Road to Utopia
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Director: Hal Walker
Writer: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Producer: Paul Jones
Road to Utopia is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, Road to Utopia is the fourth film of the "Road to ..." series. Written by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film is about two vaudeville performers at the turn of the twentieth century who go to Alaska to make their fortune.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
- Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour starred, as they did in all but one of the series.
- The film is also the only "Road" film that did not take place in modern times though the film begins and ends with the cast made up to look older to frame the flashback.
- As a “narrator”, humor essayist Robert Benchley provides some wry commentary that is interspersed throughout the movie (Benchley died several months before the film's release).
Previous Showings
8 Runs • 5 Festivals
4,913 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (May 1, 1946)
Original Run: May 1, 1946 (Wednesday - Thursday)
All runs on record (8):
- May 1, 1946 (Wednesday - Thursday)Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
- November 3 - 4, 1990 · 818 ticketsw/ The Jungle Princess
- October 21 - 24, 1995 · 851 ticketsw/ The Jungle Princess
- August 27 - 28, 1998 · 623 ticketsDear Old Hollywoodw/ Movie Crazy
- May 24 - 25, 2001 · 549 ticketsMORE HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS 1940-1950w/ The Harvey Girls
- June 18 - 19, 2003 · 977 ticketsbob-hope-2003w/ Louisiana Purchase
- June 15 - 17, 2011 · 685 ticketsMusicalsw/ Road to Rio
- February 26 - 27, 2026 · 410 ticketsMusicals, plus Bob Hopew/ My Favorite Blonde