Son of Paleface

Son of Paleface


Paramount, 1952, Color, 95 minutes, ***½

Released July, 1952



Four years after his hit comedy The Paleface, Bob Hope returned to the screen as Junior Potter, son of Painless Peter Potter, the hapless hero of the first film. The Harvard-bred Junior heads out west to claim his father's inheritance. Returning for the sequel, but in a different role, is Jane Russell (The Outlaw) as an outlaw named Mike who continually has to save our hapless hero. Also starring in the sequel is the King of the Cowboys himself, Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger, who portray themselves. Hope teams with the pair to help get to the bottom of a gold shipment robbery. Also returning for the sequel is the Oscar-winning song "Buttons and Bows." Co-writer and director Frank Tashlin, a former cartoonist and screenwriter of the first Paleface, also worked with Hope on The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell and wrote and directed several Jerry Lewis films such as Cinderfella and The Geisha Boy.

Produced by: Robert L. Welch

Directed by: Frank Tashlin

Written by: Frank Tashlin, Robert L. Welch, Joseph Quillan

Music Score: Lyn Murray

Songs: "California Rose," "Wing-Ding Tonight," "What a Dirty Shame," "Buttons and Bows" by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; "Am I in Love," "Four Legged Friend" by Jack Brooks; "There's a Cloud in My Valley of Sunshine" by Jack Hope and Lyle Moraine

Choreography: Josephine Earl

Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson

Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer

Costumes: Edith Head

Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore

Sound Recording by: Gene Merritt, Walter Oberst

Director of Photography: Harry J. Wild

Special Photographic Effects: Gordon Jennings and Paul Lerpae

Process Photography: Farciot Edouart

Color by Technicolor

Technicolor Color Consultant: Richard Mueller

Edited by: Eda Warren



Cast: Bob Hope [Junior], Jane Russell [Mike], Roy Rogers [Himself], Bill Williams [Kirk], Lloyd Corrigan [Doc Lovejoy], Paul E. Burns [Ebenezer Hawkins], Douglas Dumbrille [Sheriff McIntyre], Harry von Zell [Stoner], Iron Eyes Cody [Indian Chief], Wee Willie Davis [Blacksmith], Charles Cooley [Charley], Charles Morton [Ned], Don Dunning [Wally], Leo McMahon [Crag], Felice Richmond [Genevieve], Charmienne Harker [Bessie], Jane Easton [Clara], Homer Dickinson, Chester Conklin [Townsmen], Rose Plummer [Townswoman], Lyle Moraine [Bank Clerk Weaverly], Hank Mann [Bartender], Michael A. Cirillo [Micky the Bartender], Isabel Cushin [Isabel], Flo Stanton [Flo], John George [Johnny], Joseph Epper, George Russell, Lewis H. Morphy, Danny Sands, James Van Horn [Posse], Charles Quirk [Zeke], Frank Cordell [Dade], Willard Willingham [Jeb], Warren Earl Fisk [Trav], Anne Dore [She-Devil], Carl Andre [Pedra], Russ Conklin, Gordon Carveth [Indians], Fred Zendar [Ollie], Rudy Lee [Boy], Al Ferguson [Man], Oliver Blake [Telegrapher], Robert St. Angelo [Lem], Howard Joslin [Sam], Art Cameron [Art], Geraldine Farnum [Cigarette Girl], Louise Lane, Joann Arnold, Marie Shaw, Blanche Renze [Dance-Hall Girls], Sue Carlton, Valerie Vernon [Girls in Bedroom Scene], Jonathan Hale [Governor], Jean Willes [Penelope], Jack Pepper [Customer in Restaurant], Robert L. Welch [Guest Spot], Cecil B. DeMille [Guest Spot], Bing Crosby [Guest Spot]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:06] A Four-Legged Friend (sung by Roy Rogers with a little help from Lloyd Corrigan, danced by Trigger); [0:27] What a Dirty Shame (sung and danced by Chorus Girls in background); [0:28] Wing-Ding Tonight (sung and danced by Jane Russell and Chorus Girls); [0:33] Buttons and Bows (with some new lyric, sung by Jane Russell, Roy Rogers and Bob Hope); [0:39] Wing-Ding Tonight (reprised by Bob Hope and Jane Russell); [0:43] Wing-Ding Tonight (sung by Bob Hope); [0:47] California Rose (sung by Roy Rogers serenading Jane Russell); [0:51] There's a Cloud in My Valley of Sunshine (sung by Roy Rogers on Victrola, danced by Bob Hope and Jane Russell); [1:12] A Four-Legged Friend (excerpt sung by Bob Hope); [1:17] Am I in Love? (sung by Bob Hope and Jane Russell - this was a Bing Crosby hit around the same time as this film was made. I think Hope and Russell were lip-syncing to a Bing recording); [1:34] Wing-Ding Tonight (short excerpt sung by Chorus at end of film)