The Paleface
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The Paleface is a 1948 film.
It is a comedy western starring Bob Hope as "Painless Potter," a dentist of doubtful competence, and Jane Russell as Calamity Jane. In the film Hope sings the song Buttons and Bows, which became his greatest hit by far when it came to record sales.
Some consider the 1952 sequel, Son of Paleface, also starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell, to be a superior film.
In 1967, actor Don Knotts remade the film as The Shakiest Gun in the West.
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"The Paleface" (1922) is also the title of a hilarious Buster Keaton short in which he unwittingly wanders into an Indian tribe while chasing a butterfly. But these Indians have resolved to kill the first white man who enters their home because they are being forced off their land by white oil tycoons. Keaton eventually becomes accepted by the tribe as "Little Cheif Paleface" and tries to stop the oil tycoons from displacing them. The short is full of excellent gags and chase scenes - Keaton at his best.
Download the film: http://www.archive.org/details/ThePaleface
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