Description: Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954. He made over seventy feature films and recorded more than 1,600 different songs. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. Yank magazine said that he was “the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen” during World War II. Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Going My Way (1944), and was nominated for its sequel The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) opposite Ingrid Bergman, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the “Road To …” films from 1940 to 1962 (shown at the bottom).
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Billboard Girl (Short 1932)
( 1932 )
Bing and a buddy drive to the college town where Bing's penpal, a billboard model, goes to school. Little does he know he's being pranked by one of her male classmates.
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Sing, Bing, Sing (Short 1933)
( 1933 )
After singing over the radio, Bing Crosby transmits a signal to elope to his sweeheart Helen; but her father is listening too. Undaunted, Bing tries, tries again.
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College Humor
( 1933 )
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.
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Too Much Harmony
( 1933 )
A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."
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Please (Short 1933)
( 1933 )
Elmer Smoot and Bing Crosby both have a crush on vocal teacher Beth Sawyer, who is sponsoring an upcoming music recital. Smoot is an aspiring singer who hopes to run Bing Crosby off the radio, though he doesn't realize Crosby's identity when he meets him. They become bitter rivals for Sawyer's affection.
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Going Hollywood
( 1933 )
A love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.
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We're Not Dressing
( 1934 )
Yacht owner is stranded on island with her socialite friends, a wacky husband and wife research team, and a singing sailor.
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She Loves Me Not
( 1934 )
A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.
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Here Is My Heart
( 1934 )
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.
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Mississippi
( 1935 )
Crosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel. Fields then hires him to perform on his riverboat, promoting him as "Colonel Steel...the notorious Colonel Steel...the singing killer." The plot then follows a predictable course, but there are plenty of scenes featuring W.C. Fields.
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Two for Tonight
( 1935 )
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
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Anything Goes
( 1936 )
Young man falls for blonde heiress forced onto ship. Follows to rescue her, disguising as mobster's aide when realizing she's returning home and his boss is aboard.
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Rhythm on the Range
( 1936 )
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters.
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Pennies from Heaven
( 1936 )
Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help.
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Waikiki Wedding
( 1937 )
A beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.
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Double or Nothing
( 1937 )
According to the will of an eccentric millionaire, one of four randomly chosen strangers will become his heir if he/she can double $5000 by honest means.
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Doctor Rhythm
( 1938 )
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.
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Sing, You Sinners
( 1938 )
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but reckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. It seems the only thing all three can join in is their singing act, which Mike and Dave hate. Finally, all Joe's hopes are pinned on a race horse he's acquire...Read all
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Paris Honeymoon
( 1939 )
A Texas millionaire travels to Europe to meet his girlfriend, a European countess. He stops in a rustic mountain village and meets a beautiful peasant girl. He falls in love with her, then must decide if he wants her or the rich countess.
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East Side of Heaven
( 1939 )
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
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The Star Maker
( 1939 )
This is a film based on the life of Gus Edwards, a well-known vaudeville composer, entertainer and producer.
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If I Had My Way
( 1940 )
After a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers take his now-orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.
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Rhythm on the River
( 1940 )
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. After both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own names. The problem is that every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.
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Birth of the Blues
( 1941 )
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louey to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Je...Read all
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Holiday Inn
( 1942 )
At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
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Star Spangled Rhythm
( 1942 )
A Paramount Studios security guard who was a major actor during the silent film era must carry out the illusion that he is still a big deal when his sailor son comes to visit.
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Don't Hook Now (Short 1943)
( 1943 )
Scenes of a recent charity golf tournament in California. Bing and Bob clown while Bing sings "Tomorrow is My Lucky Day."
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Dixie
( 1944 )
A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most treasured composition: "Dixie." The film is based on the life of Daniel Decatur Emmett, who wrote the classic song "Dixie."
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Going My Way
( 1944 )
When young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of his new assistant.
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Here Come the Waves
( 1944 )
Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.
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Duffy's Tavern
( 1945 )
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
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The Bells of St. Mary's
( 1946 )
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
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Blue Skies
( 1946 )
An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.
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Welcome Stranger
( 1947 )
The old-time town doctor of Fallbridge plans his first vacation in 30 years. But his dislike of, and frequent squabbles with his young interim replacement may jeopardize more than his vacation.
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The Emperor Waltz
( 1948 )
A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
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Top o' the Morning
( 1949 )
A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance the local policeman's daughter.
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Riding High
( 1950 )
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
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Here Comes the Groom
( 1951 )
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
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Movie:
Just for You
( 1952 )
Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway producer who has always been too busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. His girlfriend Carolina, a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to take his kids on a vacation and get to know them before they are all grown up. Is Jordan already too late?
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Little Boy Lost
( 1953 )
A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during World War II married a French girl who was murdered by the Germans. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but who he has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris.
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White Christmas
( 1954 )
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
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The Country Girl
( 1955 )
A director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.
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High Society
( 1956 )
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
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Anything Goes
( 1956 )
Two producers find different actresses in Paris for the same Broadway role. Each promises her the part without telling the other. Drama unfolds on their ocean voyage back when both women learn the truth.
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Man on Fire
( 1957 )
A wealthy businessman whose wife has divorced him, is bitter about the divorce, and prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She takes him to court, and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.
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Say One for Me
( 1959 )
Father Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character, which is run by Tony Vincent (Wagner). Vincent never made the big time, and Father Conroy tries to look after Holly. There are many musica...Read all
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High Time
( 1960 )
Widower Harvey Howard enrolls in college at 51, insists on dorm life despite family disapproval. Over years, he participates in student life, develops feelings for Professor Gautier but hesitates to remarry.
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
( 1964 )
In Prohibition-era Chicago, two rival gangs compete for control of the city's rackets.
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Dr. Cook's Garden
( 1971 )
Dr Cook has a beautiful garden! But what's the secret to his green thumb?
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Road to Singapore
( 1940 )
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer.
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Road to Zanzibar
( 1941 )
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con women.
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Road to Morocco
( 1943 )
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
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Road to Utopia
( 1946 )
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
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Road to Rio
( 1947 )
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 Bali
( 1952 )
Two unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.
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The Road to Hong Kong
( 1962 )
Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination.
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