The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

Bing Crosby & Bob Hope star in Science Fiction film The Road to Hong Kong

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[stargate121]

Bing got creepier looking as he got older. From the awful way he treated his kids, he can see his inner nature reflected in his appearance.

[Time0Travel]

@stargate121 According to Wikipedia, his younger son Phillip said, "My dad was not the monster my lying brother said he was; he was strict, but my father never beat us black and blue, and my brother Gary was a vicious, no-good liar for saying so. I have nothing but fond memories of Dad, going to studios with him, family vacations at our cabin in Idaho, boating and fishing with him. To my dying day, I'll hate Gary for dragging Dad's name through the mud."

[aapmcm19]

THHHHaaaaankkkk Yoouuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!! 

[stargate121]

@Time0Travel I submit that Bing's two suicidal son's counter Phlllip's claims.

[tonydalcon]

@stargate121 lol

[MelanieMaguire]

also remember that corporal punishment was advocated at this time and still meted out in schools until the late 70's - it was only seen as "abuse" from the 80's onwards.

[MelanieMaguire]

Thanks for uploading this - I've seen all the other Road movies many, many times, but I've never seen this before! Some of the gags like the apes in space scene had me laughing till my face hurt! I just love Bob Hope and I'm glad to have found this. :)

[Onlymusical]

@garypleace I'm imagining that "Carry on Spying" WAS shot in B&W to save money. The whole technology of that period was a little different between Britain and America. For example, for many decades the sight of English videotape made me queasy and I literally couldn't watch and enjoy it so all the BBC dramatic fare got past me as a result. Not that American videotape was a walk in the park either. Norman Lear's biggest mistake was shooting his sitcoms on videotape instead of film, obviously.

[Onlymusical]

@garypleace Only Cary Grant could get away with romancing women onscreen 40 years younger than he was, not Crosby, who'd taken too much sun not to look his age and wasn't as dark as Grant to begin with. (Of course they all did it in real life but that's a different thing, as Grant himself would point out.) BTW, in my last post, I meant "The Road to Hong Kong" was shot in B&W, not color as I mistakenly said. Oddly, both Grant and Hope were English although seemed so American to us.

[Onlymusical]

@garypleace Being American, I've never heard of Carry on Spying but the only reason I can possibly think of for "The Road to Hong Kong" being shot in color is the failure of "Road to Bali" (which was actually a bit weak for a Road picture, I guess, which is the real reason, nothing to do with the color). I've read that it was believed by somebody that Crosby and Hope might look younger in B&W and that was the reason. Could be. Crosby certainly looked a bit odd romancing Joan Collins.