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Road to Rio Overview:

Road to Rio (1947) was a Musical - Comedy Film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Daniel Dare.

SYNOPSIS

The fifth of the "Road" series finds Hope and Crosby stowing away on a southbound steamship after setting fire to the carnival in which they were working. Onboard, they notice Lamour, who is alternatively inviting and indifferent. They discover that she's been hypnotized by her aunt into marrying a man she doesn't love. The boys find work in Rio with a trio, and crash Lamour's wedding just in time. Hope gets the girl in this one, with a little hocus-pocus of his own. Fewer set pieces, more plot, same riotous comedy. One of the best in the series.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringRobert Emmett DolanNominated
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Road to Rio BlogHub Articles:

Road to Rio (1947)

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 15, 2018 From 4 Star Films

My dad has been and forever will be a fountain of pop cultural knowledge. I learned the little I know from the best, the difference is, he lived through most of it. Still, I must admit, at times I didn’t believe some of these touchstones of yesteryear when I was a kid. How could anyone have ac... Read full article

A Caminho do Rio / Road to Rio (1947)

By Lê on Jul 15, 2015 From Critica Retro

A Caminho do Rio / Road to Rio (1947) O ano é 1947. Desde 1944 Bing Crosby detinha o título de ator com maior sucesso de bilheteria. Em uma situação muito confortável, ele fez com seus parceiros Bob Hope e Dorothy Lamour o quinto dos sete filmes da série “Road to...”, que mi... Read full article

A Caminho do Rio / Road to Rio (1947)

By Lê on Nov 30, -0001 From Critica Retro

A Caminho do Rio / Road to Rio (1947) O ano é 1947. Desde 1944 Bing Crosby detinha o título de ator com maior sucesso de bilheteria. Em uma situação muito confortável, ele fez com seus parceiros Bob Hope e Dorothy Lamour o quinto dos sete filmes da série “Road to...”, que m... Read full article

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Road to Rio Quotes:

Hot Lips Barton: Look at this contract we signed for five months - two weeks guarantee!
Scat Sweeney: Are you admitting you're a dirty coward?
Hot Lips Barton: No, a clean one!
Scat Sweeney: This might be a plot to get rid of us! The coffee might be poisoned!
Hot Lips Barton: Yeah, who knows this co...
[He drops the cup]
Hot Lips Barton: [to Catherine Vail] You got any tea?
Cardoso: You phoneys! You'll never work in Rio again!
Hot Lips Barton: Who wants to work? We're musicians!
Lucia Maria de Andrade: I don't know what came over me! I found myself saying things, and I didn't know why I was saying them.
Hot Lips Barton: Look, why don't you just run for Congress and leave us alone?
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Road to Rio Facts
Disembarking from the ship, Bing Crosby tells sinister Gale Sondegaard "I'll listen for you on Inner Sanctum". Radio's "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" debuted in 1941 and featured gruesome stories and spine-chilling characters.
In the meat freezer scene there is a large side of meat labeled "Crosby Grade A Stables." Bing Crosby owned a stable of race horses that famously performed poorly.
Escaping from the hoods at the wedding by bursting through the crowd, Scat shouts "Come on Blanchard" and Hotlips replies "Block 'em Davis". The audience would have recognized the reference to Felix Blanchard and Glenn Davis, former Army star running backs. As team-mates from 1944 to 1946, they were referred to as "Mr. Inside" and "Mr. Outside." Blanchard had won the Heisman Trophy in 1945 and Davis in 1946, the year before the movie was released.
At 100 minutes, this is the longest of the seven "Road" pictures.
Hiding in the lifeboat, Bob Hope is polishing his trumpet and says "You happy little Grable fodder". Heartthrob Betty Grable married trumpeter Harry James in 1943.
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