Road to Singapore (1940) on Netflix
Approved19401h 25mComedyMusicalRomance
Two friends swear off women, then flee a fiancée and a former lover's family. On Kaigoon, Josh Mallon and Ace Lannigan rescue Mima from her dance partner, and she moves in.
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Plot summary
Josh Mallon and Ace Lannigan are friends who crew the same ship. On its return to the United States after a long voyage, they watch other sailors being mistreated by wives and girlfriends and vow to stay clear of women. The vow is tested at once: the family of Ace's former lover Cherry demands that he marry her, while Josh, the son of a shipping magnate, dodges his fiancée Gloria and his father's wish that he run the family business. After a fistfight at a party for Josh's engagement and photographs that create a scandal, the pair flee to Hawaii and head for Singapore. Their money runs out on the island of Kaigoon, where they rescue Mima from her abusive dance partner, Caesar, and she comes to live in their hut.
Cast
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- James Conatyas Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
- Carmen D'Antonioas Native Girl (uncredited)
- Paula DeCardoas Native Dancing Girl (uncredited)
- Devi Djaas Native Girl (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Road to Singapore (1940)
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- The project that became Road to Singapore was first offered to Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie, and then to George Burns and Gracie Allen, but both teams turned it down before Paramount paired Bing Crosby with Bob Hope.
- Some of the material in Road to Singapore was ad libbed by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, or was surreptitiously contributed by their own writing staffs, including Sid Kuller and Ray Golden.
- Road to Singapore was the only film in the series in which Bob Hope was billed third, below Dorothy Lamour; the Crosby-Hope-Lamour billing order held until The Road to Hong Kong, when Crosby's insistence on a younger leading lady replaced Lamour with Joan Collins.
- Most of the running gags that appeared in nearly every film of the Road to ... series began with Road to Singapore.
