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| Contributor | Hope Emerson, Aubrey Wisberg, Arnold Moss, Bob Hope, Audrey Dalton, Hugh Marlowe, Joan Fontaine, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, John Carradine, Norman Z. McLeod, Hal Kanter, Robert Hutton, John Hoyt, Basil Rathbone, Edmund L. Hartmann See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 26 minutes |
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Set in 18th century Italy, CASANOVAS BIG NIGHT tells the story of a tailor, played by Bob Hope, who impersonates the swashbuckling lover Casanova in order to win the affection of an attractive widow.
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Bob "Orson Welles" Hope is at the top of his game in this 1954 Technicolor laugh-fest co-starring Joan Fontaine and Basil Rathbone. Hope plays Pippo Popolino, Casanova's tailor, who finds himself standing in for the great lover after the real Casanova (played by Vincent Price) leaves town to avoid paying his debts. Enlisted by an overzealous mother-in-law to test the true love of her daughter-in-law-to-be, Hope must capture the prized petticoat and help avert a civil war to boot. Years before he wore out his welcome in countless TV specials, Hope is a marvel here, perfecting his neurotic and vain coward persona while enganging in some pretty inspired slapstick. It's easy to forget that in 1954 this was pretty edgy stuff. It's no wonder a young Woody Allen idolized him. --Kristian St. Clair
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 6.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Director : Norman Z. McLeod
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 26 minutes
- Release date : September 6, 2005
- Actors : Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Marlowe
- Dubbed: : English
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Studio : Paramount
- ASIN : B0009W5J6E
- Writers : Aubrey Wisberg, Edmund L. Hartmann, Hal Kanter
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #64,659 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #5,757 in Kids & Family DVDs
- #8,327 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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This is primo, late-period Bob Hope, with an uncredited Vincent Price playing Casanova, Basil Rathbone playing his relunctant valet, Arnold Moss doing his usual Mephistophelian thing as the Doge of Venice amd Audrey Dalton looking just like Linda Darnell in her part as the new object of Pipo-Casanova's affections.
The reception scenes where Pipo challenges a rival for the duchess' affections are sidesplitting, especially when he and Fontaine both have to cross-dress to get in there to begin with. The usual anachronistic Hope oneliners are spewed like apple pits all through the movie and Hope once again proves why Paramount held onto him for something like 25 years! Also why Universal paid Paramount to market some of his movies with a double studio imprint...
The man was a legend!! "Farfle, farfle...pipick!"
interesting that a movie with a "sex" undercurrent succeeds with absolutely nudity...could never be made today....the female support adores the male lead...today the women would psycho-analyze him out the door by the sixth reel.
bob is the proxy Casanova in a crazy plot to pay off the real C's creditors, collects a few *ducats" himself...and ...see the movie, folks!
Venice is the setting, and Casanova's lovers prowess is being put to the test to dishonor a betrothed damsel for a price. But Casanova has fled the coop as debtors hover and those debtors want their money. The bumbling tailors apprentice must play the part of Casanova and retrieve the goods to satisfy the debtors bills!
"FARFIL FARFIL PIPPIC!" A quote that I can never forget.
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In "Big Night" he's impersonating Casanova, here played by an uncredited Vincent Price: actually Price is billed, if you check the titles carefully. Bob lays his life, and jokes on the line, all in the name of Love, in a beautifully staged Venice, Hollywood style.
It nice to see Joan Fontaine letting herself go, instead of her usually tortured heroine persona. Audrey Dalton looks delightful, and Basil Rathbone almost steals the show as Casanova's/ Bob's servant. It's all very colourful and fast-moving, with sharp one-liners. Bob talks to the audience at the end with a "popcorn" survey.
This Korean import is a nice transfer, complete with Paramount logo.














