Road to Morocco (1942) B+ SDG Original source: National Catholic Register The third of the well-known Road movies starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour is perhaps the best. Lighthearted and nonsensical, sophisticated but not overplotted, Road to Morocco. An example of two good friends using Hollywood as their personal playground manifests in the team of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Road to Zanzibar (1941) Road to Morocco (1942) Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) My Favorite Blonde (1942) They Got Me (1943). Read articles and publications about Road to Morocco, 1942, directed by David Butler, with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour. Road to Morocco (1942) SYNOPSIS Jeff Peters and Turkey Jackson, a pair of con artists, are marooned in the Arabian desert. Beautiful Dorothy Lamour sings 'CONSTANTLY' to Bob Hope in 1942's ROAD TO MOROCCO, as an envious Bing Crosby looks on! Download 1942 - Road to Morocco - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby torrent for free. 1942 - Road to Morocco - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby 1942 - Road to Morocco - Bob Hope, Bing. Road to Morocco Bob Hope Bing Crosby 1942 www ilovetorrents com from Torrentreactor Movies database. Hash: fbbe15319ff192281fcf44a4b22dfbbfd24c7331. File Size Road To Morocco (1942).part29.rar 14.31 Mb Road To Morocco (1942).part01.rar 14.31 Mb. The third and best of the Road series sees Bob Hope and Bing Crosby wooing desert princess Dorothy Lamour away from the clutches of Sheik Kassim, played by Anthony Quinn who returns from the first film. Three is most definitely the charm for this series as the. Trailer for the third 'Road' comedy, ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942), starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Subscribe to Captain Bijou! More vintage videos, trailers and commercials are added almost daily! To buy classic films, westerns, serials, commercials and vintage television shows on DVD -- plus original movie. Road to Morocco (1. First, you sell me for two hundred bucks. Then I'm gonna marry the Princess; then you cut in on me. Then we're carried off by a desert sheik. Now, we're gonna have our heads chopped off. Jeff Peters (Bing Crosby): I know all that. Turkey Jackson: Yeah, but the people who came in the middle of the picture don't. Jeff Peters: You mean they missed my song? Two feckless stowaways wash up in Morocco, attract the eye of a princess and run afoul of a local sheik. But that’s really just a framework for an entertaining m. In fairness it should be considered a comedy trio. Dorothy Lamour, who co- starred with Crosby and Hope in most of their “Road” Pictures, is credited with beginning the tradition of ad- libbing wry jabs at the movie industry when she complained in Road to Singapore “I haven’t had a line in ages” as the cameras rolled. Whether the ad- libs were genuine or, as some have claimed, inserted in advance by comedy writers who’d been passed copies of the script, they make for a lively and irreverent 8. Road to Morocco (1. Articles. Road to Morocco (1. SYNOPSISJeff Peters and Turkey Jackson, a pair of con artists, are marooned in the Arabian desert after a shipwreck. Short of cash, Jeff sells Turkey into slavery, but when a bout of conscience inspires him to rescue his friend, he discovers that Turkey is now the romantic consort of the beautiful princess Shalmar. Their rivalry over her doesn't last long for evil sheik Mullay Kasim decides he wants her for himself. Despite a court astrologer's dire prediction for their future, the duo decide to risk it all and rescue the princess. Director: David Butler. Producer: Paul Jones. Screenplay: Frank Butler, Don Hartman. Cinematography: William C. Mellor. Editing: Irene Morra. Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher. Music: Victor Young. Cast: Bing Crosby (Jeff Peters), Bob Hope (Turkey Jackson), Dorothy Lamour (Princess Shalmar), Anthony Quinn (Mullay Kasim) Dona Drake (Mihirmah), Mikhail Rasumny (Ahmed Fey), Vladimir Sokoloff (Hyder Khan), Monte Blue (Aide to Mullay Kasim), Yvonne De Carlo (Handmaiden), Dan Seymour (Arabian Buyer), Richard Loo (Chinese Announcer), Nestor Paiva (Arab Sausage Vendor), Kent Rogers (Camel). BW- 8. 