Road to Utopia review stars Crosby Hope Lamour
Ferne Gater calls Road to Utopia a funny modern comedy with strong visual gags and sharp repartee. The film stars Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour at the Paramount theater and director Hal Watrer.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1946
Page
23
Ferne Gater calls Road to Utopia a funny modern comedy with strong visual gags and sharp repartee. The film stars Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour at the Paramount theater and director Hal Watrer.
A playful and improbable snowbound musical comedy featuring Dottie Lamour and Bing Crosby with Hope Crosby and the usual canine sahara. The plot borrows a turn of the century motif as gold mining swindlers collide with city slickers while musical numbers interrupt the pratfalls.
The Gazette lists Wednesday theatre times for Paramount Palace Rialto including screenings of Road to Utopia Just Before Dawn Abilene Town Meet Me on Broadway Over 21 Hollywood and Vine Keep Them Slugging Roughly Speaking and Song of the Sarong with multiple daily showings and notes on possible changes.
Charles Boyer, star of film, earned 207 500 last year from Warner Brothers Pictures as the highest paid employee. Director Michael Curtiz was second at 203 759, followed by Errol Flynn with 184 000, figures disclosed in Warner’s annual report to the SEC.
Vice Admiral George D. Murray will relieve Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender as commandant of the Ninth naval district at Great Lakes Illinois. Murray commanded the carrier Enterprise at Pearl Harbor and led the Pacific fleet air force in August 1944, with Carpender reassigned to the navy department in Washington.
Abilene Town with Randolph Scott and Ann Dvorak offers a strong frontier tale with a marshal and homesteaders facing down dance hall tropes. Meet Me on Broadway stars Marjorie Reynolds and Fred Brady with Jinx Falkenburg in a lively musical, both programs praised for solid storytelling and engaging casts.
The young homesteader romance with Edgar Buchanan is complemented by a solid production. The review highlights Fred Brady, Marjorie Reynolds, Jinx Falkenburg and Allen Jenkins as standout performers, noting the comedy and overall quality compared with typical co feature musicals.
A young showman Brady aims to stage an amateur production and marry a talented blonde Miss Reynolds. In a small town they encounter the idle rich including Miss Falkenburg, with Spring Byington and series cast in supporting roles, presenting a light, attractive lineup.
Switzerland and Russia have re established diplomatic relations after a 22 year break the Swiss political department said on Wednesday. Egg shells are mainly formed of carbonate of lime.
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