Hold That Blonde

Hold That Blonde
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by Paul Jones
Written by Walter DeLeon
Earl Baldwin
Eddie Moran
Based on play Heart of a Thief by Paul Armstrong
Starring Eddie Bracken
Music by Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography Daniel L. Fapp
Edited by Leroy Stone
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount
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]

Plot

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.

Cast

Production

The film was originally known as Good Intentions.[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 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.

The movie was originally offered to Bob Hope, then under contract to Paramount. He refused to do it unless he could make one film per year outside Paramount. The studio refused and Hope was put on suspension. The part was given instead to Eddie Bracken. (Hope and Paramount would eventually resolve their differences and sign a new seven year contract.)[3]

Filming started 20 November 1944. 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, calling him "splendid... he's lots of fun, acts out the scenes himself," she said.[4]

References

  1. http://www.allmovie.com/work/hold-that-blonde-95405
  2. "Of Local Origin". New York Times. p. 21.
  3. "NEWS OF THE SCREEN: New Contract Settles Paramount-Hope Dispute-- Swedish Film Among 4 Newcomers This Week". New York Times. 7 May 1945. p. 14.
  4. Schallert, Edwin (8 July 1945). "Change of Pace in Roles Beckons Veronica Lake: Star to Pause at Career's Crossroads Roles to Shift for Veronica". Los Angeles Times. p. C1.
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