Road to Utopia (1946) | |
| Director(s) | Hal Walker |
| Producer(s) | Paul Jones, Buddy G. DeSylva (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical |
| Top Topics | Exotic Lands, Gold, Road Movie |
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Road to Utopia Overview:
Road to Utopia (1946) was a Adventure - Comedy Film directed by Hal Walker and produced by Buddy G. DeSylva and Paul Jones.
SYNOPSIS
The fourth "Road" movie, and one of the most gag-filled, opens with old married couple Hope and Lamour comfortable in their mansion reminiscing about their past in the Yukon gold country. Vaudevillians Hope and Crosby escaped San Francisco on a steamer heading north, impersonating vicious killers and with a stolen mine deed in their pockets. Lamour, the daughter of the rightful owner and a dance-hall singer, woos both to get her hands on the deed. Hope gets the girl, but their child looks like Bing! Humorist Robert Benchley narrates.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1946 --- Ceremony Number 19 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Norman Panama, Melvin Frank | Nominated |
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Road to Utopia ( 1945 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 28, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversBob Hope and Bing Crosby are on the road once again in the 1945 comedy classic Road to Utopia, this time heading out to Alaska during the Klondike gold rush at the turn of the century. Hope and Crosby play a couple of down-in-their-luck vaudevillians named Chester and Duke who find a map to a gold m... Read full article
Musical Monday: Road to Utopia (1946)
on Dec 27, 2021 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Road to Utopia (1946) ? Musi... Read full article
Musical Monday: Road to Utopia (1948)
on Dec 27, 2021 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Road to Utopia (1946) ? Musi... Read full article
Road to Utopia (1946)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 15, 2013 From 4 Star FilmsStarring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in this fourth Road picture, this film begins in the present with an old marry couple who gets a surprise visitor. Then the story flashes back to the turn of the century where two lowlifes commit murder in order to steal the map to a gold mine. Howe... Read full article
Road to Utopia (1946)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 15, 2013 From 4 Star FilmsStarring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in this fourth Road picture, this film begins in the present with an old marry couple who gets a surprise visitor. Then the story flashes back to the turn of the century where two lowlifes commit murder in order to steal the map to a gold mine. Howe... Read full article
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Quotes from
Chester Hooton: No wonder - it's a cold deck!
Chester Hooton: If those hoodlums ever get off that boat, we'll be smiling ear to ear... with our throats!
Sal Van Hoyden: Don't be facetious!
Chester Hooton: [confused] Oh, keep politics out of this!
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Facts about
Writers Panama and Frank were having trouble getting the script approved by the 3 main stars, all of whom were prestigious in their own right and wanted the most screen presence. When these group script negotiations broke down, Panama and Frank held individual conferences with each of the stars, explaining how the script would highlight that star (the one being met with at the time) more than the others. This approach worked, and the script was finally approved for filming.
This is the only one of the seven "Road" pictures in which Bing Crosby and Bob Hope do not do their famous "pat-a-cake" routine.
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