The Road to Hollywood
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 exploit the "Road to..." film series starring Crosby, Hope, and Lamour, and released by Paramount Pictures.Plot
Bud Pollard narrates a biography of Bing Crosby stringing together the following short subjects:
- "I Surrender Dear"
- "One More Chance"
- "Billboard Girl"
- "Dream House"
Cast
- Bing Crosby as Himself
- Luis Alberni as The Marquis, from I Surrender Dear
- Bud Pollard as Himself
- Ann Christy as Betty Brooks, from Dream House
- Patsy O'Leary as Ethel Bangs, from One More Chance / Mrs. McCullough, from I Surrender Dear
- George C. Pearce as Mary's Father, from Billboard Girl
- Arthur Stone as Ethel's Uncle Joe, from One More Chance / Jerry, Bing's friend from I Surrender Dear
- Dick Stewart as Jerry, Bing's Chum from Billboard Girl
- Lincoln Stedman as Whitman, Mary's Fiancé, from Billboard Girl
- Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Brooks, from Dream House
- James Eagles as Mary's Brother, from Billboard Girl
- Matty Kemp as Percy Howard, Bing's Rival, from One More Chance
- Eddie Phillips as Reginald Duncan, from Dream House
- Marion Sayers as Peggy, Bing's Sweetheart, from I Surrender Dear
- Julia Griffith as Ethel's Mother, Bing's Future Mother-in-Law, from I Surrender Dear
- George Gray as George Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear
- Vernon Dent as A Film Director, from Dream House
- Alice Adair as Ethel Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear
- Marjorie Kane as Mary Malone, from Billboard Girl
Soundtrack
All sung by Bing Crosby
From "I Surrender Dear"
- "I Surrender Dear"
- "At Your Command"
- "Out of Nowhere”
- "A Little Bit of Heaven"
From "One More Chance"
From "Dream House"
- "Dream House"
- "It Must Be True"
- "When I Take My Sugar to Tea”
From "Billboard Girl"
- "Were You Sincere?"
- "For You”