THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE
(Paramount) As I seem to have thentionsi# before, I' have an unconquerable predilection for Bing Crosby — particularly when he’s acting and not singing. Time was when such a confession had to be made defiantly, but now more and more people seem to be agreeing with my opinion (not to mention Paramount’s) that Bing’s the boy for bright entertainment. And the Bing-Boosting Minority is likely to be less of a minority than ever after "The Road to Singapore," which is as pleasant a piece of irresponsibile foolery
@s we’ve seen for some time. Only half the credit-if that-is due to Bing himself, however. Bob Hope goes romping with him to the South Seas where, in an idyllic island, they find a lovely maid to keep house for them. The maid is Dorothy Lamour (toujours Lamour!) whose job, apart from keeping house, is to sit around in a sinjang (as a change from a sarong) and be sung at. Bob Hope’s job is to be a foil to Bing-and he steals at least half the picture doing it. Their game of " Pattycake" ranks with the classical Laurel and Hardy gags of "Finger-wiggle" and " Earsy-Kneesy-Nosey" as inspired idiocy.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 21
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199THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 21
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