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 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: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 CrosbyFrom "I Surrender Dear"
- "I Surrender Dear"
- "At Your Command"
- "Out of Nowhere”
- "A Little Bit of Heaven"
- "Just One More Chance"
- "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
- "I Surrender Dear"
- I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
- "Dream House"
- "It Must Be True"
- "When I Take My Sugar to Tea”
- "Were You Sincere?"
- "For You”