Bing crosby really sings road to zanzibar while being carried on a chair through the jungle by african servants in a fantastic display of peak colonialism and outdated cultural stereotypes. The film has a hilarious opening as fearless frazier bob is about to be shot out of a cannon at a carnival by his pal chuck bing. Chuck and hubert are carnival performers who thrive on trouble. Bob hope and bing crosby are on the road to zanzibar in this 1941 film. Bob hope, bing crosby and dorothy lamour once again hit the road to comedy, and this. Road to zanzibar is a 1941 film directed by victor schertzinger, starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. One night, the trick doesnt go so well, and the boys set fire to the entire circus. Road to zanzibar is a 1941 paramount pictures semimusical comedy film starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour, and marked the second of seven picture in the popular road to series made by the trio. Released july th, 2003, road to zanzibar stars bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, una merkel the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Duped into accompanying the ladies on a safari, chuck and fearless soon find themselves in the clutches of savage tribesmen who pit fearless against a gorilla in a wild wrestling match. Road to zanzibar 2003 tired of working the traveling sideshow circuit in africa, con men chuck reardon bing crosby and hubert fearless frazier bob hope get tangled up with tycoon charles. Its not that its a bad movie, it certainly isnt, but it also isnt as refined and memorable as the next 3rd installment in the road series.
Road to zanzibar 1941 movies, tv, celebs, and more. The second bing crosbybob hope road picture casts crosby as a pennyante sideshow promoter and hope as crosbys only client, fearless frazier. But when chuck spends all the money to rescue donna dorothy lamour from a slave market, hes unaware theyre being. The first two road pictures this is the second seem somewhat disappointing now in light of the wonderful three that followed morocco, utopia and rio, but this still contains its fair share of. Its aim is to produce quality, entertaining projects with a main criteria being working with emerging talent who share the zanzibar sense of enthusiasm, dedication, love of film and life in general.
Sep 29, 2011 the second installment of the road series is a hilarious spoof of jungleadventure movies. Main house 4 bedrooms 8 baths with attached 3 car garage sqft 9420 guest house 1 bedroom 1 bath with attached 2 car garage secured behind its own private. Road to zanzibar, the movie clip lets get in the mood fugitive american carnies chuck bing crosby and fearless bob hope make like frenchmen when local authorities arrive at the bar, in the second road movie, road to zanzibar, 1941. While assembling a list of contract paramount stars to offer it to, someone at the studio remembered that road to singapore had done relatively well, and. When things go south and the carnival burns to the ground, they take the show on the road. The terrifying reality behind filming free solo opdocs duration. Road to zanzibar 1941 victor schertzinger synopsis. Everhip, chuck bing crosby and donna dorothy lamour consider the silliness of music in movies before he delivers its always you by james van heusen and johnny burke, in the second in the series, the road to zanzibar, 1941.
All the road films are great fun except the last one. The second road movie from paramount pictures finds barnstorming con artists chuck reardon bing crosby and hubert fearless frazier bob. The second bing crosbybob hope road picture casts crosby as a pennyante sideshow. This bing crosbybob hope road film lacks spontaneity and the humor seems. Zanzibar films has now established itself as one of irelands most exciting and promising film and television production companies. This series entry, which involves lamour duping hope and crosby into taking her on a safari to her betrothed, ranks with the original road to singapore as the best of the road pictures. Road to zanzibar bing crosby bob hope dorothy lamour una merkel music by victor young distributed by paramount pictures release dates april 1941. West of zanzibar is a 1954 british adventure film directed by harry watt and starring anthony steel, sheila sim and edric connor. Road to zanzibar 1941 it came from the bottom shelf. They come across brooklynite lamour and another con artist, una merkel, who dupe the. Chuck bing crosby and hubert bob hope are carnival performers who thrive on trouble.
With bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, una merkel. Road to zanzibar 1941 road to morocco 1942 road to utopia 1946 road to rio 1947 road to bali 1952 road to hong kong 1962 links. The second of the seven road to movies bob hope, bing crosby and dorothy lamour made over the course of more than 20 years, road to zanzibar 1941 finds the two boys on the lam in africa after their sideshow causes a fire and hope sells a dangerous criminal a bogus diamond mine he was tricked into buying. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed.
