Road to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar


Paramount, 1941, B/W, 92 minutes, ***

Released April, 1941



Carnival con men Bob Hope and Bing Crosby find themselves outswindled on a safari scheme by Dorothy Lamour and left to stew in some cannibals' pots in the second "Road" movie. Una Merkel, Eric Blore, Lionel Royce co-star.



Produced by: Paul Jones

Directed by: Victor Schertzinger

Screen Play by: Frank Butler and Don Hartman

Based on a Story by Don Hartman and Sy Bartlett ("Find Colonel Fawcett")

Musical Direction: Victor Young

Musical Adviser: Arthur Franklin

Songs: Lyrics by Johnny Burke, Music by Jimmy Van Heusen

Musical Numbers Staged by: LeRoy Prinz

Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher

Costumes: Edith Head

Sound Recording: Earl Hayman and Don Johnson

Director of Photography: Ted Tetzlaff

Editor: Alma Macrorie



Cast: Bing Crosby [Chuck Reardon], Bob Hope [Hubert "Fearless" Frazier], Dorothy Lamour [Donna Latour], Una Merkel [Julia Quimby], Eric Blore [Charles Kimble], Iris Adrian [French Soubrette in Cafe], Lionel Royce [Mons. Lebec], Buck Woods [Thonga], Leigh Whipper [Scarface], Ernest Whitman [Whiteface], Noble Johnson [Chief], Leo Gorcey [Boy], Joan Marsh [Dimples], Luis Alberni [Proprietor of Native Booth], Robert Middlemass [Police Inspector], Norma Varden [Clara Kimble], Paul Porcasi [Turk at Slave Mart], Ethel Loreen Greer [Fat Lady], Georges Renavent [Saunders], Jules Strongbow [Solomon], Priscilla White, LaVerne Vess [Curzon Sisters], Harry C. Johnson, Harry C. Johnson Jr. [Acrobats], Alan Bridge [Policeman], Henry Roquemore [Cafe Proprietor], James B. Carson [Waiter], Eddie Conrad [Barber], Charles Gemora [Aqua the Gorilla], Ken Carpenter [Commentator], Richard Keene [Clerk], Douglas Dumbrille [Slave Trader]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] You Lucky People, You (sung by Bing Crosby behind titles and into opening scene); [0:11] [part of background score] (danced by Chorus Girls); [0:12] A'Frangesa (?) (sung by unidentified female singer, danced by Chorus Girls, joined by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope); [0:38] African Etude (?) / Road to Zanzibar (sung by Bing Crosby and Native Chorus); [0:42] You're Dangerous (sung by Dorothy Lamour); [0:54] It's Always You (sung by Bing Crosby); [1:09] It's Always You (sung by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, joined by Dorothy Lamour)