3/5 The Princess and the Pirate
  by Georgette Henrich (Dracut, MA)
A good family movie with funny comedic scenes. Very light hearted and a good story.

4/5 TYPICAL HOPE FARCE
  by C. Chandler (Whitesboro, Texas USA)

Hope is zany, Viginia Mayo is lucious, good fun, a few belly laughs and Crosby wins in the end as usual.

5/5 Sure,there are some flaws in the print,but it's classic Bob Hope!!!
  by Jason Pumphrey (Falls Church, Virginia United States)
Like people have said in their reviews,there is some print quality issues,but this is a classic Bob Hope film,right up there with the classic "Road Too..." films!!! I guess that MGM doesn't want to fully restore this one right now,its still better than cheapie public domain prints,well a little better anyway!!! Remember,to fully restore a film properly is very costly!!! I got this one brand new at retail store for only $3.99+tax,not a bad deal at all,since I've paid more for cheapie no-name DVD's in the past!!! Five stars anyway,an absolute classic pirate movie!!!

4/5 "I'll chop off his liver! Say, that might be pretty good, chopped liver."
  by Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood)
Bob Hope is his charming-best in THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE (1944), a fun Technicolor musical comedy with lots of great sight gags for Hope and company, plus a romantic Virginia Mayo in lush period dress.

Set during the 17th century, Bob Hope is Sylvester "the Great", a none-too-successful entertainer, who must rescue Margaret (Virginia Mayo), a princess traveling incognito, when their ship is hijacked by notorious pirate The Hook (Victor McLaglen) and his men. Sylvester and Margaret escape the ship only to be swept away into another hilarious confrontation, this time with money-hungry Featherhead (Walter Slezak), a nobleman who holds Margaret for ransom.

Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo are an irresistible musical comedy team in THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE, which also features fun roles for Maude Eburne, Walter Brennan, and even Hope's "Road..." companion Bing Crosby! If you're a fan of Ms Mayo, you'll appreciate her lush wardrobe of gowns (designed by Mary Grant); her singing voice for the song "How'd You Like to Kiss Me in the Moonlight?" was effectively-dubbed by Louanne Hogan.

Sadly, the print used for this DVD isn't the best, with certain areas affected by what's commonly referred-to as misregistering or "double imaging". This is a frequent problem encountered in early three-strip Technicolor titles where one of the interpositive colour layers has suffered shrinkage or has warped, resulting in a slight "double image" when the three coloured layers are projected together. It's only noticeable in a few scenes but won't affect your enjoyment of the movie.

An hilarious comedy romp with Bob Hope at his best! Highly-recommended. The DVD includes the trailer. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).

4/5 A good laugh
  by Sharon L. Constantine (WA)
This is a fun Bob Hope movie with wonderful additional acting by Walter Brennan too. A good farce in Bob Hope's classic style. My kids loved it too.