Danny Kaye is one of my all-time favorite actors. Good looking, gentle, and kind, he was often given the role of the bumbling but good-hearted oaf, and he played it to the hilt. He could never get away with playing a villain; one look at his face and you knew he was a gentleman. “The Inspector General” takes place a long time ago in a land far away and stars Kaye as Georgi, the illiterate sidekick of Yakov, seller of potions and other side-show gimmicks. One day the lying and the thievery get to Georgi and he tells the townspeople … Continue reading →