"Here Come the Girls" is one of a few dozen comedies and light musicals Bob Hope cranked out right and left from the early 1940s to the mid-l960s. With a few exceptions, most were mediocre comedies that fared well at the box office for their light entertainment. Most of his better comedies were in the 1940s. Once Hope began his technique of talking to the camera, his comedies seemed less humorous and entertaining.
This is one of his mediocre films that stands out because of the large cast of well-known actors of the day. Look at the list of top Hollywood supporting players of the day – William Demarest, Fred Clark, Robert Strauss, and Millard Mitchell. And, this film has a couple of lavish stage scenes with costumes and numbers. Hope himself does a couple of good lite dance numbers, and Rosemary Clooney and Tony Martin have some good songs.
Some of the one-liners are of the variety that begin to wear thin after just a few. That was a fault of the latter films of Hopes career. Some types of zingers work well on stage with live audiences, but don't go over as well on celluloid. Still, some of the comedy is quite good – in lines and situations. Here are a couple lines I enjoyed. For more of the comedy dialog see the Quotes section under this IMDb Web page of the movie.
Stanley (Bob Hope), "Failing is the only thing I've ever been a success at."
Daisy (Rosemary Clooney), "Will I see you tomorrow, Stanley?" Stanley, "Oh, don't come to the bottom of the river just for that."
Stanley, "And what happened to my blindfolded violinist?" Harry (Fred Clark), "Uh, they're leading him upstairs now."
Logan (William Demarest), "You can't trap the rat if you remove the cheese. Get Snodgrass back on that stage, and hurry up."
This is one of his mediocre films that stands out because of the large cast of well-known actors of the day. Look at the list of top Hollywood supporting players of the day – William Demarest, Fred Clark, Robert Strauss, and Millard Mitchell. And, this film has a couple of lavish stage scenes with costumes and numbers. Hope himself does a couple of good lite dance numbers, and Rosemary Clooney and Tony Martin have some good songs.
Some of the one-liners are of the variety that begin to wear thin after just a few. That was a fault of the latter films of Hopes career. Some types of zingers work well on stage with live audiences, but don't go over as well on celluloid. Still, some of the comedy is quite good – in lines and situations. Here are a couple lines I enjoyed. For more of the comedy dialog see the Quotes section under this IMDb Web page of the movie.
Stanley (Bob Hope), "Failing is the only thing I've ever been a success at."
Daisy (Rosemary Clooney), "Will I see you tomorrow, Stanley?" Stanley, "Oh, don't come to the bottom of the river just for that."
Stanley, "And what happened to my blindfolded violinist?" Harry (Fred Clark), "Uh, they're leading him upstairs now."
Logan (William Demarest), "You can't trap the rat if you remove the cheese. Get Snodgrass back on that stage, and hurry up."