Review of Bachelor in Paradise (1961) by Allan C — 02 Jun 2018

Bob Hope plays a ladies man (???) who writes naughty books about the life of a bachelor in various cities around the world, when Bob is commissioned by his publisher to write a book a book about the bachelor life in suburban America.

Bob is plopped into a new tract housing development called Paradise Cove and what ensures is basically if you can imagine "Desperate Housewives" had been developed as a TV comedy vehicle for Bob Hope.

Lana Turner plays Bob's age-appropriate love interest, although every other husband seems to suspect ladies man Bob of bedding their wives, including pretty wife Paula Prentiss. Overall, it's nothing as good as Bob's best comedies, but I always find Hope charming and quite witty in his one-liners.

Worth watching if you're a Bob Hope fan, but probably best avoided if your'e not. Agnes Moorehead, John McGiver, and Reta Shaw also appear in the film and Henry Mancini provides an enjoyably lounge score.