“But Beautiful” – Road to Rio (1948)

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But Beautiful is from the film “Road to Rio,” which is the fifth in the series of famous “Road” films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. The IMDb summary of the film states:

Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.

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Road to Rio was the top grossing film of 1948, with the score by composer Jimmy Van Heusen and lyricist Johnny Burke. (It was actually released on Christmas Day 1947). The movie also  introduced “You Don’t Have to Know the Language” and “Experience.” 

First the Crosby version from the film, then a 1960 recording by Freddie Hubbard from his album Open Sesame.

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