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5.0 out of 5 stars
SIMPLY GREAT !, June 25, 2002
This review is from: They Got Me Covered (DVD)
As a French (currently living in Switzerland), I have never had the opportunity to be that familiar with Bob Hope and his humor, therefore I bought this DVD at random...and I simply hit the ceiling ! First of all, on the technical point of view, the transfer is absolutely exceptional (when you'll watch the trailer, you shall see the difference !) , glorious black and white, great sound with lots of dubbing (Argh !) and subtitles.
The story is very light but amusing, typical of those WWII comedies and the lines of Hope...Mama mia ! you can die for them !
It is so hilarious that I already watched it twice in 3 months
So do not hesitate to purchase it , even if the price ... appears to me to be too excessive ...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
They Got Us Laughing, March 22, 2010
This review is from: They Got Me Covered (DVD)
THEY GOT ME COVERED is a great wartime Bob Hope movie. Released by RKO, THEY GOT ME COVERED successfully teams Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope in a Second World War spy romp.
Hope plays a disgraced reporter who is looking for a big story to make amends for his failure to take notice of the German invasion of Russia. Escorted out of the company's New York bureau, he enlists Lamour in the Washington D.C. office to assist him investigate a tip about Axis sabotage plans. Hope is drawn further into the investigation than he plans and continuously calls on Lamour and her friends to bail him out. Hope ultimately succeeds in foiling the spies and regains his reputation.
Until I recently ordered this movie it had been several decades since I last saw this film on television. Previously this movie was only available as part of a Bob Hope box set. Had it not been for the fact that I already owned several of the movies in the set I would have purchased it. I was happy to stumble on a stand-alone copy of the movie.
I am also a big fan of the Hope and Crosby ROAD pictures. After watching THEY GOT ME COVERED and MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE I quickly realized that the real comic talent in the films of that decade was Bob Hope. It is no wonder that for a while he was one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood.
THEY GOT ME COVERED is a product of its era. Expect the usual stereo-typical villainous German, Italian and Japanese spies. No one back then could have anticipated the longevity of comedy films and political correctness had not yet been coined. Buy the DVD, watch the film and laugh.
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"They Got Me Covered (1943) ... Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour ... David Butler (Director) (1997)", June 8, 2011
MGM presents "THEY GOT ME COVERED" (1943) (95 min/B&W) -- Starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lenore Aubert, Otto Preminger, Eduardo Ciannelli, Marlon Martin & Donald Meek
Directed by David Butler
Robert Kittredge (Bob Hope) is the Moscow correspondent for a major American news service, who is fired when he neglects to file a report about Hitler's invasion of Russia. Hoping to get back in the good graces of his boss Norman Mason (Donald MacBride), Kittredge steals another reporter's story about a Nazi spy ring operating in New York.
An excellent Bob Hope vehicle with Otto Preminger good fun as the head Nazi, Otto Fauscheim. This was Hope first starring role for MGM - he followed up a year later with The Princess and the Pirate (also directed by David Butler).
Bob Hope in his prime and the one-liners provided for him here are classics. The often underrated Miss Lamour shines as a Lois Lane-type reporter. She and Hope have fabulous chemistry together and their comic timing as a team is impeccable. David Butler again proves he was one of Hollywood classic era's most capable and underrated directors. Wisely, they allow the villains to play it straight to give this mostly light film a serious(but not too much so) undertone which makes it seem edgier and thus more effective as a comedy thriller.
Best scene is when Hope and Donald Meek playing an addled old caretaker who believes the Civil War is still going on. The two of them reprise a couple of old burlesque routines in Abbott and Costello style.
Special footnote: -- If you enjoyed this film, check out my review on My Favorite Blonde
My Favorite Blonde [VHS]
BIOS:
1. David Butler (Director)
Date of Birth: 17 December 1894 - San Francisco, California
Date of Death: 14 June 1979 - Arcadia, California
2. Bob Hope (aka: Leslie Townes Hope)
Date of Birth: 29 May 1903 - Eltham, London, England, UK
Date of Death: 27 July 2003 - Toluca Lake, California
3. Dorothy Lamour [aka: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton]
Date of Birth: 10 December 1914 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Date of Death: 22 September 1996 - Los Angeles, California
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 95 min on DVD/VHS ~ MGM ~ (September 23, 1997)
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