Subject(s): Bob Hope and Joseph Vitale Format: 8 x 10 Glossy Photograph Origin: Authentic Universal City Studios Inc. photograph provided to television stations and other media outlets for promotional use. Program Title: The Paleface Category: Movies Original Release Date: 1948 Television Air Date: 1985 Condition: Like New Comments: The Paleface was a comedy western film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and 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. The song also won the Academy Award for Best Song that year.