Thanks for the Memory

• Directors: George Archainbaud; Dave Fleischer
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Comedy of Errors
• Themes: Foibles of Marriage, Writer's Life
• Main Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger, Hedda Hopper
• Release Year: 1938
• Country: US
• Run Time: 77 minutes

Plot

The popularity of both Bob Hope and the sentimental tune "Thanks for the Memory" by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin in The Big Broadcast of 1938 led to this plodding little domestic comedy-drama in which Hope plays a stay-at-home author and Shirley Ross his working wife. The situation is, of course, ripe for misunderstandings, and soon each spouse accuses the other of infidelity, with everything neatly solved in the final reel. In addition to the title tune, Hope and Ross also perform Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser's "Two Sleepy People." The film was an unofficial remake of the 1931 production Up Pops the Devil. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Bob Hope - Steve Merrick
• Shirley Ross - Anne Merrick
• Charles Butterworth - Biney
• Otto Kruger - Gil Morrell
• Hedda Hopper - Polly Griscom

Laura Hope Crewes - Mrs. Kent; Emma Dunn - Mrs. Platt; Roscoe Karns - George Kent; Jack Norton - Bert Monroe; William Collier, Sr. - Mr. Platt; Jack Chapin - Messenger; Barney Dean - Kelly; Pat West - Refuse Man; Vernon Dent - Refuse Man; Eddie "Rochester" Anderson - Janitor; Edward Gargan - Flanahan; Johnnie Morris - Newsboy; Patricia Wilder - Luella

Credit

Franz Bachelin - Art Director, Hans Dreier - Art Director, George Archainbaud - Director, Dave Fleischer - Director, Alma Macrorie - Editor, Boris Morros - Musical Direction/Supervision, Karl Struss - Cinematographer, Mel Shauer - Producer, Lynn Starling - Screenwriter, Frances Goodrich - Play Author, Albert Hackett - Play Author