Figure 1.--Bob Hope is seen here with the Scout-like Boy Foresters in "The Great Lover". Several American films picture Scouts, but call them something else and do not use the official uniform.
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Figure 1.--Bob Hope is seen here with the Scout-like Boy Foresters in "The Great Lover". Several American films picture Scouts, but call them something else and do not use the official uniform. |
Bob Hope leads a scout type troop called the Boy Foresters in this Paramount film, all in short pants and knee socks. They
wind up supervising him. Worth watching out for, many reviews don't even mention that boys are involved. This is one of many
American movies with Scouts that do not call them Scouts or wear an official Cub Scout uniform. I'm not sure why this is. I
think the Scouts have legal rights to the uniform and can demand a commision for using it in a film and perhaps some editorial
input as to the plot. Perhaps HBC readers know something about this. Bob Hope is close to his very best in "The Great Lover"
as a reluctant scout leader returning by ocean liner to America from Europe with his troop and drawn into shipboard murder,
intrigue, and romance.
Bob Hope is close to his very best in "The Great Lover". The Patrol Leader played by 15-year old Richard Lyon,
Bob Hope leads a scout type troop called the Boy Foresters in this Paramount film. Bob plays a reluctant scout leader returning by ocean liner to America from Europe with his troop and drawn into shipboard murder, intrigue, and romance. The Scouts wind up supervising the Scoutmaster. The boys, particularly the Patrol Leader, take their Scout oath far more seriously than their erstwhile leader, who is continually trying to surreptitiously sneak a smoke or a drink, or even (gasp!) kiss opposite lead Rhonda Fleming, out of sight of his youthful charges.
The boys wear a facimile of a Scout uniform. They all wear short pants and knee socks. They wear their uniforms throughout the voyage.
This is one of many American movies with Scouts that do not call them Scouts or wear an official Cub Scout uniform. I'm not sure why this is. I think the Scouts have legal rights to the uniform and can demand a commision for using it in a film and perhaps some editorial
input as to the plot. Perhaps HBC readers know something about this.
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