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Another common set-piece in the films is a monologue by Crosby "telling it like it is" to the Dorothy Lamour character, only to fall into traditional Crosby-singing-a-ballad; an example from The Road to Rio (1947) features the Crosby character analyzing the true love-encounters of a (fictional) film scene, followed by his singing "But Beautiful ...
Road to Rio is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. [4] Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose , the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on a Brazilian -bound ocean liner.
Road to Morocco essay by Richard Zoglin at National Film Registry; Road to Morocco at IMDb; Road to Morocco at the TCM Movie Database; Road to Morocco at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films; Road to Morocco essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. A&C Black. 2010.
The Road series films were popular during the 1940s. The sixth film in the series, Road to Bali, was released in 1952. By this time, Lamour's screen career had begun to wane, and she focused on stage and television work. In 1961, Crosby and Hope teamed for The Road to Hong Kong, but actress Joan Collins was cast as the female lead. Lamour made ...
"The Merry-Go-Run-Around" by Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby "The Road To Bali" by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope (recorded commercially, but only used in the opening credits as sung by a chorus). Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Peggy Lee recorded all of the songs for Decca Records [14] and these were issued on a 10" LP.
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The Road to Hollywood is a 1947 American film [1] released by Astor Pictures that is a combination of several of Bing Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects.The title was designed to draft off Paramount Pictures' "Road to..." film series starring Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour; Hope and Lamour do not appear in the film.
Road to Singapore is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope.Based on a story by Harry Hervey, the film is about two playboys trying to avoid romances on the fictional island of Kaigoon, where they meet a beautiful woman.