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Road to Bali DVD

This sixth entry in the Crosby-Hope-Lamour "Road" series was the first (and last) in Technicolor. This time, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope play George Cochran and Harold Gridley, American vaudevillians stranded in Australia. To avoid a dual shotgun wedding, George and Harold sign on as deep-sea divers for sinister South-Sea-island prince Ken Arok (Murvyn Vye). After a contretemps with an octopus (courtesy of stock footage from Reap the Wild Wind), our heroes sail to the prince's Balinese homeland, where they meet and fall in love with gorgeous Princess Lalah (Dorothy Lamour). Though Lalah favors George, she feels obligated to Harold, because he resembles her childhood best friend — a chimpanzee (this must be seen to be believed). When Ken Arok attempts to usurp Lalah's throne, she and the boys escape to a tropical island, where they meet the inevitable slapstick-comedy gorilla. More adventures await the intrepid trio on another island, this one dominated by an active volcano. Who gets the girl in this one? A hint: the loser tries to physically prevent the "The End" title from flashing on the screen during the final fadeout. Though not as fresh and spontaneous as earlier "Road" endeavors, Road to Bali has its fair share of non sequitur gags, inside jokes and unbilled guest appearances (including Martin and Lewis, Bing's brother Bob Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Jane Russell). Best bit: when Crosby feels a song coming on, Hope turns to the camera and hisses "He's gonna sing, folks. Now's the time to go and get your popcorn." — Hal Erickson

Cast

Bob Hope  - Harold Gridley
Bing Crosby  - George Cochran
Dorothy Lamour  - Princess Lalah
Murvyn Vye  - Ken Arok
Peter Coe  - Gung
Leon Askin  - Ramayana
Ralph Moody  - Bhoma Da
Jane Russell  - Guest Star
Betty Onge  - Handmaiden
Judy Landon   
Donald Lawton  - Employment Agency Clerk
Bhogwan Singh   
Allan Nixon  - Eunice's brother
Satini Puailoa  - Warrior
Charles Mauu  - Warrior
Jerry Groves  - Lesser Priest
Patti McKaye   
Raymond Lee   
Jerry Lewis  - Himself
Herman Cantor  - Priest
Dean Martin  - Himself
Kuka Tuitama   
Jack Claus  - Specialty dancer
Larry Chance  - Attendant
Jean Corbett  - Handmaiden
Harry Cording  - Verna's father
Michael Ansara  - Guard
Sue Casey  - Handmaiden
Humphrey Bogart  - Himself (spoof of The African Queen)
Al Kikume  - Warrior
Jan Kayne  - Verna
Carolyn Jones  - Eunice
Richard Keene  - Conductor
Bob Crosby  - Himself
Patricia Dane   
Katharine Hepburn   
Roy Gordon  - Eunice's father
Bernie Gozier  - Bo Kassar

My Favorite Blonde DVD

Just as Bob Hope's My Favorite Blonde (1942) was a takeoff on Alfred Hitchcock, Hope's My Favorite Brunette was a lampoon of the noirish "hard-boiled detective" school popularized by Raymond Chandler. Awaiting execution on death row, Hope tells the gathered reporters how he got into his present predicament. It seems that Hope was once a baby photographer, his office adjacent to the one leased by a private detective (played in an amusing unbilled cameo by Alan Ladd). While hanging around the p.i.'s office, Hope is mistaken for the detective by beautiful client Dorothy Lamour. She hires Hope to search for her missing uncle, and also entrusts him with a valuable map. Hope's diligent (if inept) sleuthing takes him to a shady rest sanitarium, where he runs afoul of lamebrained henchman Lon Chaney Jr. and sinister, knife-throwing Peter Lorre. Both are in the employ of attorney Charles Dingle, who is responsible for the disappearance of Lamour's uncle. Escaping the sanitarium with Lamour in tow, Hope follows the trail of evidence to noted geologist Reginald Denny. The geologist is murdered, and Hope is accused of the crime. For reasons unknown, Lamour never shows up to testify on his behalf, and he is sentenced to the chair. Just before he takes the "last walk", Lamour rushes in, explain what has detained her, and delivers enough evidence to clear Hope. Hope is free to enjoy the caresses of the luscious Lamour—much to the dismay of death-row guard Bing Crosby! Three years after the release of My Favorite Brunette, Hope starred in yet another "My Favorite" flick: My Favorite Spy, a spoof of Casablanca-type espionage films. — Hal Erickson

Woody Allen often stated that Bob Hope was a major influence on his work, and this is especially clear in My Favorite Brunette. Many of the gags and one-liners given to Hope would not seem out of place coming from Allen, with the crucial difference that the former delivers them "sincerely," whereas coming from the latter they would be tinged with irony. Brunette is a send-up of the "private dick" film, with Hope's take on a Phillip Marlowe type, giving him the chance to play his favorite "fish out of water" routine for all it's worth. For most of the film, the gags come fast and furious here, often making no sense but accumulating an irresistible force nonetheless. Unfortunately, about two-thirds of the way through, the tangled plot (an essential feature of the genre being spoofed) takes precedence and slows things down a little; it isn't a fatal change of pace, but it does keep the film from being the full-length laugh-fest it could have been. Hope is right at home with the material, and, of course, he gets good assistance from Dorothy Lamour. What's surprising is how delightfully funny Peter Lorre and (especially) Lon Chaney Jr. are. If My Favorite Brunette just misses being a classic comedy, it still has a great deal to recommend it. — Craig Butler

Cast

Bob Hope  - Ronnie Jackson
Dorothy Lamour  - Carlotta Montay
Peter Lorre  - Kismet
Lon Chaney, Jr.  - Willie
John Hoyt  - Dr.Lundau
Reginald Denny  - James Collins
Charles Dingle  - Maj. Simon Montague
Frank Puglia  - Baron Montay
Ann Doran  - Miss Rogers
Willard Robertson  - Prison Warden
Jack LaRue  - Tony
Helena Phillips Evans  - Mabel
James Pierce  - Detective
Garry Owen  - Reporter
Theodore Rand  - Waiter Captain
Betty Farrington  - Matron
Joe Recht  - Newsboy
Jean Wong  - Mrs. Fong
Reginald Simpson  - Assistant Manager
Ray Teal  - State trooper
Ed Johnson  - Caddy
Harland Tucker  - Room clerk
John Tyrrell  - Bell captain
Tom Dillon  - Cop
Bing Crosby  - Guest Star
Charles Cooley  - Waiter
Boyd Davis  - Mr. Dawson
Thomas P. Dillon  - Policeman
Charles Arnt  - Crawford
Jack Clifford  - Prison Guard-Captain
Tony Caruso  - "George Raft" Type
Jack Chefe  - Henri, the Headwaiter
Clarence Muse  - Man on Death row
George Lloyd  - Prison Guard-Sergeant
Alan Ladd  - Guest Star / Sam McCloud
Matt McHugh  - "Jimmy Cagney" Type
Budd Fine  - Detective
James Flavin  - Mac the Detective
Richard Keene  - Reporter
Al Hill  - State Trooper
Brandon Hurst  - Butler

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