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Road to Morocco is a 1942 comedy film which tells the story of two fast-talking guys who find themselves tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess. It is the third of the "Road to..." movies and stars Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake. Image File history File links RoadToMorocco_1942. ...
David Butler (1829–1891) was a U.S. political figure. ...
Paul Jones (1901-1968) was an American film producer. ...
Husband of Annie Oakley. ...
Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ...
Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...
Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, died in Hollywood, California. ...
Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 Chihuahua, Mexico – June 3, 2001 Boston, Massachusetts) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ...
Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ...
William Mellor (1888-1942) was a leftwing UK journalist. ...
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...
is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
Road to Zanzibar is a 1941 Paramount Pictures comedy film starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour and marked the second picture in the popular Road to. ...
Road to Utopia]] is the only Road to. ...
1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke[[ laughter in general). ...
Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...
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Road to. ...
Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...
Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ...
Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, died in Hollywood, California. ...
Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 Chihuahua, Mexico – June 3, 2001 Boston, Massachusetts) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ...
The movie was written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman and directed by David Butler for Paramount Pictures. Husband of Annie Oakley. ...
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Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...
It received Academy Award nomimations for Best Sound, Recording and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film. ...
// The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ...
The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. ...
The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...
Songs - "(We're off on the) Road to Morocco"
- Lyrics by Johnny Burke - Music by James Van Heusen
- Performed by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
- "Ain't Got a Dime to My Name"
- Lyrics by Johnny Burke - Music by James Van Heusen
- Performed by Bing Crosby
- Lyrics by Johnny Burke - Music by James Van Heusen
- Performed by Dorothy Lamour
- Lyrics by Johnny Burke - Music by James Van Heusen
- Performed by Bing Crosby
Johnny Burke was a songwriter who died in 1930 Johnny Burke (October 3, 1908 - February 25, 1964) was an American lyric writer. ...
James Van Heusen (January 26, 1913 - February 7, 1990), often credited as Jimmy Van Heusen, was an American composer. ...
Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...
Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ...
Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, died in Hollywood, California. ...
Cultural references In 1982, a movie poster for this movie appeared in the background of a panel on the first page of V for Vendetta. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...
This article is about the comic book series. ...
The TV series Family Guy referenced this movie in the episode "Road to Rhode Island", in both the title and its song, "We're off on the road to Rhode Island." Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ...
Road to Rhode Island is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ...
Family Guy make another parody in the title of the episodes "Road to Europe" and "Road to Rupert"
In Mel Brooks's History of the World Part I, the characters sing a short parody of "Road to Morocco", singing "We're off on the road to Judea..." Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky on May 9, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, writer, director and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. ...
The DVD cover artwork for the movie depicts many of the eras parodied in the film History of the World, Part I is a 1981 film directed by Mel Brooks. ...
Trivia At one point in the film Hope and Crosby encounter a camel (seen also on the poster above). This is a Bactrian camel, but the camels in Morocco are Arabian camels. For other uses, see Camel (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 Bactrian Camel range The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia. ...
Binomial name Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus, 1758 The Arabian Camel (Camelus dromedarius) is a large even-toed ungulate native to northern Africa and western Asia, and the best-known member of the camel family. ...
When one of them get spit by the aforementioned camel, this was not in the script. The gentleman in question had not paid attention to the keeper's instructions and the camel spat him in the face. It was true to the nature of the film ergo it was kept.
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