3m. Closed Captioning. Why THE ROAD TO MOROCCO is Essential. The third of the Road pictures starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, Road to Morocco is widely considered the best entry in the most popular comedy series in Hollywood history. With non- stop wise- cracks, a nonsensical adventure plot and a wisecracking camel, it's also one of the funniest movies ever made. After two films reshaped from screenplays written for other actors, this was the first totally original Road picture, written specifically to showcase the three stars. Hope and Crosby were the top comedy team of the '4. From 1. 94. 1 through 1. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ranked ahead of at least one of them at the box office, but by 1. Hope and Crosby had pushed that team to number nine, after which Abbott and Costello fell out of the top ten. In addition to spoofing such popular genres as the jungle adventure or, in this case, a costume drama in the Arabian Nights vein, the . As such they stand as some of the most comical send- ups of the studio industry and its mass- produced entertainments. Their only rivals in that area were the studio's cartoons, which regularly spoofed popular films and celebrities. As with the best parodies, one important element of their lasting popularity is the fact that the best of the Road Pictures are funny even without detailed knowledge of the genres or the industry they spoofed. The Road films were among the most prominent examples of the career synergy in which both Hope and Crosby pioneered, using film appearances, radio shows and (in Crosby's case) recordings to cross- promote each other. This franchise drew on the comic feud they had created on their respective radio shows, with each guesting on the other's show to swap insults (and build the listening audience). Similarly, the films are filled with bickering and insults, often based on the actors' distinguishing physical characteristics (e. Crosby's ears, Hope's nose) and talents. Frank Miller. back to top. Road to Morocco (1. Road to Morocco's biggest song hit was Bing Crosby's solo . In addition to Crosby, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded it in the '4. Later significant recordings featured Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald and John Pizzarelli. The song also turns up on the soundtrack of Star Trek: First Contact (1. In 1. 94. 3, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby starred in a radio version of Road to Morocco on Lux Radio Theatre with big band singer Ginny Simms in Dorothy Lamour's role. Road to Morocco was one of the three films Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) was supposed to be seeing with suitor Norval Jones on the night she hit her head and married a G. I. Since Dorothy Lamour was retired by the time the last film was made, she was given only a cameo role as herself. Bing Crosby wanted to cast Brigitte Bardot in the female lead, but eventually the role went to Joan Collins. The Road Pictures' parodies of popular film genres inspired the films of Mel Brooks and the early works of Woody Allen. In addition, the films' self- referential comedy is a common element in many of Allen's films. A poster for Road to Morocco can be seen in the background of one panel on page one of Alan Moore's cult favorite comic book mini- series V for Vendetta, which debuted in 1. Before Crosby's 1. Road Picture, Road to the Fountain of Youth. After Crosby's sudden passing, Hope considered making the film with Red Skelton or George Burns in his place, but nothing came of it. In Mel Brooks' 1. History of the World, Part I, Brooks and Gregory Hines sing . She often referred to herself as . Although attractive and athletic, Quinn at the time was confined to mostly villainous roles, possibly because of his all- purpose ethnic look. During the filming of Road to Morocco, Hope announced, . When Crosby saw Hope decked out in Arabian finery for his scene as Dorothy Lamour's consort, he said, . Arabian camels have only one hump. One of Dorothy Lamour's handmaidens is Yvonne De Carlo, in one of her first film appearances. Once she reached stardom, De Carlo would star in her fair share of desert adventures like those satirized in Road to Morocco. Cowboy star Kermit Maynard, who was between studio contracts when he made Road to Morocco, led the stunt riders in the chase scene set in the Casbah. Road to Morocco was in the box office top 2. Its success, after a November 1. Bob Hope to the number two spot on Quigley Publications' poll to name the top box office