Retro Full Movies - Road to UTOPIA

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"Road to ..." is a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the "Road" pictures or the "Road" series. The movies were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music. The minimal plot often took a back seat to gags, which appeared improvised but were usually scripted.[1]
Films in the series

Road to Singapore (1940)
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Road to Utopia (made in 1943, but not released until 1946)
Road to Rio (1947)
Road to Bali (1952)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
Road to the Fountain of Youth (cancelled)

10 hour runtime

Road to Singapore (1940): Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Road to Zanzibar (1941): Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con women.

Road to Morocco (1942): Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Road to Utopia (1943): Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.

Road to Rio (1947): Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.

Road to Bali (1952): Two unemployed showbiz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.

The Road to Hong Kong (1962): Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination.

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 the high seas.

In 1977, an eighth Road to... movie was planned, titled Road to the Fountain of Youth, but Crosby died that year of a heart attack.[2]

In 1947, Astor Pictures released a compilation film of several of Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects called The Road to Hollywood to evoke the series. The United States Navy also commissioned Hope and Crosby to produce the 1945 short film Road to Home.

warning--these movies are pre-war and therefore things were different then, dont get offended, everyone involved is dead so no one to complain to.

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