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The Road to Hollywood
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Wikipedia article
'The Road to Hollywood' is a 1947 American film released by Astor Pictures that is a combination of several of Bing Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects. The title was designed to draft off Paramount Pictures' "Road to..." film series starring Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour; Hope and Lamour do not appear in the film.
Plot
Bud Pollard narrates a biography of Bing Crosby stringing together the following short subjects:
* "I Surrender Dear" (1931)
* "One More Chance" (1931)
* "Billboard Girl" (1931)
* "Dream House" (1931)
Cast
*Bing Crosby as Himself (archive footage)
*Luis Alberni as The Marquis, from 'I Surrender Dear' (archive footage)
*Bud Pollard as Himself (Host / Narrator)
*Ann Christy as Betty Brooks, from 'Dream House' (archive footage)
*Patsy O'Leary as Ethel Bangs, from 'One More Chance' / Mrs. McCullough, from 'I Surrender Dear' (archive footage)
*George C. Pearce as Mary's Father, from 'Billboard Girl' (archive footage)
*Arthur Stone as Ethel's Uncle Joe, from 'One More Chance' / Jerry, Bing's friend from 'I Surrender Dear' (archive footage)
*Dick Stewart as Jerry, Bing's Chum from 'Billboard Girl' (archive footage)
*Lincoln Stedman as Whitman, Mary's Fianc, from 'Billboard Girl' (archive footage)
*Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Brooks, from 'Dream House' (archive footage)
*James Eagles as Mary's Brother, from 'Billboard Girl' (archive footage)
*Matty Kemp as Percy Howard, Bing's Rival, from 'One More Chance' (archive footage)
*Eddie Phillips as Reginald Duncan, from 'Dream House' (archive footage)
*Marion Sayers as Peggy, Bing's Sweetheart, from 'I Surrender Dear' (archive footage)
*Julia Griffith as Ethel's Mother, Bing's Future Mother-in-Law, from 'I Surrender Dear' (archive footage)
*George Gray as George Dobbs, from 'I Surrender Dear' (archive footage)
*Vernon Dent as A Film Director, from 'Dream House' (archive footage)
*Alice Adair as Ethel Dobbs, from 'I Surrender Dear' (archive footage)
*Marjorie Kane as Mary Malone, from 'Billboard Girl' (archive footage)
Soundtrack
All sung by Bing Crosby
'From "I Surrender Dear"'
* "I Surrender Dear"
* "At Your Command"
* "Out of Nowhere
* "A Little Bit of Heaven" (Ernest R. Ball / J. Keirn Brennan)
'From "One More Chance"'
* "Just One More Chance"
* "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
* "I Surrender Dear" (parody)
* I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
'From "Dream House"'
* "Dream House" (Earle Foxe / Lynn F. Cowan)
* "It Must Be True" (Harry Barris / Gus Arnheim / Gordon Clifford)
* "When I Take My Sugar to Tea (Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal / Pierre Norman)
'From "Billboard Girl"'
* "Were You Sincere?" (Vincent Rose / Jack Meskill)
* "For You
References
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