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MacDonald & Associates MUSICAL PERFORMANCES CATALOGUE Bing Crosby Short Films
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Bing Crosby Short Films MacDonald & Associates
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Rhythm on the Roof:
Bob Crosby trying to catch a break in Hollywood is booked with Anson
Weeks and His Orchestra with Toby Wing, Frankie SaprutoCrosby
sings trying to sound like brother Bing Crosby: "May I,"
"Love Thy Neighbor" (with chorus line doing Busby
Berkeley-like routine), "Lovely Little Lady"
(1934) renewed
4-25B Crooner's
Holiday: this is truncated
version of Dream House here sold as Crooner's Holidaycontains
all the songs of Dream House minus much dialogue The Future
Stars: b/w (1930s; Produced by Ethel Meglin, Directed by Dallas M.
Fitzgerald–film shows kids from 4-11 years of age performing their
talents; 4 year old couple tap dances-–tap dance group performs with
acrobat–young girl shows her flexibility–young girls sing “I Love
Mountain Music”–young boy attempts to escape from being tied-up with
rope full of knots; throughout program boy is seen trying to escape
never succeeds-–four year-old couple sings a love sing; little girl
kisses boy on cheek-–group of girls dance to orchestra playing “Ay
Ay ya ya, canta y no llores” (Mexican traditional song)
T-10E Crooner's
Holiday: b/w Bing Crosby’s broken engagement due to his fiancée
becoming a Hollywood superstar–Bing goes after her
at Monarch Studios in Hollywood to win her love back–Bing
dresses in blackface as Egyptian slave and takes part of the script that
his ex-fiancée is inanimation is used to show “special
affects” (1932)
three copies T-10E
4-25B 4-18C (splicy)
1 Dream House:
Crosby sings "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," "It Must Be
True," and "Dream, House”he goes to Hollywood
chasing a girlfriendracist imagery and speech
8-10D Blue of the Night:
very good dupe of Bing Crosby two-reel comedyBing sings the
following: 8-10D
1) My Silent Love
2) Auf Wiedersehen
3) Every Time My Heart Beats
4) Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day Going Hollywood:
musical scenes from feature film stars Bing Crosby, Marion Davies
(lovingly photographed in the Cosmopolitan Picture), Fifi D'Orsay, Stu
Erwin, Patsy Kelly (1934)Bing
Crosby is heard and seen in the following songs:
8-10D
1) Our Big Love Scene
2) Beautiful Girl
3) Echo in the Valley
4) Going Hollywood
5) We'll Make Ham
6) After Sundown (twice)
7) Temptation
8) Our Big Love Scene I
Surrender Dear:
Crosby sings the following songs in this two-reel comedy:
8-10D
1) I Surrender, Dear
2) Out of Nowhere
3) At Your Command
4) I Surrender, Dear Billboard
Girl:
very light dupe of this two-reel Crosby comedy
8-10D One
More Chance: Crosby
as a washed-up salesman of washing machines
8-10D Sing,
Bing, Sing: low sound
and scratchy soundtrack 8-14B Bing Crosby: Bring
on Bing Comedy House release of Crosby 1930s comedyBing
sings "Were You Sincere?" and "For You"
4-19D A
Night in a Dormitory:
primitive Pathe musical comedy two-reel short stars Ginger
Rogersfrom 1929 with much vaudeville humor and performance
excellent condition
PD 8-9C
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