Road to Bali (1952)

Director:

Hal Walker

Writers:

Frank Butler (screenplay) &
Hal Kanter (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

8 April 1953 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

TOGETHER AGAIN!...in the BEST and FUNNIEST "Road" Picture Yet!

Plot:

Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers...

Plot Keywords:

Jumping From A Train | Poison Dart | Beautiful Woman | Boomerang | Chimpanzee

Cast

Bing Crosby	...	George Cochran
Bob Hope	...	Harold Gridley
Dorothy Lamour	...	Princess Lala
Murvyn Vye	...	Ken Arok
Peter Coe	...	Gung
Ralph Moody	...	Bhoma Da
Leon Askin	...	King Ramayana
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Ansara	...	Guard (uncredited)
Besmark Auelua	...	Lesser Priest (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart	...	Charlie Allnut (uncredited)
Robert Cabal	...	Native (uncredited)
Herman Cantor	...	Priest (uncredited)
Sue Casey	...	Handmaiden (uncredited)
Larry Chance	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Leslie Charles	...	Handmaiden (uncredited)
Jack Claus	...	Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Jean Corbett	...	Handmaiden (uncredited)
Harry Cording	...	Verna's Father (uncredited)
Bob Crosby	...	Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Patricia Dane	...	Handmaiden (uncredited)
Devi Dja	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Shela Fritz	...	Chief's Wife (uncredited)
Roy Gordon	...	Eunice's Father (uncredited)
Bernie Gozier	...	Bo Kassar (uncredited)
Jerry Groves	...	Lesser Priest (uncredited)
My Lee Haulani	...	Beautiful Girl in Basket (uncredited)
Carolyn Jones	...	Eunice (uncredited)
Mary Kanae	...	Old Crone (uncredited)
Jan Kayne	...	Verna (uncredited)
Richard Keene	...	Conductor (uncredited)
Al Kikume	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Kukhie Kuhns	...	Fat Woman in Basket (uncredited)
Judy Landon	...	Handmaiden (uncredited)
Donald Lawton	...	Employment Agent (uncredited)
Raymond Lee	...	Boy (uncredited)
Bunny Lewbel	...	Lala Age Seven (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis	...	Woman in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Sylvia Lewis	...	Temple Dancer (uncredited)
Luukia Luana	...	Boy (uncredited)
Dean Martin	...	Man in Lala's Dream (uncredited)
Charles Mauu	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Patti McKay	...	Handmaiden (uncredited)
Allan Nixon	...	Eunice's Brother (uncredited)
Betty Onge	...	Handmaiden (uncredited)
Satini Pualoa	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Ethel K. Reiman	...	Chief's Wife (uncredited)
Jane Russell	...	Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Irene K. Silva	...	Chief's Wife (uncredited)
Bhogwan Singh	...	Lesser Priest (uncredited)
Chanan Singh Sohi	...	Lesser Priest (uncredited)
Kuka Tuima	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Douglas Yorke	...	Verna's Brother (uncredited)

Directed by
Hal Walker

Writing credits
Frank Butler		(screenplay) &
Hal Kanter		(screenplay) &
William Morrow		(screenplay)
Frank Butler		(story) and
Harry Tugend		(story)

Produced by
Daniel Dare	....	producer
Harry Tugend	....	producer

Original Music by
Joseph J. Lilley		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
George Barnes

Film Editing by
Archie Marshek

Art Direction by
J. McMillan Johnson
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Ross Dowd

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Wally Westmore	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John R. Coonan	....	assistant director
James A. Rosenberger	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Dorothea Holt	....	illustrator

Sound Department
John Cope	....	sound
Lewis Hoagland	....	supervising sound editor
Gene Merritt	....	sound
Jim Miller	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography
Gordon Jennings	....	special photographic effects
Paul K. Lerpae	....	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Cliff Shirpser	....	assistant camera: Technicolor
Loyal Griggs	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joan Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department
Van Cleave	....	special musical arrangements
Gerard Carbonara	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Gus Levene	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Van Cleave	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Other crew
Charles O'Curran	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Bing Crosby Productions
• Hope Enterprises
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical)
• Allied Artists (1963) (USA) (TV)
• Platinum Disc (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Allumination Filmworks (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• BCI Eclipse (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Brentwood Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Brentwood Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Delta Expedition (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Passport International Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• UAV Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Front Row Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Greatest Sports Legends (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Koch Vision (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Madacy Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Marengo Films (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Brentwood Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Delta Expedition (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Passport International Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Westlake Entertainment Group (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• St. Clair Vision (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Unicorn Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• AFEX (1953) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Paramount (????) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount-Films (1953) (Finland) (theatrical)
• All American Television (1994) (USA) (video) (sales)
• Bach Films (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Bridgestone Multimedia (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia Pictures Television (1980s) (USA) (TV)
• Kabaya Foods (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Peter Rodgers Organization (????) (worldwide) (TV)
• Punto Zero (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Treasures (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1965) (Finland) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1953) | Finland:K-8 (1965) | Portugal:M/6 | Australia:G | Sweden:15 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bing Crosby Productions

Trivia:

The sixth of the seven Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour "Road" films.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As George and Harold rush the man in the white up to a higher platform to administer spot removal, the spot on his jacket miraculously has moved three inches down his lapel and the admiring audience of natives has changed behind them.

Quotes:

Harold Gridley:[whistles, indicating Lala's headdress with a golden spire] This kid's got her own antenna.

Movie Connections:

Features The African Queen (1951)

Soundtrack:

HOOT MON

This was the first Bob Hope movie I ever saw on TV, when I was a kid.

And, it was the only one of the "Road to..." movies that he and Bing Crosby ever did in Technicolor. The ad-libbed asides to the audience were something I had never seen or heard of before! Even more of a delightful surprise was the cameo appearance by General Burkhalter as a South Sea island chief!! The songs weren't bad, either. * "The Merry-Go-Run-Around" is probably my second-favorite song of Bob's. "Silver Bells" and "Thanks for the Memories" naturally tie for first-place.* With Bob having died this past Sunday, nostalgia channels like AMC and TCM will no doubt include this, and all his other films, in some kind of marathon movie memorial. *Which they really should have done BACK ON HIS CENTENNIAL!* Oh, well. Thanks to you, Bob, for all my merry, mirth-filled memories.