More Hope & Crosby Road Pictures Coming to Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Studio Classics announced that they will release the first four Bob Hope & Bing Crosby Road Pictures on Blu-ray sometime in the near future. It is unclear whether that means late 2018 or early 2019, but either way, it is great news.
While these films have usually been released as a box set on DVD, Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), and Road to Utopia (1945) will each receive individual, standalone releases on Blu-ray. With the release of these discs, all seven films in the “Road to” series will be available on Blu-ray, as Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and Road to Hong Kong (1962) have received prior HD releases.
It is unknown whether there will be any commentaries or other extras on the discs. The very brief announcement from the Kino Lorber Studio Classics Facebook page is pasted below:
Coming Soon on Blu-ray! Separate Releases!
Starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour
- Road to Singapore (1940) – Directed by Victor Schertzinger – with Charles Coburn, Anthony Quinn & Jerry Colonna
- Road to Zanzibar (1941) – Directed by Victor Schertzinger – with Una Merkel & Douglass Dumbrille
- Road to Morocco (1942) – Directed by David Butler – with Anthony Quinn & Dona Drake
- Road to Utopia (1945) – Directed by Hal Walker – with Hillary Brooke, Douglas Dumbrille, Jack La Rue & Robert Benchley
We Want more Bob Hope films in Blu-ray like The great Lover and The ghost breakers,please.
The ones I’d most like to see on Blu-ray are THE CAT AND THE CANARY and MY FAVORITE BLONDE.