The highlights include but not limited to ngorongoro crater, serengti national park, usambara mountains and zanzibar. Webmaster puo suonare cinematografo e software sul tuo ordigno. They are some of the bestloved film comedies ever created. In addition to developing its own material, zanzibar also acts as a coproducer on a range of irish and european feature film projects. Road to zanzibar, the movie clip lets get in the mood. The second film in the series of seven hope and crosby road comedies. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Better than the first of the road to movies, its entertaining and worth a spot in your collection if you are a bob and bing fan.
They play circus performers, with the hope character, fearless frazier, being shot from a cannon. Road to singapore had been such a big hit in 1940 that paramount wasted no time in sending bob and bing back out on the road. With the success of the road to singapore and the obvious chemistry between bob and bing, the boys could now unload their monkeyshines on the audience full blast. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. While assembling a list of contract paramount stars to offer it to, someone at the studio remembered that road to singapore had done relatively well, and hope and crosby seemed to work well together, so it was offered to them. Watch road to zanzibar starring bing crosby in this title on directv.
That being said, i cant hold up road to zanzibar for that kind of criticism. Road to zanzibar 1941 bing crosby, old movie posters, bob. Road to zanzibar 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hope and crosby play fearless and chuck, american sideshow performers stranded in the jungle. On a hot day in africa, the neighborhood of zanzibar road is bustling.
Stranded in africa, chuck and his pal fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive conwomen. Paramount executives owned the rights to a story by sy bartlett titled find colonel fawcett about two men trekking through the jungles of madagascar. The film was also banned in india after the protests of african students in that country. Showtimes are not available near 95101, watch road to zanzibar anytime, anywhere with fandangonow. Zanzibar films is proud to announce that her latest feature film sanctuary, has won best first irish feature at the galway film fleadh, 2016. Road to zanzibar turned out to be even more successful than its predecessor had been and the series would peak financially the following year with road to morocco before wwii would interrupt the franchise for a few years. Starting in 1940, hope and crosby would star in seven road films, along with costar dorothy lamar. Tired of working the traveling sideshow circuit in africa, con men chuck reardon bing crosby and hubert fearless frazier bob hope get tangled up with tycoon charles kimble eric blore, who fleeces them with the deed to a worthless diamond mine.
Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Set in the world of people with intellectual disabilities, sanctuary is a touching and funny love story about larry and sophie, two people who long to be together in a world that does everything. After that, they travel the country and fearless lights up a light. Thats what makes the road pictures such a blast the stars look theyre having a night out with the gang rather than doing their jobs. Jan 23, 2015 the second installment of the road series is a hilarious spoof of jungleadventure movies.
They set fire to the carnival, sell a phony diamond and pair up with two attractive women. Road to singapore, road to zanzibar, road to morocco, and road to utopia. The film has a hilarious opening as fearless frazier bob is about to be shot out of a cannon at a. Road to zanzibar is the worst offender of the seven films, in that the. A blend of jokes, zany adventure and songs, road to zanzibar became one of the big box office hits of 1941. The road to zanzibar continues a journey along the path of a film series that would turn out to be one of the most successful and remembered in history. Like the earlier road to singapore, road to zanzibar sticks too closely to the script and plot to allow those inveterate adlibbers hope and crosby free reign. The second installment of the road series is a hilarious spoof of jungleadventure movies. Like the earlier road to singapore, road to zanzibar sticks too closely to the script and plot to allow those. The public of our days want to have fun and road to zanzibar is a suitable movie for it.
Zanzibar films is one of irelands leading feature film production companies. Bob and bing are two conmen just trying to make a living in africa. It takes place in the sultanate of zanzibar paramount executives owned the rights to a story by sy bartlett titled find colonel fawcett about two men trekking through the. The film was first offered to fred macmurray and george burns, who both rejected it. See the full list of road to zanzibar cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Ben mankiewicz intro road to zanzibar 1941 road to zanzibar, the movie clip its always you airing. Zanzibar is a 1940 american adventure film directed by harold schuster and starring james craig and lola lane. Watch road to zanzibar online stream full movie directv. They felt that its plot was so similar to the recently released stanley and. The second road picture that bob hope and bing crosby did was memorable enough to keep doing more. For more full movies see two outofwork musicians, travel all over the united states trying to find work and stay. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. After their human cannonball act starts a fire that burns down the circus, they become entangled with a larcenous pair of.
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