In road to morocco, i was pleasantly surprised to see his comedy is onpoint as well. The screenplay was adapted by david self from the graphic novel of the same name written by max allan collins and illustrated by richard piers rayner. Road to morocco, american screwball comedy film, released in 1942, that was the third and most acclaimed of the road movies featuring bob hope, bing crosby, and dorothy lamour. Eight hundred years of diplomatic relations, and bilateral trade in goods and services worth about. A fantastic tale of a caravanning trip of a lifetime around morocco. Road to morocco 1942 stream and watch online moviefone. Get info about the original print of road to morocco, 1942, directed by david butler, with bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour. Released november 11th, 1942, road to morocco stars bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, anthony quinn the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.
The third of the bob hopebing crosbydorothy lamour road to. Morocco to libya which includes the segment targeted by the south ring road construction project. Watch road to morocco starring bing crosby in this comedy on directv. Based on a story by harry hervey, the film is about two playboys trying to forget previous romances in singapore. Road to morocco 1942 movie clip two unidentified stowaways. The formula for road to morocco is similar to what the marx brothers used in their movies. Were off on the road to morocco this taxi is tough on the spine hit me with a bandaid, dad where theyre goin, why were goin, how can we be sure ill lay you eight to five that well meet dorothy lamour yeah, get in line. Lighthearted and nonsensical, sophisticated but not overplotted, road to morocco represents the point at which the roadmovie formula had hit its stride but hadnt yet descended into selfparody. Its like trying to pick a favorite abbott and costello film when there are entirely too many to choose from. Bing dorothy lamour bob hope stock photos and images.
In order to buy food, jeff sells orville into slavery but orville. Road to perdition is a 2002 american crime film directed by sam mendes. As the suez canal in 1942 was being fought over by the british and axis powers, the boat that jack and fearless jeff and orville take in this movie apparently circumnavigated africa to arrive near morocco. Generally regarded as the best of the road pictures, road to morocco is as fresh and funny today as it was back in 1942.
Road to zanzibar 1941 was quickly followed by road to morocco in 1942. Morocco is essentially an off road playground for europeans and it is often used as a testing ground before embarking on longer trips or as a gateway to africa. They all have made me laugh with a high return on entertainment investment for an 82minute picture. The picture on all seven blurays is sharper than the old dvds, but a dramatic improvement only in the case of road to bali 6, the only color film in the series. Bing and bob find themselves morocco bound like websters dictionary, caught in an elaborately fakedup world of harems, palm trees, and other arabian nights bricabrac. An oscar nominee for best original screenplay, road to morocco is highlighted by bings rendition of one of his bestloved songs, the unforgettable moonlight becomes you. The film, which was written by frank butler and don hartman and directed by david butler for paramount pictures, is the third of the road to films. Although as in most of the road pictures, bob hope and bing crosby give the impression of adlibbing their way through the film, most of their offthe cuff quips were either in the script or written by the writers of the stars radio shows. This must be the place where they empty all the old hourglasses. The road films became a new musicalcomedy genre to which many imitators. Explosion at sea and a brief newscast montage surveying 1942 global politics, the introduction of jeff bing crosby and turkey bob hope, opening the third road movie, road to morocco. About the movie road to morocco and the origins of the song. The national road safety agency narsa in morocco launched the. Road to morocco lyrics international lyrics playground.
Bob hope shines in a part totally suited to his comic skills with oneliners and double takes that keep the high spirits flowing. Road to morocco is a 1942 film about two carefree castaways on a desert shore who find an arabian nights city, where they compete for the luscious princess shalmar. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Ive never taken a trip with bing and bob, though the influences of their seven collaborations together in the series had longstanding ramifications for the rest of hollywood. Rabat moroccos minister of transport, abdelkader amara, has affirmed that the construction works on the tiznitdakhla highway, in southern morocco, are running smoothly. The new team got as their first assignment the crosbyhope film road to zanzibar 1941.
All seven films are excellent, but the first four are funniest, especially road to morocco 3 and road to utopia 4. Bing crosby and bob hope are off on the road to morocco in this clip from, well, road to morocco 1942. After surviving a shipwreck, jeff and orville become guests of princess shalmar, who provides a romantic focal point for their wisecracks and. Crosby recorded a solo version of the song, with different lyrics, on june 10, 1942 with vic schoen and his orchestra. Funny movie quotes from road to morocco 1942 starring bob hope, bing crosby, dorothy lamour seeing the desert for the first time turkey jackson bob hope.
Road to morocco, number three in the series of breezy comedies teaming bing crosby and bob hope, may be the funniest of the bunch. The desert of morocco is actually the imperial sand dunes in buttercup valley, south of i8, just to the west of yuma, way down in southern california toward the arizona border. Watch road to morocco online stream full movie directv. Road to morocco bluray release date march 26, 2019. Road to morocco 1942 starving vagabond jeff bing crosby sells best friend orville bob hope into slavery in a moroccan marketplace to buy food. Road to morocco aka were off on the road to morocco title song from the film road to morocco 1942 lyrics. One of the biggest goofs in road to morocco is the presence of twohumped bactrian camels in the arabian desert. There is nothing like a bob hope and bing crosby movie and the picture is so clear. Filming on utopia began in 1943 and completed in early 1944, but the film was not. Funny movie quotes from road to morocco best clean funny. Road to zanzibar 1941 road to morocco 1942 road to utopia 1946 road to rio 1947 road to bali 1952 the road to hong kong 1962 each film is not simply a comedy, but a satire of some of the popular film genres of the day, including jungle, arabian nights, alaskan adventure, and high seas. Warner chappell, pedl, solar music rights management, aresa, bmg rights management, sony atv publishing. No this not the complete set but it does include some of the great trips that bob and bing took together.
