In Son Of Paleface (1952), Junior Potter (Bob Hope) downs a fiendish concoction called a Horse’s Neck at the Dirty Shame Saloon — as Jane Russell and Roy Rogers look on.
Not sure what Roy had. Maybe it was the mocktail named in his honor.
Roy Rogers
Ingredients: Ice, 8 ounces cola, 1/2 ounce grenadine, 2 maraschino cherries
Instructions: Fill a 12-ounce highball glass with ice and add the cola and grenadine. Stir gently with a cocktail spoon or straw to combine. Garnish with the maraschino cherries and serve.
It’s not much more than a fancy cherry Coke. But it sure is good.
While we’re on the subject of Son Of Paleface, here’s another photo. And as Ivan over at Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear knows, that H don’t stand for Harvard.
I think I might to give that a try
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My daughter ordered one at an Italian restaurant a couple weeks ago.
It came from the bar, which she thought was pretty cool.
I was peaches…I was cream…I was Captain of the team! Thanks for the laugh-out-loud moment, Toby!
One of THE great westerns of the ’50s. Hope uses Roy much like Abbott and Costello used the monsters in Meets Frankenstein; like that film, Son of Paleface is as much an affectionate homage as it is a parody. Son of Paleface is also one of the few films that I can see time and time again and laugh at the same places. It is, I think, an overlooked masterpiece. (A loaded word, I know, but I stand by that….)
You’re right, Bob. Tossing around the word “masterpiece” is a pretty dangerous thing.
But I can’t think of a better use for it than this picture. It’s an incredible thing.
Bob Hope also includes a corral full of Cowboy Western heroes in “Alias Jesse James”, from Duke to Roy Rogers to Matt Dillon and Ward “Seth Adams” Bond from Wagon Train to my favorite Bing Crosby. Another very funny film.
O.T. SILVER CITY, DENVER & RIO GRANDE and RUN FOR COVER coming on Blu-Ray from Olive Films in May.
A Horse’s Neck is a real cocktail which began as a non-alcoholic one, of ginger ale and bitters, but Bob’s drink lacks the important peel of a whole lemon which gives it its name.