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Paramount Pictures
Road to... Collection
Ready For Fun . . Fight . . or a South Seas Romance . . . ! They find them all on the . . .
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
John Chard
Feb 4, 2020 · via TMDB
So it begins. Bob Hope & Bing Crosby team up here for what was the start of a musical comedy franchise that would yield seven movies in total. Six of which would also feature Dorothy Lamour as the leading lady. This first outing finds the boys and Dorothy on the island of Kaigoon, where the lads are escaping from scandal and romantic entanglements and she tied to an abusive partner played by Anthony Quinn. With no money and trouble coming thick and fast, the three of them will do well to survive the week together, especially since love is once again in the air. It's probably (in a good way) the simplicity of the plotting's that made it such a popular franchise. For the "Road" movies are in truth simple frameworks on which to hang the charming comedy contrasts of Hope & Crosby. Though Crosby is not the straight man as such, he's the more reserved part of the duo, his mannered delivery of the lines and his casual approach to the scrapes they get in blends delightfully with Hope's more crash bang characterisations. And of course they are aided by Lamour who acts as not just as a catalyst for some play off shenanigans, but also as the rose between two spiky hormonal thorns. Road To Singapore is far from the best of the series and far from being the worst, but it holds up very well and harks back to a time when harmless innuendo, breezy pacing and a willingness to let the actors ad lib situations made for good wholesome comedy. Good songs dot themselves throughout the piece too, with the stand out being "Too Romantic" performed by Crosby & Lamour. A lovely little piece that serves as a foundation for a much loved series. 6.5/10
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Bing Crosby
Josh Mallon
Dorothy Lamour
Mima
Bob Hope
Ace Lannigan
Charles Coburn
Joshua Mallon IV
Judith Barrett
Gloria Wycott
Anthony Quinn
Caesar
Jerry Colonna
Achilles Bombanassa
Elvia Allman
Homely Girl (uncredited)
Johnny Arthur
Timothy Willow (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Man Hit with Soap Suds (uncredited)
Monte Blue
High Priest (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Secretary (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Fred (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Bartender (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
Sailor in Saloon (uncredited)
Gloria Franklin
Ninky Poo (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Bill (uncredited)
Greta Granstedt
Babe (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Chaperone on Yacht (uncredited)
Claire James
Girl at Party (uncredited)
Richard Keene
Cameraman (uncredited)
John Kelly
Sailor (uncredited)
Kitty Kelly
Sailor's Wife (uncredited)
Helen Lynd
Society Girl (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Native Policeman (uncredited)
Miles Mander
Malcolm Drake (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
Man with Ruined Suit (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
Belle Mitchell
Native Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Sailor (uncredited)
Marguerita Padula
Proprietress (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Gordon Wycott (uncredited)
Pedro Regas
Zato (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
Richard Tucker
Officer on Ship (uncredited)
Russell Wade
Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
Morgan Wycott (uncredited)
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Victor Schertzinger
Director
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Harlan Thompson
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Victor Young
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Frank Butler
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