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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: * "I Surrender Dear" (1931) * " One More Chance" (1931) * "Billboard Girl" (1931) * " Dream House" (1931) Cast *Bing Crosby as Himself (archive footage) *Luis Alberni as The Marquis, from ''I Surrender Dear'' (archive footage) *Bud Pollard as Himself (Host / Narrator) * Ann Christy as Betty Brooks, from ''Dream House'' (archive footage) *Patsy O'Leary as Ethel Bangs, from '' One More Chance'' / Mrs. McCullough, from ''I Surrender Dear'' (archive footage) *George C. Pearce as Mary's Father, from ''Billboard Girl'' (archive footage) * Arthur Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Poster
A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature printed likenesses of the main actors. Prior to the 1980s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on film posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tagline, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, and other pertinent details to inform prospective viewers about the film. Film posters are often displayed inside and on the outside of movie theaters, and elsewhere on the street or in shops. The same images appear in the film exhibitor's pressbook and may also be used on websites, DVD (and historically VHS) packaging, flyers, advertisements in newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Subject
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used for industry experience and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy O'Leary
Patsy O'Leary (born Patricia O'Day, September 8, 1910, date of death unknown) was an Irish-American actress known for her work on Mack Sennett comedies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Biography O'Leary was born in County Cork, Ireland, to an Irish mother and a French father; the family relocated to Paris when O'Leary was a girl before heading to America and settling in Tacoma, Washington. She got into acting as a child on Sennett's lot. She appeared in dozens of films over the course of her career (mostly comedies and Westerns) and also owned her own restaurant in Hollywood for a time. She married Dr. Clement J. Joynt in 1930 and appears to have retired from acting soon after. She divorced Joynt in 1936. Filmography * ''The Flirty Sleepwalker'' (1932) * ''Half Holiday'' (1931) * '' One More Chance'' (1931) * ''I Surrender Dear'' (1931) * ''Poker Widows'' (1931) * ''The World Flier'' (1931) * ''Too Many Husbands'' (1931) * ''The Fainting Lover'' (1931) * ''In Conferenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Christy (actress)
Ann Christy (born Gladys Cronin; May 31, 1905 – November 14, 1987) was an American motion picture actress, whose screen career was relatively brief, spanning only five years, from 1927 in the late silent era to the early years of sound. Career Born Gladys Cronin in Logansport, Indiana, Christy left Indiana and relocated to California where she attended Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles. She intended to pursue a career in business, but was persuaded by friends to try acting. She made her film debut in a bit part in the 1927 film ''Long Pants'', starring Harry Langdon. That same year, she was awarded an Al Christie comedy leading lady film contract in May 1927. She appeared in film comedies with Bobby Vernon and Neal Burns. In 1928, Christy was selected by Harold Lloyd from more than fifty applicants to play his leading lady in the comedy ''Speedy'' (1928). That same year, she was selected one of thirteen WAMPAS Baby Stars. Following her success in ''Speedy'', Christy va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Alberni
Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor of stage and films. Early years Alberni was born in Barcelona, Spain, on October 4, 1886. He acted in stock theater for four years in Marseille before he went back to Barcelona, earned a BA degree, and studied law. Career Alberni was acting in Bordeaux when American humorist Wilson Mizner and playwright Paul Armstrong invited him to come to the United States, offering their help. In April 1912, he sailed to New York City as a steerage passenger aboard the S/S ''Nieuw Amsterdam''. In New York, Alberni acted on both stage and screen. His first motion picture performance was in the 1915 Jewish drama, '' Children of the Ghetto''. On the stage, he appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays between 1915 and 1928, including ''39 East'', ''Dreams for Sale'' and the original production of ''What Price Glory?'' in 1924–1925. In the sound film era, he had notable roles as Jacopo in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream House (1931 Film)
''Dream House'' is a 1931 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2688) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Del Lord. This was the third of the six short films Crosby made for Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Background Six shorts were made by Crosby for Mack Sennett, of which were four filmed in a three-month period in 1931 and two in 1932. The shorts were: * ''I Surrender Dear'' (released September 1931) * ''One More Chance'' (released November 1931) *Dream House (released January 1932) *''Billboard Girl'' (released March 1932) *'' Sing, Bing, Sing'' (released March 1933) * ''Blue of the Night'' (released January 1933) Crosby’s records were selling very well when Sennett signed him and “It Must Be True”, one of his big hits with Gus Arnheim was included in “Dream House”. Plot Preparing to meet his girlfriend Betty, plumber Bing Fawcett sings in his bath and whilst dressing 'When I Take My Sugar to Tea'. Finding, however, that Betty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Girl