stars of 1. Bing Crosby place fourth. Frank Miller FUN QUOTES FROM ROAD TO MOROCCO (1. We've already hocked your pivot tooth. Wait a minute, get that guy and give him those fish back! What's the matter with you. It's just the way I comb my hair! That's Tuesday night, about nine. First, you sell me for two hundred bucks. Then I'm gonna marry the Princess; then you cut in on me. Then we're carried off by a desert sheik. Now, we're gonna have our heads chopped off. I'll stay here and drizzle. I'm glad you're a camel, too, Mabel.! We'll be picked up in a few minutes. I might have won the Academy Award! Quirk My Side of the Road by Dorothy Lamour. Road to Morocco (1. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope first met on a street in New York in 1. MGM's The Mask of Fu Manchu (1. Seven years later, Crosby invited Hope to join him entertaining the crowds at the Del Mar racetrack near San Diego. They performed a few classic vaudeville routines to the delight of the celebrity- packed house, which included Paramount production head William Le. Baron. With both stars signed to the studio, he decided to look for the right vehicle in which to team them on- screen. Finally he settled on Beach of Dreams, a screenplay originally written for George Burns and Gracie Allen, then re- tooled as Road to Mandalay for Fred Mac. Murray and Jack Oakie. When the latter stars turned it down, it sat on the shelf for years. In re- shaping it for Hope and Crosby it became Road to Singapore (1. With the natural choice of Dorothy Lamour, known for exotic roles since becoming a star in The Jungle Princess (1. Although Road to Singapore is the most serious of the Road Pictures, the stars' clowning made it a huge hit. By the time the duo made Road to Singapore, Hope and Crosby had already begun making frequent guest appearances on each other's radio programs. From the first, their writers had created an imaginary feud between the two, who exchanged comic insults to the audience's delight. Hope poked fun at Crosby's singing, his ears, his four sons and his wealth. Crosby responded with insults about Hope's nose and paunch, his bad luck with women and his bad jokes. From the first, Hope and Crosby handed the scripts for the Road Pictures over to their radio writers, who then developed a string of gags for each star. They would throw in those off- the- cuff, improvised lines throughout the filming. Lamour was totally lost on her first day of shooting Road to Singapore and yelled, . At one point, Hope said to Butler, ! If you hear anything that sounds like one of your lines, shout 'Bingo!'. Instead of learning her lines, she just studied the script so she'd know what points had to be covered, then slip them in between the stars' laugh lines whenever she could. She also watched all of the rushes so she could get an idea of what the films were really about. With Road to Singapore, their contrasting character types and comic interplay were set for the rest of the Road pictures. Crosby was the eternal con artist who always gets the girl. Hope was his stooge, an optimistic clown who expects to come out on top and rarely sees how his partner is using him. With Road to Singapore a box- office hit, the studio ordered another film for the team. This time they turned a shelved screenplay, Find Colonel Fawcett, inspired by the explorations of Stanley and Livingstone, into Road to Zanzibar (1. Originally, Paramount wanted to make Road to Moscow as the third Road Picture, but they couldn't get a script together in time. Instead they moved the action to North Africa. Road to Moscow would resurface as the idea for the fourth film in the series, but with anti- Soviet sentiments rising at the end of World War II, the setting was switched to Alaska for Road to Utopia (1. Road to Morocco (1. Road Picture written specifically for Hope, Crosby and Lamour. As with the first two, Butler and Hartman wrote the script (with uncredited assistance from Hope and Crosby's radio writers). The director of the first two Road pictures, Victor Schertzinger, was slated to helm Road to Morocco, but with his sudden death in 1. David Butler took over. He previously had directed Hope and Lamour in Caught in the Draft (1. Frank Miller. SOURCES: The One and Only Bing by Bob Thomasback to top. Road to Morocco (1. The desert scenes for Road to Morocco were shot on location in Yuma, AZ.
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