Bob Hope career—to later create variations of the song to fit specific circumstances, such as bidding farewell to troops while on tour or mentioning the names of towns in which he was performing. As a movie star, Hope was best known for such comedies as "My Favorite Brunette" and the highly successful "Road" movies in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The series consists of seven films made between 1940 and 1962 -- "Road to Singapore" (1940), "Road to Zanzibar" (1941), "Road to Morocco" (1942), "Road to Utopia" (1946), "Road to Rio" (1947), "Road to Bali" (1952), and "The
Road to Bali by Lamour. Filming started on April 21, 1952 and continued until July of the same year. "Road to Bali" was a co-production of Bing Crosby Enterprises, Hope Enterprises and Paramount. The giant squid that threatens Bob Hope in an underwater scene was previously seen attacking Ray Milland in the Paramount production "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942), directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The erupting volcano climax was taken directly from the Paramount production "Aloma of the South Seas" (1941), also starring Lamour. In keeping with the film's initial setting of Melbourne, Australia, many of the jokes contain references to Argyle socks,