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Fancy Pants

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Fancy Pants
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G,1hr 32min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1950
Director:
George Marshall
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures
Starring:
Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot  ...more
Synopsis: Fancy Pants is a musicalized remake of the oft-filmed Harry Leon Wilson story Ruggles of Red Gap, tailored to the talents of "Mr. Robert Hope (formerly Bob)". The basic plotline of the original, that of an English butler entering the service of a rowdy nouveau-riche family from the American West, is retained. The major difference is that main character (Bob Hope) plays a third-rate American actor who only pretends to be a British gentleman's gentleman. Social-climbing American heiress Lucille Ball ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Although Fancy Pants is not as good as its source, Ruggles of Red Gap, it's still an entertaining, sometimes silly way to pass an hour and a half. Pants does present a good case study of how Hollywood did (and still does) deal with obstacles. The basic premise of Ruggles offers the potential for some classic Bob Hope gags. But since Ruggles is built around an English butler, and since Hope's well-established ... Full Review
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Bob Hope
Arthur Tyler
Lucille Ball
Agatha Floud
Bruce Cabot
Cart Belknap
Jack Kirkwood
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