In a Bob Hope picture, the gag's the thing, which explains why "My Favorite Blonde" is going to be one of the season's successes even though its plot is lifted from that hoary thriller of the Thirties, "The 39 Steps." The story of the fellow and girl forced together on a transcontinental escape from spies has been dragged out and hacked over innumerable times, but "My Favorite Blonde" proves that a clever script can make the oldest plot a thing of joy.
This version has Madeleine Carroll thrown together with Bob Hope in a dash across the country, with the usual assortment of stock Nazi heavies after them. Hope wants none of this-he just wants to get to Hollywood with his penguin Percy-but the director manages to keep them together without the old standby of handcuffing them. If the chase motif seems a somewhat contrived means of doing this, it doesn't detract much from the picture because Hope keeps up a steady patter of wisecracks and facial expressions which make the action incidental.
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