10 Favourite Bing Crosby Musicals
1903 - 1977
THE entertainer of the 20th century breaking and holding records in film, radio and recordings.
THE entertainer of the 20th century breaking and holding records in film, radio and recordings.
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- DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.Irving Berlin songs include White Christmas, Let's Start the New Year Right, Be Careful It's My Heart.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke songs include Swinging on a Star, The Day After Forever, Going My Way.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsBing CrosbyMary MartinBasil RathbonePopular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke ballad Only Forever and best title tune ever.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsBing CrosbyFred MacMurrayDonald O'ConnorOf 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 acquired, but it's a bigger gamble than his family knows. Hilarious sequence involving a lecturer on seals.James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke songs include I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams. Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser's Small Fry is a showstopper performed by Bing, Donald O'Connor and Fred MacMurray.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBing CrosbyBetty HuttonSonny TuftsShow 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.Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer songs include That Old Black Magic, Let's Take the Long Way Home, Ac-cen-Tchu-ate the Positive and There's a Fellow Waiting in Poughkeepsie.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBing CrosbyMadge EvansEdith FellowsLarry 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.Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston songs include Pennies from Heaven, One Two Button Your Shoe and Let's Call a Heart a Heart.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBing CrosbyJane WymanAlexis SmithForeign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer's Oscar winning In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBing CrosbyColeen GrayCharles BickfordA horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke songs include Sunshine Cake, The Horse Told Me, We've Got a Sure Thing, Someplace on Anywhere Road.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsBing CrosbyGrace KellyFrank SinatraWith 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.Cole Porter songs include True Love, Little One and Now You Has Jazz.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsBing CrosbyRhonda FlemingCedric HardwickeA singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke songs include Busy Doing Nothing, Once and for Always.