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Road To Bali

1952, Movie, NR, 90 mins

Road To Bali: Review

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Hope and Crosby had been making "Road" films for 12 years when they did this, their sixth installment in the series, the only one in color. It was getting tiresome by that time, although they managed some fun out of the slim plot. Hope and Crosby are a pair of vaudevillians working in Sydney, Australia, when they are run out of town by the fathers of some women whom the duo made off-handed promises to. With no other employment, they take jobs as divers for Vye, a South Seas type who sails them to an island where they meet Lamour, in her customary sarong. She's rich, and Vye wants to steal her treasure, but that's circumvented and Crosby winds up with Lamour as well as Jane Russell, in a cameo. The film features several good jokes, some strong physical comedy, and a number of cameo appearances, including an unbilled duet by Bogart and Hepburn as he hauls the "African Queen" through a swamp. Along the way, Hope and Crosby fight cannibals, a giant squid, crazed animals, and predatory women. The loose, easy air of the prior films seems to have been lost in this and the humor feels much more studied, with little of the apparently improvised camaraderie audiences loved before. Martin and Lewis are seen as themselves and Bob Crosby also gets a few seconds on screen. The Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen score included: "Moonflowers" (sung by Lamour), "Chicago Style" (sung by Hope, Crosby), "Hoots Mon" (sung by Hope, Crosby), "To See You" (sung by Crosby), "The Merry-Go-Runaround" (sung by Hope). Stan Kenton and Pete Rugolo added the instrumental "Chorale for Brass, Piano and Bongo." It was 10 more years until the boys reached the end of the "Road" with ROAD TO HONG KONG. leave a comment
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