Road to Singapore
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Writer: Frank Butler, Don Hartman
Producer: Frank Butler
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.
Trivia
- According to Hope biographer Raymond Strait, the project which became Road to Singapore was first offered to Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie (under the working title of Road to Mandalay), and after they declined, to George Burns and Gracie Allen (as Beach of Dreams), with a second male lead to be determined.
- Crosby and Hope had recently appeared live together at Del Mar (Crosby's racetrack) beforehand, amazing onlookers with how smoothly they worked together, but their audience didn't realize that they'd briefly performed together on the vaudeville stage years earlier, getting a few routines down pat.
- Filming began in Hollywood on October 2, 1939, and continued until December.
Filming Locations
- The jungle scenes were filmed at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
Previous Showings
4 Runs • 2 Festivals
792 tickets sold
Original Billings: 2 runs (November 8, 1931 - March 31, 1940)
Original Run: November 8, 1931 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (4):
- November 8, 1931 (Sunday - Tuesday)William Powell, Doris Kenyan
- March 31, 1940 (Sunday - Wednesday)Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
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