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''Road to ...'' refers to a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the "''Road''" pictures or the "''Road''" series. The movies were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music. The minimal plot often took a back seat to gags, many of them supposedly ad-libbed by Crosby and Hope during filming. ==Films in the series== *''Road to Singapore'' (1940) *''Road to Zanzibar'' (1941) *''Road to Morocco'' (1942) *''Road to Utopia'' (1946) *''Road to Rio'' (1947) *''Road to Bali'' (1952) *''The Road to Hong Kong'' (1962) Each film is not simply a comedic film, but a satire of some of the popular film genres of the day, including jungle, Arabian nights, Alaskan adventure, and high seas. The final film not only comes much later, but involves a newer genre; ''Hong Kong'' spoofs the spy films of the sixties. In 1977, an eighth ''Road to ...'' movie was planned, titled ''Road to the Fountain of Youth''; however, Crosby died that year of a heart attack. In 1947, Astor Pictures released a compilation film of several of Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects called ''The Road to Hollywood'' to evoke the series. In Sweden, the first film was given the title ''Två glada sjömän går iland'' (''Two Jolly Sailors Go Ashore''), which led to the subsequent films in the series all being given a title beginning with ''Två glada sjömän ...'', except for the last film, which was instead called ''Vägen till Hong Kong'' (a direct translation of the English title). In the 1980s, Eric Idle wanted to make a 'Road...' picture called ''The Road to Mars'', but was so put off by the executive meddling done at Hollywood studios, that he decided to do it as a novel instead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Road to ...」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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