Sunday 1 December 2013

Road to Hong Kong (1962)

The Road to Hong Kong was made in1962 at Shepperton Studios in England.  It starred Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and features a host of other guest stars, many of whom come across as a little bit fresher and a lot funnier than the series reoccurring comedy duo.  Not surprisingly this was the last of the Road to.. series of movies. 
 
 


And - of no particular interest to anyone one other than me- it appears to be the first appearance of this particular space helmet which turns up the next year in Mouse on the Moon (1963) and then a little later on as part of  the killer robots in The Earth Dies Screaming (1965)
Now that's kind of cool.
 
 
Steve

2 comments:

  1. (An attempt to mail you bounced, Steve. Contact higgins at fnal dot gov and I'll send you a page from Life.)

    Obviously I need to tell you about page 46 of the 10 November 1961 issue of Life.

    Hope and Crosby sent a photo of these costumes to the Mercury astronauts with the message, "To Shepard and Grissom: We're ready!" The astronauts, dressed as song-and-dance men, responded, "We're ready too!"

    An un-autographed version of the astronaut photo may be found here.

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    1. That is so very cool and such a great story. Many thanks

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