Road to Rio

Road to Rio


Paramount, 1947, B/W, 83 minutes, ***

Released December, 1947



Musicians Bob Hope and Bing Crosby stow away on a boat to Brazil and try to free Dorothy Lamour from hypnotic aunt Gale Sondergaard in the fifth "Road" comedy. With special guests The Andrews Sisters, Frank Faylen, Jerry Colonna, Tor Johnson and the Wiere Brothers.



Produced by: Daniel Dare

Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod

Assistant Director: Oscar Rudolph

Original Story and Screenplay by: Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose

Musical Direction: Robert Emmett Dolan

Vocal Arrangements: Joseph J. Lilley

Music Associate: Troy Sanders

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

Dances Staged by: Bernard Pearce and Billy Daniels

Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Earl Hedrick

Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer

Costumes: Edith Head

Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore

Sound Recording by: Harold Lewis and Walter Oberst

Special Photographic Effects: Gordon Jennings and Paul Lerpae

Process Photography: Farciot Edouart

Director of Photography: Ernest Laszlo

Edited by: Ellsworth Hoagland



Awards: Academy Award Nomination for Best Score (Musical)



Cast: Bing Crosby [Scat Sweeney], Bob Hope [Hot Lips Barton], Dorothy Lamour [Lucia Maria De Andrade], Gale Sondergaard [Catherine Vail], Frank Faylen [Trigger], Joseph Vitale [Tony], Frank Puglia [Rodrigues], Nestor Paiva [Cardoso], Robert Barrat [Johnson], Jerry Colonna [Cavalry Captain], The Wiere Brothers [Musicians], The Andrews Sisters [Themselves], Carioca Boys [Themselves], Stone-Baron Puppeteers [Themselves], George Meeker [Sherman Malley], Stanley Andrews [Captain Harmon], Harry Woods [Purser], Stanley Blystone [Assistant Purser], Alan Bridge [Ship's Officer], Donald Kerr [Steward], Tor Johnson [Samson], George Sorel [Prefeito], John "Skins" Miller [Dancer], Arthur Q. Bryan [Mr. Stanton], Babe London [Woman], Gino Corrado [Barber], George Chandler [Valet], Paul "Tiny" Newlan [Butcher], George Lloyd [Butcher], Fred Zendar [Stevedore], Ralph Gomez [Roustabout], Duke York, Frank Hagney [Roustabouts], Pepito Perez [Dignified Gentleman], Ralph Dunn [Foreman], Ray Teal [Buck], Brandon Hurst [Barker], Barbara Pratt [Airline Hostess], Tad Van Brunt [Pilot], Patsy O'Byrne [Charwoman], Raul Roulien [Cavalry Officer], Charles Middleton [Farmer], Albert Ruiz, Laura Corbay [Specialty Dancers]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:04] Apalachicola, FLA (includes excerpts of Old Folks at Home / Carry Me Back to Old Virginny) (sung and danced by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby); [0:25] But Beautiful (sung by Bing Crosby); [0:39] You Don't Have to Know the Language (sung by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters); [0:53] unidentified instrumental (played by The Wiere Brothers); [0:58] Diz Que Tem (?) (sung by unidentified singer at hotel); [1:03] Experience (sung by Dorothy Lamour); [1:26] unidentified instrumental (played at party); [1:31] Batuque Nio Morro (sung and danced by The Wiere Brothers, danced by Albert Ruiz, Laura Corbay, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby)