Road to Bali

Road to Bali


Paramount, 1952, Color, 90 minutes, ***

Released November, 1952



This episode of the "Road" series finds Hope and Crosby working as Vaudevilians in Australia. The local men run them both out of town for chasing their daughters. Desparate, they get work as divers on a small island where Dorothy Lamour lives. Lots of cameos, including Jane Russell, Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. This was the only "Road" episode filmed in color.



Produced by: Harry Tugend

Directed by: Hal Walker

Assistant Director: John Coonan

Screenplay by: Frank Butler, Hal Kanter and William Morrow

Story by: Frank Butler and Harry Tugend

Music Direction: Joseph J. Lilley

New Songs: Lyrics by Johnny Burke, music by James Van Heusen

Musical Numbers Staged by: Charles O'Curran

Special Orchestral Arrangements: Van Cleave

Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Joseph MacMillan Johnson

Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ross Dowd

Costumes: Edith Head

Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore

Sound Recording by: Gene Merritt and John Cope

Director of Photography: George Barnes

Special Photographic Effects: Gordon Jennings and Paul Lerpae

Process Photography: Farciot Edouart

Color by Technicolor

Technicolor Color Consultant: Monroe W. Burbank

Edited by: Archie Marshek



Cast: Bob Hope [Harold Gridley], Bing Crosby [George Cochran], Dorothy Lamour [Lalah], Murvyn Vye [Ken Arok], Peter Coe [Gung], Ralph Moody [Bhoma Da], Leon Askin [Ramayana], Jack Claus [Specialty Dancer], Dean Martin [Himself], Jerry Lewis [Himself], Jane Russell [Herself], Bob Crosby [Himelf], Katharine Hepburn [Herself], Humphrey Bogart [Himself], Bernie Gozier [Bo Kassar], Herman Cantor [Priest], Shela Fritz, Ethel K. Reiman, Irene K. Silva [Chief's Wives], Mylee Haulani [Beautiful Girl in Basket], Kukhie Kuhns [Fat Woman in Basket], Kuka Tuitama, Al Kikume, Charles Mauu, Satini Puailoa [Warriors], Michael Ansara [Guard], Larry Chance [Attendant], Bunny Lewbel [Lalah at age 7], Patricia Dane [Handmaiden], Sue Casey, Patti McKaye, Judy Landon, Leslie Charles, Jean Corbett, Betty Onge [Handmaidens], Roy Gordon [Eunice's Father], Harry Cording [Verna's Father], Carolyn Jones [Eunice], Jan Kayne [Verna], Allan Nixon [Eunice's Brother], Douglas Yorke [Verna's Brother], Luukia Luana, Raymond Lee [Boys], Mary Kanae [Old Crone], Bismark Auelua, Bhogwan Singh, Chanan Singh Sohi, Jerry Groves [Lower Priests], Richard Keene [Conductor], Donald Lawton [Employment Agency Clerk]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture with singing credits played by Orchestra, sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:02] Chicago Style (sung and danced by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby); [0:14] Moonflowers (sung by Dorothy Lamour with Chorus); [0:22] Hoot Mon (sung and danced by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Scottish Kilts); [0:45] To See You (sung by Bing Crosby); [1:00] The Merry-Go-Runaround (sung by Bob Hope, joined by Bing Crosby and Doroth Lamour); [1:06] Moonflowers (reprised by Dorothy Lamour); There are a number of Bali native dances, which may have been accompanied by Chorale for Brass, Piano and Bongo (instrumental by Stan Kenton and Pete Rugolo).