Kino Lorber have detailed four upcoming Blu-ray releases:
Road to Singapore (1940),
Road to Zanzibar (1941),
Road to Morocco (1942), and
Road to Utopia (1946). All four will be available for purchase on March 26.
Road to Singapore
Synopsis: Comedy starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby; Dorothy Lamour plays the exotic beauty who comes between their friendship when they hide out in Singapore, forswearing all dealings with the opposite sex. But with Lamour's arrival it instantly is brought to question. Directed by Victor Schertzinger.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Bob Hope and the Road to Success
- Entertaining the Troops
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Road to Zanzibar
Synopsis: Chuck and his pal Fearless flee a South African carnival when their sideshow causes a fire. After several similar escapades, they've finally saved enough to return to the USA, when Chuck spends it all on a "lost" diamond mine. But that's only the beginning; before long, a pair of attractive con-women have tricked our heroes into financing a comic safari, featuring numerous burlesque jungle adventures. Directed by Victor Schertzinger.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Bob Hope and the Road to Success
- Command Performance 1944
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Road to Morocco
Synopsis: Made during the Second World War, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are shipwrecked near the coast of Morocco and find the country hostile to foreigners. The usual mayhem occurs with the beautiful Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour) buying Crosby as a plaything. Directed by David Butler.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jack Theakston
- Bob Hope and the Road to Success
- Command Performance 1945
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Road to Utopia
Synopsis: In this movie in the Road series, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope are married and thinking about how they came about their wealth and how they lost their best friend Crosby. However, Crosby pops up and the story is told (in flashback) of Hope and Crosby's adventures; from their failed attempts at being vaudevillians through to their purloining the deed of a gold mine from gangsters and pretending to be them. As usual the duo get into all kinds of scrapes and are after the same girl, Lamour, with all the usual gags thrown in. Directed by Hal Walker.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Filmmaker Greg Ford and Film & Music Historian Will Friedwald
- Bob Hope and the Road to Success
- Hollywood Victory Caravan
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature