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Road to ... refers to a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the "Road Pictures" or the "Road Series." The movies were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music.
Dorothy Lamour captured the imagination of moviegoers as a sarong-clad beauty in her first major motion picture, The Jungle Princess (1936), and was typecast in a string of island theme movies that followed during the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography of actor Dorothy Gish, accomplished screen star of the early silent era (as was her sister Lillian Gish), who acted on Broadway during the 1930s and 1940s, and appeared on television during the 1950s and 1960s.
The series made stars out of all three actors, but what many people don’t know is Paramount actually made the first “Road to…” movie just for Lamour. Dorothy Lamour helped turn Bob Hope and Bing Crosby into superstars— which makes it all the more cruel the way they dumped her.
She is best known for her performances in the "Road" films (Road To Bali, Road To Hong Kong, Road To Morocco, Road To Rio, Road To Singapore, Road To Utopia and Road To Zanzibar), which she costarred in with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
18 wrz 2024 · She made her motion picture debut—and her first appearance in a sarong—in The Jungle Princess (1936). The Hurricane (1937) and Her Jungle Love (1938) followed. She then changed pace for the gangster melodrama Johnny Apollo (1940).
Bob and Bing play musicians trying to wrest Dorothy from the hypnotic spell of her sinister aunt. This was the first Road flic in which Bing, Bob and Paramount shared the profits. Dorothy was salaried. ROAD TO BALI (Paramount, director Hal Walker, 91 minutes, COLOR)
