La route de Singapour

Original title: The Road to Singapore

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William Powell and Marian Marsh in La route de Singapour (1931)

Gossip, snobbery, mistrust, divorce and a mail-order engagement dominate the lives of the British upper class living in the plantation colonies of Southeast Asia.Gossip, snobbery, mistrust, divorce and a mail-order engagement dominate the lives of the British upper class living in the plantation colonies of Southeast Asia.Gossip, snobbery, mistrust, divorce and a mail-order engagement dominate the lives of the British upper class living in the plantation colonies of Southeast Asia.

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William Powell

Hugh Dawltry

Doris Kenyon

Philippa Crosby March

Marian Marsh

Rene March

Louis Calhern

Dr. George March

Alison Skipworth

Mrs. Wey-Smith

Lumsden Hare

Mr. Wey-Smith

Tyrell Davis

Nikki
(as Tyrrell Davis)

A.E. Anson

Dr. Muir

Huspin Ansari

Ali, March's Servant
(uncredited)

May Beatty

Bridge Player on Ship
(uncredited)

Colin Campbell

Reginald
(uncredited)

Arthur Clayton

Mr. Everard
(uncredited)

Carrie Daumery

Birthday Party Guest
(uncredited)

Douglas Gerrard

Simpson
(uncredited)

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Everard
(uncredited)

Charles Lane

Desk Clerk at Club
(uncredited)

Margarita Martín

Ayah
(uncredited)

'Snub' Pollard

Photographer at Birthday Party
(uncredited)

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Trivia
NYT notes that this was William Powell's first starring role for Warner Brothers. He made a total of nine films at the studio.

Goofs
The footage of the natives and drum players was used again when Hugh and Phillipa looked at them when they were in his bungalow.

Quotes
Dr. George March: [Upon finding his wife at Dawltry's house] There's going to be no scandal in my house. But Dawltry is leaving Khota for good!
Philippa Crosby March: And so am I, George. And I'm also leaving YOU. I came out here in search of love, and happiness. I found instead a machine - a machine of cold steel. As cold as the instruments you use to probe the bodies of unconscious patients on operating tables... Nursing hasn't changed me from a woman. But surgery in the tropics has changed the man I came to marry. So I turned to Hugh Dawltry for the love and affection you didn't give me.
Dr. George March: If I didn't know that you were suffering from a pathological complaint common to the tropics, I should think you were neurotic. It's just a physical heat wave!
Dr. George March: [Now turning to glare at Hugh Dawltry] And that CAD took advantage of it!
Philippa Crosby March: But not of me, George. YOU did that! All you wanted was a wife. ANY woman would have done as well. And some other woman can take my place from now on!

Soundtracks
African Lament
(uncredited)
Music by Ernesto Lecuona
Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert

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6/10

jungle fever

Philippa Crosby March (Doris Kenyon) arrives in Singapore set to marry Dr. George March. Dashing playboy Hugh Dawltry (William Powell) sets his sights on her. Her marriage is disappointing and her eyes start drifting. One night, the drums start pounding at the native village. It's a love festival.

This is a pre-Code romance melodrama. There is a bit of exoticism with the drumming love-fest. It's jungle fever. I'm not in love with this coupling or even this love triangle, but I am a little intrigued. The ending is a little unsatisfying although I can accept it. I want the drama to be elevated.