Thanks for the Memory (1938/II)

Director:

George Archainbaud

Writers:

Frances Goodrich (play)
Albert Hackett (play)

Release Date:

11 November 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Bob Hope is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Hope's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her. |

Plot Keywords:

Domestic | Marriage | Based On Play

Cast

Bob Hope	...	Steve Merrick
Shirley Ross	...	Anne Merrick
Charles Butterworth	...	Biney
Otto Kruger	...	Gil Morrell
Hedda Hopper	...	Polly Griscom
Laura Hope Crews	...	Mrs. Kent
Emma Dunn	...	Mrs. Platt
Roscoe Karns	...	George Kent
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	...	Janitor
Edward Gargan	...	Flanahan
Jack Norton	...	Bert Monroe
Patricia Wilder	...	Luella
William Collier Sr.	...	Mr. Platt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barney Dean	...	Kelly
Pat West	...	Refuse Man

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Paramount Pictures made Thanks for the Memory after the success of the Bob Hope and Shirley Ross duet Thanks for the Memory from the movie The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938). Another hit duet came from this film, recorded by both of them, Two Sleepy People.

Movie Connections:

Version of Up Pops the Devil (1931)

Soundtrack:

Two Sleepy People

The title of the movie where Bob Hope got his signature song.

Bob Hope plays a down of his luck writer who do not want the wife to work. His wife finds a job to make ends meet to pay the bills, so he can write. Company come to visit unexpectedly chaos break loose. I do not think is Bob Hope best movie work, but his comedic style show through in story line. There are better films he did in career that show his talent full of potential plots comedic skill. Hope is funny starring with himself in Casanova's Big Night and The Princess and the Pirate, or with Bing Crosby in the Road Pictures. Just to name a few of his better films. The film was in enjoyable to watch, but the only curiosity thing where he got the song for end of his comedic routine.