BATH — Patten Free Library’s summer film festival continues with the 1942 Bob Hope and Bing Crosby classic, “Road to Morocco.” Show time is 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
Admission is free. The community room is air conditioned, and refreshments will be served. Please note the time change from Tuesday to Wednesday for this week only.
Survivors of a Mediterranean shipwreck, stowaways Jeff (Crosby) and Orville (Hope) paddle to a North African shore and hitch a camel ride across the desert to Morocco. In order to buy food, Jeff sells Orville into slavery — but Orville’s owner turns out to be the luscious Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour), who quickly offers to become his wife.
Unfortunately, the true reason for the princess’s proposal soon becomes clear: Her prophet has warned that her first husband will meet a violent death within days of their marriage.
An Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay, “Road to Morocco” is highlighted by Bing Crosby’s rendition of one of his best-loved songs, the unforgettable “Moonlight Becomes You.”
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