Lamour, Dorothy 1914-1996Overview
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Dorothy Lamour
Road to Bali
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53 editions published between 1952 and 2006 in English and held by 874 libraries worldwide Hope and Crosby are vaudeville performers hired as deep sea divers by an unscrupulous South Sea island prince.
Road to Morocco
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9 editions published between 1942 and 2002 in English and held by 791 libraries worldwide The lone survivors of a ship wrecked in the Mediterranean, our heroes find themselves in the company of Princess Shalimar (Lamour), who has purchased Bob and plans to make him her husband. This is the third "Road" picture.
The greatest show on earth
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5 editions published between 1952 and 2007 in English and held by 759 libraries worldwide A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.
My favorite brunette
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73 editions published between 1947 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 721 libraries worldwide In this spoof of detective stories, baby photographer Hope substitutes for a private eye and gets involved in a murder mystery.
My side of the road
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8 editions published between 1980 and 1984 in English and held by 662 libraries worldwide
Donovan's reef
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8 editions published between 1983 and 2006 in English and held by 627 libraries worldwide A straight-laced Bostonian comes searching for her father, a brawling ex-Navy man living on a South Pacific island.
Road to Utopia
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9 editions published between 1988 and 2002 in English and held by 529 libraries worldwide Bing and Bob get caught up in a race to stake their claim to the veins of a Klondike gold mine after nabbing the deed from a couple of vicious killers. Since the boys themselves are skipping town after a shady deal, they decide to adopt the murderers' identities and take the opportunity to get to know the beautiful and ambitious Dorothy Lamour.
Road to Zanzibar
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5 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 376 libraries worldwide The second of the famous "Road" pictures starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as a couple of scheming carnival performers.
Road to Rio
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11 editions published between 1988 and 2003 in English and held by 370 libraries worldwide A pair of down-and-out Hollywood musicians find themselves on a slow boat to Rio de Janeiro where they meet a beautiful woman whose sinister guardian is trying to marry her off to a swindler.
The greatest show on earth
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3 editions published between 1992 and 2001 in English and held by 356 libraries worldwide A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus, and includes an incredible train wreck.
Road to Singapore
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 321 libraries worldwide When junior shipping mogul Josh Mallon comes too close to getting hitched, he and his best buddy Ace Lannigan run to the furthest point they can find on a map--Singapore. The first of the famous "Road" pictures starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as a team of irrepressible bachelors, the scenery includes Dorothy Lamour as the beautiful live-in housekeeper they bring home.
The road to Hong Kong
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4 editions published between 1990 and 2007 in English and held by 297 libraries worldwide Harry (Crosby) and Chester (Hope) travel to Tibet to search for a drug to restore Chester's memory. Once they find the cure, Chester's memory becomes so good that he accidentally memorizes a secret formula for space navigation. Soon the two meet up with a beautiful spy (Collins) and get slightly sidetracked ... to another planet!
On the road with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
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2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 243 libraries worldwide Road to Singapore: "When young shipping mogul Josh Mallon comes too close to getting hitched, he and best buddy Ace Lannigan flee to the farthest point they can find on the map, Singapore."--Container.
The Greatest show on earth
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4 editions published between 1981 and 1988 in English and held by 197 libraries worldwide A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus, and includes an incredible train wreck.
Road to Bali Road to Rio
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5 editions published between 1952 and 2010 in English and held by 165 libraries worldwide Road to Bali: Hope and Crosby star as two out-of-work vaudeville performers who are on the lam. The two are hired by a South Seas prince as deep-sea divers in order to recover a buried treasure. They meet beautiful Princess Lala (Lamour) and vie for her affections.
College swing The big broadcast of 1938
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 144 libraries worldwide College swing: a tune-filled spoof of small-town college. The big broadcast of 1938: W.C. Fields plays dual roles while Hope juggles three ex-wives and romances Dorothy Lamour.
Creepshow 2
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12 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 143 libraries worldwide Join the rotting Creep as he introduces this horror anthology which presents gruesome looks at the latest tales of horror.
My favorite blonde
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 141 libraries worldwide My favorite blonde: It's all aboard for intrigue, laughs and romance as Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll contend with German spies during a daffy but dangerous cross-country chase. Star spangled rhythm: A young sailor thinks his dad is a studio boss, when in fact his father is a gatekeeper.
Swing high, swing low
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20 editions published between 1936 and 2007 in English and held by 115 libraries worldwide Based on the stage play Burlesque, this musical drama highlights musician MacMurray's rise to fame and then follows his downward plunge to being, once again, a nonentity.
The hurricane
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8 editions published between 1985 and 1995 in English and held by 113 libraries worldwide "The simple life on a South Pacific island is disrupted, not only by a vindictive governor but by a typhoon."--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed. more
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Actors Aerialists Alaska Americans Best friends Biography Cannibalism Carnivals Circus Clowns Comedy films Comedy films Detective and mystery films Detective and mystery films Drama Entertainers Fathers and daughters Feature films Feature films Fiction films Films for the hearing impaired Gold mines and mining Lamour, Dorothy,--1914-1996 Man-woman relationships Mistaken identity Morocco Motion picture music--Excerpts Murder--Investigation Musical films Musical films Oceania Pacific Ocean--Islands of the Pacific Photographers Popular music Private investigators Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows Road films Road films Singapore Single men Spies Tanzania--Zanzibar United States Vaudeville Veterans Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Voyages and travels Women circus performers World War (1939-1945)
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Alternative Names
Kaumeyer, Dorothy 1914-1996
Slaton, Mary Leta Dorothy, 1914-1996
Languages
English
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