The first time I saw a Crosby-Hope-Lamour Road picture was on TV. It was broken up about every ten minutes with five minutes of commercials. Regardless, I stuck with it to enjoy the wacky comedy and choice Crosby crooning. It was The Road to Morocco. For the next few Friday nights, the channel featured the rest of the series - one comic gem after another. It wasn't until years later that I saw the Road to Singapore and then Zanzibar on TCM. Each had great songs but to my taste, "It's Always You" comes in second place to "Moonlight Becomes You." "Put 'er There Pal" and "Road to Morocco" are the top novelty tunes from the series. One thing that always bothered me about "Zanzibar" is the "slave sale" scene. It would never pass the censors today, and was surely just as inappropriate in 1941. The print I watched recently on Classic Reel is pristine - the sound is clear and crisp and this 80 year old classic still holds up for a good 1 1/2 hours of fun.
Review of Road to Zanzibar