An archetypal comedy from hollywoods golden age, road to morocco offering a perfect platform for the talents of bing crosby and bob hope on top comedic form. Road to utopia 1945 at the turn of the century, duke and chester, two vaudeville performers, go to alaska to make their fortune. Survivors of a mediterranean shipwreck, stowaways jeff crosby and orville hope paddle to a north african shore and hitch a camel ride across the desert to morocco. Jeff peters played by crosby and orville turkey jackson hope accidently blow up the ship they have stowed away on and are shipwrecked on the coast of africa. Off on the road to morocco hang on till the end of the line i like your jockey. After teaming up for their first film together road to singapore 1940 and parlaying that success into. Like websters dictionary, bob hope, bing crosby and dorothy lamour are morocco bound in the third rollicking entry in their popular series of road comedies. What moroccans need to know about the new driving license. Its not so much a film with a story as a sequence of amusing scenes and musical numbers. I guess thats what makes this film click, crosby and hope seem like two guys who really knew how to have a good time, and it comes through in road to morocco. I have been wanting to complete my road series and i couldnt resist when i came upon this box set. Marlene dietrich, as amy jolly, in the tux, performing in french give me the man who does things, and kissing a girl, her first appearance in her first hollywood film, gary cooper and adolphe menjou in the audience, in morocco, 1930. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Road to singapore is a 1940 american comedy film directed by victor schertzinger and starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Hope and crosby team up for this breezy caper about two castaways competing for the affection of an exotic princess. One expats experience in morocco during covid19 crisis.
Liz and i departed from richmond during september on our dream holiday of touring with our caravan through france, portugal and spain, chasing the sun as it went south before returning via the french alps to ski les arcs and val disere, which is our usual winter holiday. Road to morocco 1942 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Starving vagabond jeff bing crosby sells best friend orville bob hope into slavery in a moroccan marketplace to buy food. Tiznitdakhla highway in southern morocco on schedule for. The said roads are located in the area of casablanca, the largest city in morocco, and are part of the highest priority segments on the northsouth route and the eastwest route in the expressway development plan. 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. This project would never have seen completion without the love and support of my. The desert of morocco is actually the imperial sand dunes in buttercup valley. Based on the novel amy jolly the onscreen credits state, from the play amy jolly by benno vigny and adapted by jules furthman, the film is about a cabaret singer and a legionnaire who fall in love during the rif war, but their. The road to morocco johnny burke, jimmy van heusen bing originally recorded the title tune from the film road to morocco without the aid of his costar, bob hope, on june 10, 1942. Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an arabian nights city, where they compete for the luscious princess shalmar.
Hevcbay, extratorrent, extratorrents, extratorrent ag, extratorrent. The previous road movie was road to zanzibar 1941, which takes place in east africa. Quiet i hear this countrys where they do the dance of the seven veils wed tell you more uhah but we would have the censor on our tails good boy we certainly do get around like websters dictionary were morocco bound were off on the road to morocco. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing road to morocco near you. Throw it in the bit where the camel spits in hopes face, leading to crosbys delighted reaction, was not. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Moroccos nador west med port on track to completion by 2023. Road to morocco is a 1942 american comedy film starring bing crosby, bob hope and dorothy lamour, and featuring anthony quinn and dona drake. In this musical, harold bob hope and george bing crosby are two vaudeville performers in australia. Bing crosby the road to morocco lyrics metrolyrics.
From saharan dunes and high peaks to manic medinas and spice souks, paul clammer reveals how to get the most out of marvellous morocco. The third of the wellknown road movies starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour is perhaps the best. Moroccan films also enjoyed a higher presence in leading international. At the films conclusion, bob and dorothy are married and bing. It offers all kinds of challenging terrain for every kind of overlander from motorcyclists to the largest of off road trucks. Jeff peters played by crosby and orville turkey jackson hope accidently blow up the ship they have stowed away. Road to morocco is a song composed in 1942 by jimmy van heusen, with lyrics by johnny burke, for the film road to morocco, in which it was performed by bing crosby and bob hope. Her prophet has warned that her first husband will meet a violent death within days of their marriage. Apr 19, 2011 stowaways jeff bing crosby and orville bob hope end up desperate and shipwrecked on the north african coast, where they shanghai a camel and journey across the desert to morocco. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Road to morocco, american screwball comedy film, released in 1942, that was the third and most acclaimed of the road movies featuring bob. Road to morocco 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Of course, that being said, the man in his comedy element was definitely bob hope. Lighthearted and nonsensical, sophisticated but not overplotted, road to morocco represents the point at which the road movie formula had hit its stride but hadnt yet descended into selfparody.
Morocco enjoys spike in foreign shoots, raises profile for local. Paramount pictures, through its bing crosby and bob hope road films, provides a. Road to bali full movie, classic comedy starring bob hope, bing crosby and dorthy lamour by classic comedy films. After they realize their local gal pals intend to mar. With brexit on everyones mind and european healthcare systems facing potential widespread changes including emas move to amsterdam, this meeting could not come at a better time. On the road licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of soundtrack classics. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Morocco is an important emerging market and, with africa increasingly seen as a future engine of global growth, morocco is a potential gateway to the continent for uk companies. On the ship to skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been. Behind the camera on road to morocco the desert scenes for road to morocco were shot on location in yuma, az. Road to morocco passed 1h 22min adventure, comedy, family 8 april 1943 mexico two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an arabian nights city, where they compete for the luscious princess shalmar.
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