleface", is much more of a musical farce. It's generally rated as a more interesting film, and includes Roy Rogers and Trigger, as well as Hope and Jane.
It's available at YouTube, in Technicolor.