''Billboard Girl'' is a 1932 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2709) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Leslie Pearce. This was the fourth of the six short films Crosby made for Mack Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Background Crosby produced six short films for Mack Sennett, of which four were shot over the course of three months in 1931 and the other two in 1932. The shorts were: *I Surrender Dear (released September 1931) * One More Chance (released November 1931) * Dream House (released January 1932) *Billboard Girl (released March 1932) * Sing, Bing, Sing (released March 1933) *Blue of the Night (released January 1933) Cast *Bing – Bing Crosby *Mary Malone – Marjorie “Babe” Kane *Jerry – Dick Stewart *Freddie – Jimmy Eagles *Whitney – Lincoln Stedman *Mr. Malone – George Pearce Plot Bing and his friend Jerry are seen admiring the picture of a college girl, Mary Malone, on a billboard. Bing has, without meeting her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Chance (1931 Film)
''One More Chance'' is a 1931 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2687) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Mack Sennett. This was the second of the six short films Crosby made for Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. This film is notable for Crosby first singing on film his classic hit " Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" which is sung to a bevy of giggling overweight Native American maidens who gradually close in on him. He also sings "Just One More Chance" which topped the various charts of the day in 1931. Plot Bing Bangs (Crosby) is a salesman for "Magic" washing machines and his demonstration of the machine at the beginning of the film results in disaster. Crosby later gains a transfer from Hoboken to California and he drives his wife Ethel and her Uncle Joe (who dislikes Bing) in an open car on the journey having many adventures en route. Uncle Joe presses Ethel to divorce Bing and marry a more desirable suitor called Percy Howard. Ethel, Joe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Surrender Dear (1931 Film)
''I Surrender Dear'' is a 1931 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2094) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Mack Sennett. This was the first of the six short films Crosby made for Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Background Crosby, who was then one of The Rhythm Boys vocal group, had a chance meeting with Mack Sennett at the Lakeside Golf Club of Hollywood in the fall of 1930. Sennett was looking for a singer for his short films which had until recently been ‘silents’. Having seen Crosby and The Rhythm Boys perform at the Cocoanut Grove, he invited both Crosby and Donald Novis to audition for him. Sennett decided to take on the former and subsequently, in May 1931, Crosby signed a contract on behalf of the Rhythm Boys for a series of two-reel comedies. The Rhythm Boys were to be paid $1,000 a week while engaged in the filming ($ in dollars ). Within days, however, the Rhythm Boys walked out of their contact at the Cocoanut Grove and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having appeared in the '' Road to...'' movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood, where she signed with Paramount Pictures. Her appearance as Ulah in ''The Jungle Princess'' (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen". In 1940, Lamour made her first ''Road series'' comedy film ''Road to Singapore''. The ''Road series'' films were popular during the 1940s. The sixth film in the series, ''Road to Bali'', was released in 1952. By this time, Lamour's screen career began to wane, and she focused on stage and television work. In 1961, Crosby and Hope teamed for ''The Road to Hong Kong'', but actress Joan Collins was cast as the female lead. Lamour made a brief appearance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven '' Road to ...'' musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as Hope's top-billed partner. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards show 19 times, more than any other host, Hope appeared in many stage productions and television roles and wrote 14 books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" was his signature tune. Hope was born in the Eltham district of southeast London, he arrived in the United States with his family at the age of four, and grew up near Cleveland, Ohio. After a brief career as a boxer in the late 1910s, Hope began his career in show business in the early 1920s, initially as a comedian and dancer on the vaudeville circuit, before acting on Broadway. Hope began appeari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Series
A film series or movie series (also referred to as a film franchise or movie franchise) is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series. This article explains what film series are and gives brief examples of movie series. The body shows a list of the most popular film series and franchises in the United States and Canada. Description Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiple-film work—for example, the '' Three Colours'' series—but in most cases the success of the original film (or an original series in the case of the ''Skywalker Saga'') inspires further films to be made. Individual sequels are relatively common but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments. As of 2022, the 30 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe form the highest-grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation, surpassing J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World (11 films), '' Star Wars'' (12 films) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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