Never Say Die

I recently discovered this movie, the first one I ever saw with Martha Raye, and I can't decide who was funnier, her or Bob Hope, but what chemistry they had together! (I don't know if they did any other films together, but I'm sure going to find out, with fingers crossed.)

This was hilarious, with Bob as John Kidley, a (supposedly) fatally ill millionaire, Martha as Mickey Hawkins, the girl he marries to save her from Prince Smirnov (Alan Mowbray), the man her newly rich, social climbing father (Paul Harvey) is pushing on her, whom she can't stand, and who's only after her family fortune. (When John dies, Mickey will inherit everything and be rich in her own right, as well as independent.) Throw into the mix Henry Munch (Andy Devine), Mickey's hometown (and very unromantic) bus driver boyfriend, as well as John's fiancee, Olympic sharpshooter Juno Marko (Gale Sondergaard, in the first role I've seen her where she isn't talking to ghosts), who's not too pleased about being thrown over, and you get a real laugh riot!

Watch and enjoy!