Casanova's Big Night (1954) | |
| Director(s) | Norman Z. McLeod |
| Producer(s) | Paul Jones |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical |
| Top Topics | Slapstick |
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Casanova's Big Night (1954) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Paul Jones.
SYNOPSIS
Bob Hope in tights as a lowly tailor impersonating the renowned Latin lover, Casanova, while wooing the royal girl of his dreams whose virtue he's meant to be testing. Plush production, but Fontaine looks baffled by the buffoonery.
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Classic Films in Focus: CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT (1954)
By Jennifer Garlen on Aug 28, 2012 From Virtual ViragoYou'd think a star-studded costume comedy like Casanova's Big Night (1954) would have everything it needed to be a huge success, but it never quite comes together. Perhaps it's Bob Hope's awkward brand of humor that doesn't quite suit the material, or the embarrassment of seeing heavyweight characte... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT (1954)
By Jennifer Garlen on Aug 28, 2012 From Virtual ViragoYou'd think a star-studded costume comedy like Casanova's Big Night (1954) would have everything it needed to be a huge success, but it never quite comes together. Perhaps it's Bob Hope's awkward brand of humor that doesn't quite suit the material, or the embarrassment of seeing heavyweight characte... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT (1954)
By Jennifer Garlen on Aug 28, 2012 From Virtual ViragoYou'd think a star-studded costume comedy like Casanova's Big Night (1954) would have everything it needed to be a huge success, but it never quite comes together. Perhaps it's Bob Hope's awkward brand of humor that doesn't quite suit the material, or the embarrassment of seeing heavyweight characte... Read full article
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Pippo Popolino: Oh, no. I couldn't do that. I haven't got anything on underneath it.
Pippo Popolino: This is Lucio, my food taster.
Foressi: Your food taster?
Pippo Popolino: Yes, and you can't get a good food taster these days. The slightest hint of poison and they quit!
Francesca Bruni: [After laughter] Lucio is my cousin's ninth food taster!
Pippo Popolino: Tenth - counting Mother!
Pippo Popolino: [To Maggioni] Oh, please spare my miserable life! I'll work off the debt! I'll make more wine for you. I've got big feet! What grapes I can't trample on, I'll sit on!
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