That Certain Feeling (1956) DVD-R

Starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, Pearl Bailey, David Lewis, Jerry
Mathers
Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Print: color
Runtime: 103 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

For reasons unknown, the change-of-pace Bob Hope vehicle That Certain Feeling is out of
favor with many Hope buffs. Bob plays Francis X. Dignan, the overly neurotic "ghost" for
popular comic-strip artist Larry Larkin (George Sanders). When Larkin's syndicate
complains that his work isn't as amusing as it once was, he anxiously tries to hire back
Dignan, who walked out on his boss over a petty disagreement. Dignan needs the money,
but he'd rather do without the aggravation; this won't be easy, since Larkin is on the verge
of marrying Dunreath Henry (Eva Marie Saint), Dignan's ex-wife. Enusing complications
include the pompous Larkin's efforts to adopt a troublesome young boy (played by future
"Beaver" Jerry Mathers) as a publicity stunt, and a wild night of drunken revelry which leads
to the rekindling of Dunreath's affection for Dignan. The story comes to a raucous
conclusion during a chaotic "Person to Person"-style interview show. Pearl Bailey adds
spice to the program as a musical maidservant, while real-life cartoonist Al Capp (no
stranger to "ghosts" himself) appears as himself. That Certain Feeling was based on The
King of Hearts, a play by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke.