Hope and crosby star as two vaudevillians, who after setting a circus on fire, stow away on a liner bound for brazil. Road to rio 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Rio or rio is the portuguese, spanish, italian, swiss and maltese word for river. Michael phelps, the mostdecorated olympian of all time, sent out a tweet on friday reminiscing about the 2016 rio games but the swimmer made no mention of the recent controversy surrounding longtime teammate ryan lochte. Road to rio 1947 approved 1h 40min adventure, comedy, musical 25 december 1947 usa two inept vaudevillians stow away on a brazilianbound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. Mcleod starring bob hope as painless potter and jane russell as calamity jane.
Included in this issue is road to rio, which unlike bali is in black and white. Jan 11, 2017 road to rio 1947 full movie harry miller. Mcleods road to rio was the fifth of seven road trips undertaken by two of paramounts top comic draws bing crosby and bob hope, and its among the best of their wacky adventures. The paleface is a 1948 technicolor comedy western movie directed by norman z. Claudio villa lamore nasce a roma 1958, antonio cifariello, valeria moriconi, rossella como mpeg. Road to rio, bob hope, bing crosby, dorothy lamour, 1947. Scat sweeney, and hot lips barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The fifth and sixth entries in the hopecrosby franchise have now come to hd dvd in this doublefeature disc from bci, which includes 1947 s the road to rio, and its followup, the road to bali, which hit theaters five years later in 1952. The song won the academy award for best original song that year the film had a sequel, son of paleface, in 1952. A double life 1947 ronald colman, edmond obrien, signe hasso. The road to rio the road to bali double feature hd dvd. Talvez road to rio nao seja um filme realmente especial.
Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a brazilianbound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. Feb 09, 2016 bob hope and bing crosby road comedy classic. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Followed in 1952 by road to bali the only road film inexplicably not listed in pearys book and then in 1962 by the series humorously offbeat final entry, the road to hong kong. Post navigation road to rio 1947 posted on may 15, 2018 by 4starfilmfan.
Road to rio is a 1947 american comedy film directed by norman z. Guarda road to rio in 1080 pixel, guardare road to rio in miglior video, vedere road to rio in megavideo. My favorite brunette 1947 digitally remastered version. May 15, 2018 still, everyone knows all that is happening in the world circa 1947 is in rio so there the boys go as stowaways, of course, after getting chased out of town by an angry circus promoter. Road to rio 1947 telecharger le film film musical gratuit. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Ive just finished watching the first four as a four part special edition. Road to rio is a 1947 american semimusical comedy film directed by norman z. On the run from the law again, musicians bob and bing stow away on an ocean liner. It demands nothing of the viewer but to be entertained by the nostakes shenanigans of debonair scat sweeney bing and his squirrelly pal hot lips barton bob.
The first in the sequence of road films, this musical comedy adventure sees scat sweeney bing crosby and hot lips burton. This hd dvd double feature is certainly a very nice way to watch them, with betterthanexpected video and decent audio. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Despite its status as one of the least of the series, however, theres still plenty of enjoyable shtick here for fans to appreciate. Road to bali is a 1952 american comedy film directed by hal walker and starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. As with most of the road films featuring hope and crosby, the plot is a bit on the light side for road to rio.
Questions the relevance and success of the world summit on sustainable development in johannesburg. Mcleod e protagonizado por bob hope, bing crosby e dorothy lamour. Bob hope was under contract to capitol records at this point, so the hopebing crosby duet of the agile city tune, apalachicola, fla, was semirecast on the album by teaming bing with the andrews sisters, already gueststarring in. And many of the ad libs relate to paramount and the actual making of the film. Two unemployed showbiz pals accept treasurediving work in bali. Written by edmund beloin and jack rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on a brazilian bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. The song won the academy award for best original song that year. Road to rio stands apart from the other road films as having the most eclectic mix of film, radio. Yet another great bob hope and big crosby road movie. Lucia is under the spell of her evil aunt gale sondergaard, the life of emile zola, who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty to take over her inheritance. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ships captain.
