Fancy Pants

…and Sorrowful Jones (1949) and Fancy Pants (1950), both with Bob Hope. All of her comedies were box office successes, but they failed to make the most of her wide-ranging talents.

Marshall opened the decade with Fancy Pants (1950), a reworking of Leo McCarey’s Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), with Hope as an actor who pretends to be an English valet and Lucille Ball as an heiress in New Mexico who hires him. Less successful was Never a Dull Moment (1950),…

Brunette (1947), The Paleface (1948), Fancy Pants (1950), The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), and Son of Paleface (1952). Several films also showcased Hope’s skills as a song-and-dance man and afforded him the opportunity to introduce many songs that became popular standards, including “Two Sleepy People,” “Buttons and Bows,” and “Silver…