Two Guys from Texas

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Two Guys from Texas

It's not that this movie has no talent. Morgan and Carson were both good actors, fine comedians. But this movie is copied so closely on the Paramount Road pictures, and Carson keeps imitating Bob Hope so often, that it's impossible not to compare this to those, and regret the difference. Dennis Morgan is very likable, and he sings well. No, he doesn't sing as well as Bing Crosby, but then, no one else did in those days. The problem is the script. It is SO inferior to the Road movie scripts. And the songs are also inferior. But it's the script. It really makes this an inferior movie. And that's a shame.

Steve Carroll (Dennis Morgan) and Danny Foster (Jack Carson) are a couple of song and dance men who get stranded in Texas when they run out of gas. They reconnect with their friend Maggie Reed (Penny Edwards). Danny has a debilitating fear of animals. Steve courts Joan Winston (Dorothy Malone). This apparently is an attempt to copy Crosby and Hope. The guys are no Crosby and Hope. I wasn't going to watch this but I really wanted to see the animated section. The comedy is broad. The animal fear is stupid and not that funny. The songs are not catchy although some are somewhat fun. As for the animated section, Bugs makes a surprise cameo. For that alone, I'm willing to sit through the rest of this movie.

The duo of Morgan and Carson has always been full of fun and laughs, perhaps because the two gentlemen were such good friends in real life. But I did notice that a good deal of the plot structure and character development were cribbed from another Warner Brothers musical, A Cowboy From Brooklyn. This isn't to say that the film isn't a delight, because it is. It's just that in the late 1940's Warner Brothers started the process of cannibalizing its own material. They'd turn ordinary comedies into musicals and very often the star of the show would be none other than Dennis Morgan himself. All I can say about Two Guys From Texas is sit back, relax and prepare to enjoy yourself for the next ninety minutes or so!

Steve (Dennis Morgan) and Danny (Jack Carson) are northern boys who end up in Texas. Their car breaks down and then gets stolen...and they are stranded. Fortunately, a combination ranch/night club (??) is nearby and they get jobs. Soon they start trying to woo the same lady...and this is interrupted by some crooks committing a robbery and everything thinks Steve and Danny did it...so they get locked up in jail. So they did what anyone in Hollywood would do...they break out and prove their innocence! In so many ways, this follow-up film to "Two Guys from Milwaukee" plays like a Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Road Picture. You have the guys vying for the same lady, you have them get into mischief and you have a lot of singing....but none of it quite as good as Hope- Crosby. Worth seeing, but pretty much in the category of 'Time Passer' for me. By the way, get a load of the awful rear projection used in the bucking bronco sequence...yecch!

This movie is an example of Classical Hollywood Style with the romantic plot and elaborate sets. The two main characters are made for these roles. It has catchy music and a great story line. A good weekend afternoon movie.

Rather routine fanfare with Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson stopping off in Texas on their way to California to continue their song and dance routine. The guys meet an old flame at the ranch, but are soon framed for a series of robberies occurring in the town. This is when the picture heads southward. We have the traditional posse and the innocent in jail. Dorothy Malone, in probably one of her first pictures, stars as the owner of the ranch. Carson is very funny; especially, with his phobia towards animals and he seeks help from horse doctor Fred Clark. Morgan is given the opportunity to belt out some catchy tunes and even teams up with Carson in one of them. Was that Dorothy Malone singing? The picture is too obvious.