Crosby's star-making turn came in The Big Broadcast (1932), and his breezy style made him the first American pop singer to successfully jump to the big screen. In 1940 he teamed with Bob Hope to make The Road to Singapore, the first of their seven "Road" pictures. The 1942 musical Holiday Inn produced Crosby's signature song, "White Christmas," and in 1945, he was cast in Going My Way, scoring an Oscar for his lead role as a laid-back priest.
Crosby's later movies include The Country Girl (1954), High Society (1956) and the 1966 remake of Stagecoach. He died of a heart attack Oct. 14, 1977, doing what he loved best: playing golf.
AddHigh SocietyIn this musical reworking of The Philadelphia Story, Newport blueblood Bing Crosby tries to win back his ex-wife, "ice goddess" Grace Kelly, while Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm (reporters for Snoop Magazine) gum up the works. Cole Porter wrote the score (which includes the Oscar-winning song... Read More
AddHoliday InnBing Crosby croons to the tune of the Oscar-winning "White Christmas" in Irving Berlin's love triangle romantic comedy. Tired of the bright lights of showbiz, Jim Hardy (Crosby) retires to the countryside to become a farmer. He converts the farm into the Holiday Inn, open only on holidays, then... Read More
AddRoad to MoroccoStowaways Jeff (Bing Crosby) and Orville (Bob Hope) end up shipwrecked on the North African coast, where they shanghai a camel and journey across the desert to Morocco. For some fast cash, Jeff sells Orville into slavery. But instead, Orville lands in clover: His owner turns out to be the luscious... Read More
AddGoing My WayIn one of cinema's most charming pairings, Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald star in this classic musical drama that tells the tale of singing Father O'Malley (Crosby), sent to take over the aging and cantankerous Father Fitzgibbon's (Fitzgerald) parish. Winner of seven Oscars, including Best... Read More
AddThe Country GirlOnce the toast of Broadway, washed-up actor Frank Elgin (Bing Crosby) drinks himself into oblivion until red-hot director Bernie Dodd (William Holden) attempts to revive his career. An admirer of Elgin, Dodd begs the actor to sober up for the starring role in a new play, while Elgin's domineering... Read More
