The april 20, 1966 episode of the danny thomas show, titled the road to lebanon, featured bing crosby scouting locations in beirut for a new road picture without bob hope. Blue skies is a 1946 american musical comedy film directed by stuart heisler and starring bing crosby, fred astaire, and joan caulfield. This film starts off with fred astaire addressing folks over the radio. The aviator 2004 bing crosby is heard twice on the film s soundtrack during the dramas first half. With bing crosby, rhonda fleming, cedric hardwicke, william bendix. This article may feature affiliate links to amazon or other companies, and purchases made via these links may earn us a small commission at no additional cost to you. Dean martin jerry lewis on bob hope bing crosby us olympic team telethon. Road to utopia is a 1946 american semimusical comedy film directed by hal walker and starring bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. Crosby is perhaps most known for the movie and song white christmas micheal curtiz which, at one time, was considered the most popular recording of all time bing crosby and his buddy bob hope made a number of very funny and. The best thing to happen to bing crosby since bob hope, wsj gary giddins presents the second volume of his masterful multipart biography. The greatest of the greatest, orson welles and bing crosby star in the storytelling adaptation recording of oscar wildes famous story, the happy prince adaptation by orson welles, made by.
The reading community has changed a lot in 17 years, and i worry that this new volume will do as well as it deserves to do. Bing crosby played 18 holes of golf, even when his doctor said to only do nine. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. With bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour, hillary brooke. His 12 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include going my way, country girl, holiday inn.
Fred astaire pensait terminer sa carriere sur ce film et offrir puttin on. Bing won an oscar for his performance in going my way. Crosby studied law at gonzaga university in spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with. He became the archetypal crooner of a period when the advent of radio broadcasting and talking pictures and the refinement of sound. The first multimedia star, crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954 8 his early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced. Short 1931 bing bangs i surrender dear short 1931 bing confessions of a coed 1931 bing as the rhythm boys reaching for the moon. Bing often sang duets and two examples with connee boswell and marilyn maxwell are included. Its a flimsy excuse to romp through more than two dozen irving berlin songs, but blue skies is good fun nonetheless and one of the topgrossing films of 1946. Film director bud pollard appears on screen to tell us of bing crosbys rise to fame, using scenes from four early crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography. Siegel, blue skies was filmed in technicolor and released. Filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, road to utopia is the fourth film of the road to series. Jed potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers.
The road to hollywood is an ersatz 1947 feature film assembled and very stiffly narrated by bud pollard from four bing crosby short subjects made in the 1930s at the mack sennett studios. A couple of song and dance men from blue skies 1946 a short version of the song was published on decca. American actor bing crosby was born harry lillis crosby jr. The star maker 1939 bing crosby full movie youtube. Crosby studied law at gonzaga university in spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. Nss1 1946 movie poster photo lucille ball fred astaire. The quality of the dvd is surprisingly high brilliant color and sharp images for a film from 1946. I have converted it from pals 25fps to the correct cinema speed of 24fps. On the ship to skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been stolen by mcgurk and sperry, a couple of thugs. Omalley, aptly described by giddins as a superhuman fount of liberal wisdom, empathy and action, helped cement crosbys indelible image as a man of the peoplean impression powerfully abetted by his tireless. Pdf road to box office the seven film comedies of bing crosby bob hope and dorothy lamour pdf book free.
Road to utopia vhs, 1946 bing crosby, bob hope, dorothy lamour. Marys 1945 is an american drama film, produced and directed by leo mccarey and starring bing crosby and ingrid bergman. May 3, 1903 october 14, 1977 was an american singer, comedian and actor. Bing crosby was in the dumps while recording white. Based on a story by irving berlin, the film is about a dancer who loves a showgirl who loves a compulsive nightclubopener who cant stay committed to anything in life for very long. Bing crosby, 1946 bing crosby, hollywood, great american. Road to utopia 1946, road to rio 1947, road to bali 1952 and winding up. That would make it worthwhile viewing for bing fans if pollard had just presented the shorts as a straightforward collection of shorts or as a robert. Bing crosby is a restless nightclub entrepreneur, fred astaire his broadway buddy. Crosby became the first actor to be twice nominated for an oscar for portraying the same character. This is a rare bing crosby film taken from a vhsbased file found on the internet. In the 1981 mel brooks film history of the world, part i, on escaping from the romans, brooks and costar gregory hines parody the series were off on the road to. Film director bud pollard appears on screen to tell us of bing crosby s rise to fame, using scenes from four early crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography. Author gary giddins, who recently wrote the biography bing crosby swinging on a star.
He was a film and stage actor, entertainer, wwii officer, flight commander in europe. The war years 19401946, told the new issue of closer weekly the singer was reportedly suffering from. No film role resonated more powerfully than his oscarwinning portrayal of father chuck omalley in going my way and the equally popular the bells of st. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. The positive parts of swinging on a star the war years is the amount we learn about bing crosby. Bob hope and bing crosby playing golf at broadmoor in 1946. Provided by jim tuttle, this film features a short clip of bob hope and bing crosby playing golf at the broadmoor hotel in colorado springs in 1946. In the 1960s eddie rice, a crosby fan, visited john scott trotter who had led the kraft orchestra.
Add a touch of the beautiful joan caulfield and the rhythmic dancing and singing of olga san juan, and you will savor the wide range of irving berlins music. Bing crosby had encounters with inger stevens 1957, ingrid bergman 1935, miriam hopkins 1934 and ginger mehan about. A connecticut yankee in king arthurs court 1948 imdb. The song is irving berlins blue skies, from the 1946 movie of the same name. This is really intended for those with a great appreciation for crosby, music, film andor cultural and entertainment during that seminal period in american history. By 1946, the world was well aware of bing crosbys comedy skills, but his latest film earned the ultimate accolade. Bing crosby, byname of harry lillis crosby, born may 3, 1903, tacoma, washington, u. The multitalented bing crosby is famous for his beautiful voice, his comedy, and his acting. Clip bing crosby rediscovered full film the road films. As 42yearold bing crosby stepped into a recording studio in new york city on january 22, 1946, he was, as he had been for several years, both the top pop recording artist in the u. A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in arthurian britain.
The aviator 2004 bing crosby is heard twice on the films soundtrack during the. At the turn of the century, duke and chester, two vaudeville performers, go to alaska to make their fortune. From the dizzy era of prohibition through the dark days of the second world war, he was a desperate nations most beloved entertainer. With bing crosby, luis alberni, ann christy, patsy oleary. Written by dudley nichols and based on a story by leo mccarey, the film is about a priest and a nun who, despite their goodnatured rivalry, try to save their school from being shut down. They disguise themselves as mcgurk and sperry to get off the ship. The life of bing crosby is quite remarkable, and bing crosby deserves to be remembered more than he is. Marys is released, a film in which bing reprises his role as father omalley alongside ingrid bergman and becomes top. Bing crosby tv show 1964 16mm film yadwin report w commercials lux ford comet. The character father omalley had been previously portrayed by crosby. Take bing crosby and fred astaire at their glorious best. Written by melvin frank and norman panama, the film is about two vaudeville performers at the turn of the twentieth century who go to. Thanks is played shortly after the sequence depicting the premiere of the film wings and some of these days is featured when howard hughes, played by leonardo dicaprio, visits the home of katharine hepburn cate blanchett.