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Bob Hope Tribute Collection - Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface Double Feature |  | Directors: Norman Z. McLeod, Sidney Lanfield
Actors: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jane Russell, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 19011
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 180 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 61022498
ISBN: 0783275854
UPC: 025192249822
EAN: 9780783275857
ASIN: B00006LHB6
Theatrical Release Date: July 4, 1949
Release Date: October 8, 2002
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/15/2003 Run time: 179 minutes Rating: Nr
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 Sorrowful Jones / Paleface 2-film DVD set Review March 23, 2009
Robert T. Lukomski (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Even being a Bob Hope fan, I was still impressed with Sorrowful Jones. The jokes were classic Hope with his perfect timing and delivery, and the acting by all parties involved was excellent. Not cheesy at all. I hadn't heard of this film before and took a chance on it, but now I consider this to be one of Hope's best. The other film in the set is The Paleface. This one is a bit more cheesy than Sorrowful Jones but you still get the same classic Hope delivery. I wasn't impressed with Jane Russel, as she seems to be trying too hard to be "bad." But heck, it's a comedy film and is just supposed to be entertaining, which it is. On the bright side you get the nifty song "Buttons & Bows." This 2-film set is worth your while, as both films are quite good and have extremely funny scenes.
 FOOLED ME March 13, 2009
Ada Rodriguez (usa)
THE WAY THIS IS PRESENTED, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET BOTH PALEFACE MOVIES, BUT I DIDN'T. IT STATES "SORROWFUL JONES/THE PALEFACE DOUBLE FEATURE". I THOUGHT IT WAS 3 MOVIES IN ONE. SO I TOOK IT TOO LITEREALLY. PALEFACE IS ALWAY S A GOOD MOVIE, AND SO IS SON OF PALEFACE. SORROWFUL JONES IS JUST A POOR REMAKE OF LITTLE MISS MARKER. IT WAS ACTUALLY BORING.
Delightful comedies, great for family viewing. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball and Jane Russell at their comedic bests February 17, 2007
Los Angeles Reader (Los Angeles, CA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
These two feature films are perfect for the whole family. They are terrific comedies that are well-written and well-acted. They make good entertainment.
I am amazed at the strong, dominating woman who could out-shoot, out-think and out-maneuver all the men around her, portrayed in a widely released film during the 1940s in Jane Russell's character in "The Paleface". Understandably, the film was a smashing success when it was first released.
The film "The Paleface" introduced the famous popular standard tune "Buttons & Bows", which Bob Hope sang to Jane Russell, trying to woo her.
Given the prominence of the actors and their outstanding performances, I recommend this double feature for your permanent film collection.
 bought it for one and liked it best for the other January 10, 2007
Pitz (chicago, il. USA)
I primarilly bought this for the paleface as I loved son of paleface. But there is one instance where the sequel is better than the origional. However Sorrowful is a splendid picture and is worth the price alone.
Bob & Lucy plus Bob & Jane February 22, 2006
Movie Mania (Southern Calfornia)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Bob Hope Tribute Collection has many of his early films. This disc contains two films, Sorrowful Jones with his first partnering with Lucille Ball and The Paleface with his first partnering with Jane Russell.
Most people will recognize Sorrowful Jones by the more common name of Little Miss Marker. This is one of the most adapted of Damon Runyon's stories. This is one of the more faithful adaptations.
Sorrowful (Bob Hope) is a bookie on Broadway. Gladys O'Neill (Lucille Ball) is an old flame who is seeing gangster Big Steve. Big Steve just burned all the bookies with a horse race. But the next race, Dreamy Joe is going to lose. So Sorrowful is taking all book on the race. Sorrowful takes a marker from a gambler who leaves his daughter, Mary Jane, as the marker.
When the father overhears something he shouldn't, he "disappears". Sorrowful is stuck with Mary Jane. They learn that the father was found in the river and that she is now an orphan.
The racing commission is investigating the race and Big Steve needs a patsy to run his last Dreamy Joe scam. Sorrowful suggests transferring ownership of Dreamy Joe to the Mary Jane. This starts everything into action.
Gladys and Sorrowful start to get attached to Mary Jane. But when the police start to piece together what is happening, Big Steve starts to tie up the loose ends. This lands Mary Jane in the hospital with a concussion asking for Dreamy Joe. Sorrowful arranges to steal Dreamy Joe and take him to Mary Jane. Of course, a horse in a hospital is perfect comic fare for Hope.
As for most Damon Runyon stories, this ends happily in marriage.
The second feature is The Paleface. Jane Russell plays a beautiful Calamity Jane. Jane is facing 10 years in prison or she must help the Feds in stopping guns from getting to the Indians. She is to meet up with a lawyer who will pose as her husband. When she arrives, she finds the lawyer dead and men waiting for her. She escapes into a ladies bath which the first floor is occupied by Painless Pete Potter (Bob Hope), a novice dentist (read bad).
In a moment of desperation she hooks up with Painless and marries him. But she is really setting him up to be a target of the smugglers. The smugglers know about the Federal agent but don't know who it is. Painless leads the wagon train astray and the train winds up at an abandoned weigh station. The station is attacked by Indians and Jane kills eleven of them but everyone assumes that Painless did it. He becomes a hero.
They arrive in the town where the sale is going to be made. The bad guys try to set Painless up but Jane comes to his rescue. Jane and Painless get captured and escape. The ending is totally ridiculous but is still fun. Remember this is a Bob Hope film and reality does not apply!!
By this time Bob Hope had created a hapless personality via his Road films with Bing. This is an extension of that persona. This film won the Oscar for Best Song for Bob Hope's rendition of Buttons and Bows.
You are either a Bob Hope fan or not. If you are these are two of his best and best leading ladies.
DVD EXTRAS: None
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