Road to bali bob hope, bing crosby, and dorothy lamour team up in their sixth road picture, road to bali, which was the only film in the series to be shot in color. Music is by robert emmett and cinematography by ernest laszlo. The road to bali and the road to rio are both fun little pictures, though perhaps not the absolute best of the hopecrosby collaborations. On the decca records boxed album of selections from the johnny burkejimmy van heusen film score, substitutions were made in the way that two songs were presented. For more full movies see two outofwork musicians, travel all over the united states trying to find work and stay. Road to rio 1947 streaming ita film completo in italiano e gratis. Considering that the road to rio was the fifth in the series, that the formula was down pat, that the plot, as usual, was merely an excuse for spontaneous and notsospontaneous bantering by the two stars, that the moneytoeffort ratio was by now very satisfying to nearly all concerned, and that bing crosby and bob hope, both at 44, were. It stars bob hope, bing crosby, dorothy lamour, gale sondergaard and frank faylen. Road to rio 1947 and road to bali 1953 were produced by hope and crosby, and only distributed by paramount. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Road to bali bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, technicolor uncut restoration. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the. While she was a top star at the beginning of the road films, her star status.
Road to rio is een amerikaanse filmkomedie uit 1947 onder regie van norman z. This movie, or any of the classics, couldnt be made these days in hollywood or anywhere else without being filled with foul language, crude and vulgar sophomoric attempts at humor, a lot of cleavage, and a fair amount of lgbt shoved down our throats. I wanted something pleasant to keep me company the other night, and road to rio came through. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. The film s sets were designed by the art directors hans sohnle and otto erdmann. Le film a t produit avec une excellente qualit graphique, meilleur qualite du son et le plus grand meilleurs acteurs. May 22, 2017 a double life 1947 ronald colman, edmond obrien, signe hasso. Watch road to bali 1952 color digitally remastered version. In road to rio, bob hope, bing crosby, and dorothy lamour appear in their fifth road picture with road to rio closing out the 1940s and the dependable series, after which there were only a few minor flareups in the next 15 years road to bali in 1952 and the final road to hong kong in 1962. Road to rio cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. This fifth entry in the enduringly popular road to film series is also its longest, and shows signs of the comedic formula beginning to wear thin. Bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, gale sondergaard, frank faylen, joseph vitale, george meeker. Still, i must admit, at times i didnt believe some of these.
Mcleod, bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour july 15, 2015 scat sweeney, and hot lips barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. Road to rio is directed by norman mcleod and written by edmund beloin and jack rose. My dad has been and forever will be a fountain of pop cultural knowledge. The aunt has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. In the movie, hope sings the song buttons and bows by jay livingston and ray evans. With bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, gale sondergaard. Written by edmund beloin and jack rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on a brazilianbound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. A double life 1947 ronald colman, edmond obrien, signe. Even as the longest of the seven films at 100minutes, the film s plot is pretty paper thin and instead fills the space with great gags and several song and dance numbers. The long night 1947 vincent price henry fonda barbara bel geddes film noir duration. While hope and crosby are still in fine form together, and lamour is as lovely as ever, a number of the running gags including an extended sequence involving hope, crosby, and lamour teaming. Mcleod and starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour.
I learned the little i know from the best, the difference is, he lived through most of it. Im not going to comment on the film itself, you either like the road movies or you dont. Earl barrett holloway music by myself follow me on twitter. Road to rio scat sweeney, and hot lips barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. Just like its predecessors, road to rio is full of hilarious hope and crosby gags and wonderful musical sequences, featuring musical guests the wiere brothers and the andrew sisters. Mcleod, starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. Road to utopia 1946 road to rio 1947 road to bali 1952 the road to hong kong 1962. Written by edmund beloin and jack rose, the film is about two failing musicians who. Road to rio 1947 is an adventure, comedy movie starring bing crosby and bob hope. But i have to say that the sound and picture quality of this version is pretty poor. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing road to rio near you. Road to rio was the first of three road pictures jointly produced by stars bing crosby and bob hope.
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