Road to Bali [1952]

Director:	Hal Walker
Writer:	Frank Butler Hal Kanter William Morrow
Composer:	Joseph J. Lilley

IMDB Rating:	6.7/10
Amazon Rating:	3.5/5 stars
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Collection:	50 Movie Pack Hollywood Legends
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Synopsis: Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers.

Reaction: Hope and Crosby clearly have fun in these Road shows.

Personal Rating: 7/10

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Hal Walker	=>	Director
Frank Butler	=>	Writer
Hal Kanter	=>	Writer
William Morrow	=>	Writer
Joseph J. Lilley	=>	Composer
Bernie Gozier	=>	Bo Kassar ^(uncredited)
Bing Crosby	=>	George Cochran

Bob Crosby	=>	Himself, Cameo Appearance ^(uncredited)
Bob Hope	=>	Harold Gridley

Bunny Lewbel	=>	Lala Age Seven ^(uncredited)
Carolyn Jones	=>	Eunice ^(uncredited)

Dean Martin	=>	Man in Lala's Dream ^(uncredited)

Donald Lawton	=>	Employment Agent ^(uncredited)
Dorothy Lamour	=>	Princess Lala

Douglas Yorke	=>	Verna's Brother ^(uncredited)
Harry Cording	=>	Verna's Father ^(uncredited)
Herman Cantor	=>	Priest ^(uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart	=>	Charlie Allnut ^(uncredited)

Jan Kayne	=>	Verna ^(uncredited)
Jane Russell	=>	Cameo Appearance ^(uncredited)

Jean Corbett	=>	Handmaiden ^(uncredited)
Jerry Lewis	=>	Woman in Lala's Dream ^(uncredited)

Leon Askin	=>	King Ramayana
Michael Ansara	=>	Guard ^(uncredited)

Murvyn Vye	=>	Ken Arok
Peter Coe	=>	Gung
Ralph Moody	=>	Bhoma Da
Roy Gordon	=>	Eunice's Father ^(uncredited)

Random Trivia For This Title:

In the movie, Bing Crosby makes reference to the Pittsburgh Pirates, which he was a minority owner of, and Bob Hope makes reference to the Cleveland Indians, which he was a minority owner of.
Celebrity/pop cultural references: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Humphrey Bogart, ^[?] Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan, and the Academy Awards.
Bob Hope makes an obscure joke about the Chicago musicians union. He shows Crosby his snake-charmer instrument and says, "Hey, I've been playing this flute all night. Have to clear it with Petrillo." Petrillo was ^[?] James Petrillo, the heavy-handed president of the Chicago Musician's Union.
Although it was originally released by Paramount, it was never copyrighted which is why this title is now in the public domain.
The sixth of the seven Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour "Road" films.
This was the only "Road" picture of the seven to be photographed in Technicolor. Ten years later, the British-made Hong Kong finale would revert to black and white.
In her 1980 autobiography, My Side of the Road, (co-written with ^[?] Dick McInnes), Dorothy Lamour relates how disappointed she was at not being asked to sing on the Decca album which re-created the film score. In Miss Lamour's place, the label recruited an artist under contract, Peggy Lee, to croon the sultry {Moonflowers} and then go upbeat with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and on {The Merry-Go-Runaround} (both songs having music by ^[?] Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by ^[?] Johnny Burke).