Road to Singapore
(1940)
84-85 mins | Comedy | 22 March 1940
Cast:
Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope [ More ]Director:
Victor SchertzingerWriters:
Don Hartman, Frank ButlerProducer:
Harlan ThompsonCinematographer:
William C. MellorEditor:
Paul WeatherwaxProduction Designers:
Hans Dreier, Robert OdellProduction Company:
Paramount Pictures, Inc.The working title of this film was Follow the Sun . It was the first in the "Road to" films produced by Paramount starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby. The series was very successful at the box office and was characterized by a tongue-in-cheek, self-parodying style. All seven films in the series featured Hope, Crosby and Lamour, but Lamour was relegated to a minor role and Joan Collins took over the female lead in the last film, The Road to Hong Kong , which was produced in 1962 (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1961-70 ; F6.4134). According to materials contained in the MPAA/PCA files at the AMPAS Library, Columbia protested that the title of this film was too similiar to their film Singapore , and a controversy erupted over the Ohio Censorship Board's demand that the studio make extensive cuts in the native dancing girl ... More Less
The working title of this film was Follow the Sun . It was the first in the "Road to" films produced by Paramount starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby. The series was very successful at the box office and was characterized by a tongue-in-cheek, self-parodying style. All seven films in the series featured Hope, Crosby and Lamour, but Lamour was relegated to a minor role and Joan Collins took over the female lead in the last film, The Road to Hong Kong , which was produced in 1962 (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1961-70 ; F6.4134). According to materials contained in the MPAA/PCA files at the AMPAS Library, Columbia protested that the title of this film was too similiar to their film Singapore , and a controversy erupted over the Ohio Censorship Board's demand that the studio make extensive cuts in the native dancing girl sequence. More Less
Josh Mallon, the scion of a straightlaced shipping magnate, and his free-spirited pal, Ace Lannigan, ridicule the institution of marriage. Josh's wishes are overruled, however, when his father, disgusted with his son's irresponsible antics, commits Josh to an office job and a marriage to socialite Gloria Wycott. The wedding is postponed, though when, on the eve of Josh and Gloria's engagement gala, Ace and Josh skip town after a brawl with Josh's future brother-in-law, Gordon. Although bound for Singapore, the pair land in Kaigoon, poor yet happy, and resolve to remain bachelors forever. Their resolution is short lived when they meet Mima, a dancer in a local dive, a meeting which ends in a fight with Mima's jealous dancing partner, Caesar. That night, Mima leaves Caeser to move in with Josh and Ace, and promptly begins to domesticate the boys, who both fall in love with her, although neither will admit it. Meanwhile, Timothy Willow, the Mallon representative in Kaigoon, wires Mr. Mallon that his missing son is in town, and while Mima falls in love with Josh, his father and fiancé fly down to Kaigoon to retrieve him. Josh resists Gloria's pleas to return until Mima, in an act of self sacrifice, sends him home by accepting Ace's marriage proposal. After Josh departs, Ace and Mima are forced to flee the authorities, and Ace realizes that Mima loves Josh. The lovers are reunited when Josh's ship docks on the way home and, recognizing from a distance one of Ace's get rich schemes, he knows that Mima must be there, too and rushes ashore to be with ... + −
Josh Mallon, the scion of a straightlaced shipping magnate, and his free-spirited pal, Ace Lannigan, ridicule the institution of marriage. Josh's wishes are overruled, however, when his father, disgusted with his son's irresponsible antics, commits Josh to an office job and a marriage to socialite Gloria Wycott. The wedding is postponed, though when, on the eve of Josh and Gloria's engagement gala, Ace and Josh skip town after a brawl with Josh's future brother-in-law, Gordon. Although bound for Singapore, the pair land in Kaigoon, poor yet happy, and resolve to remain bachelors forever. Their resolution is short lived when they meet Mima, a dancer in a local dive, a meeting which ends in a fight with Mima's jealous dancing partner, Caesar. That night, Mima leaves Caeser to move in with Josh and Ace, and promptly begins to domesticate the boys, who both fall in love with her, although neither will admit it. Meanwhile, Timothy Willow, the Mallon representative in Kaigoon, wires Mr. Mallon that his missing son is in town, and while Mima falls in love with Josh, his father and fiancé fly down to Kaigoon to retrieve him. Josh resists Gloria's pleas to return until Mima, in an act of self sacrifice, sends him home by accepting Ace's marriage proposal. After Josh departs, Ace and Mima are forced to flee the authorities, and Ace realizes that Mima loves Josh. The lovers are reunited when Josh's ship docks on the way home and, recognizing from a distance one of Ace's get rich schemes, he knows that Mima must be there, too and rushes ashore to be with her. + −
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