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Road to Singapore
RRP: $14.98Our Price: $2.03 (subject to change)Editorial
Product Description
Bob and Bing are friends who travel to the furthest point they can find on a map-- Singapore, where they discover a lovely dancer, and both fall for her.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 1-APR-2003
Media Type: DVD
Editorial
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Here's the first trip in what would become one of Paramount Pictures' most profitable film series of the '40s. When this comedy was released in 1940, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope had separately achieved stardom, though Crosby was an established power and Hope still a hot comedian new to movies. In fact, Hope is billed third in Road to Singapore, below Der Bingle and Dorothy Lamour. The script establishes what would be a constant in the Road series: a ramshackle plot, a handful of songs, and plenty of irreverent banter between the two boys. Crosby plays Josh Mallon, scion of a wealthy family, who prefers the vagabond life to his stuffy family; his pal Ace Lannigan (Hope) is only too happy to escape. They end up sharing a waterfront shack in Singapore and vying for the affections of a sarong-clad local (Lamour), amidst stabs at conning the natives with a dubious elixir variously known as "Spot-O" (stain remover) and "Scram-O" (cockroach killer). Singapore isn't as loose as some of the wacky subsequent entries in the series, but it already shows Crosby and Hope grooving to each other's perfectly timed burlesque rhythms in scenes that clearly depart from the script. They specialized in muttered asides, show-biz in-jokes, and gratuitous insults--and this one's got a song and dance number with an ocarina. No wonder it became a franchise. --Robert Horton
SILLY IS AS SILLY DOESReview date: 2009-09-17 Rating: 4 out of 10
.....This movie is only interesting to me because I am a Dorothy Lamour fan and this was the first of the Road pictures. Beyond that it is simply silly with a lot of inside jokes, ad libbing and typical Hope/Crosby mugging for the camera.
.....I am not a big Bing Crosby fan and prefer Hope in movies like My Favorite Brunet, The Princess and the Pirate or Paleface. I can stand Hope as long as Crosby is not in the picture.
Reviewssingapore???Review date: 2005-09-09 Rating: 8 out of 10I'm typing this as I'm watching the movie. The songs and dance were really good but the settings were very peculiar. I can't very well tell if they were in some mexican village or Singapore. Mexican cantina or spanish-sounding store owners were far from being realistic in Singapore in the 40s!
However, the movie itself is very entertaining if one can overlook the strange settings!Good First Road PictureReview date: 2005-01-22 Rating: 8 out of 10This is the first of seven road pictures (starring Bing and Bob) and it is a good one. I read where the movie was originally set to star George Burns and Gracie Allen in the two lead roles ... when it was then adapted for Bing and Bob.
Some good acting here. The later road pictures put the zany actics and funny gag lines way up front ... as they should ... for our enjoyment, but The Road to Singapore has more of a credible plot and better acting. Dorothy Lamour is an excellent actress. Her one scene near the end, on the ship deck with Bob, is pretty special.
My rank for this road picture (among the seven) is third or fourth. And it's just fun to see the boys at the beginning of what would become a great series of motion pictures.
Wonderful start for the "Road" pictures.Review date: 2003-07-31 Rating: 10 out of 10"Road to Singapore" is the first of the "Road" pictures starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. They are all wonderful, crazy, silly and just plain fun films as Bing and Bob wreak havoc along everything they encounter. In this first film, plenty of that is done, probably more likely in any other 'Road" picture as they head for Singapore and rescue the fair Mima from a bullwhipper. Some of my favorite sequences are the "patty-cake, patty-cake" scenes in which it becomes a running gag in every "Road" film, especially this. Filled with crazy antics, hilarious crack-ups, exotic dance numbers and s omuch more to enjoy even though the film is quite underrated and a bit quirky.The first stop of many worthwhile destinationsReview date: 2003-04-22 Rating: 8 out of 10I don't know why so many of the past reviewers put this film at the bottom of the list of "The Road to . . ." series. This is the film that started it all! It may lack some of the easy play and banter between Hope and Crosby as seen in the later films, but keep in mind this is the first time (1939-40) that Bing and Bob have been in a film together. As the years progressed, they were given more freedom to do what they liked given their bigger star status and the box-office successes of the earlier pictures. Despite what others may say, "Singapore" is an enjoyable film all the way through. It's embedded with gems like "Captain Custard" and "Sweet Potato Piper". The chemistry between Hope, Crosby, and Lamour is great -- you can tell they must have had a fun time making this movie :)I would definitely not leave this one out of my "Road" collection.
Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Judith Barrett
Dorothy Lamour
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Charles Coburn
Creators:
Barney Dean (Writer)
Don Hartman (Writer)
Frank Butler (Writer)
Harry Hervey (Writer)
Joseph Scherer (Writer)
Ray Golden (Writer)
Sid Kuller (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal StudiosEAN: 9780783255262Binding: DVDISBN: 0783255268Number of items: 1Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Release date: 2002-03-05Universal product code (UPC): 025192123122Number of discs: 1Aspect ratio: 1.33:1Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)Region code: 1Running time: 85 minutesTheatrical release date: 1940-03-22Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Brand: HOPE,BOG/CROSBY,BI
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