The Road to Hollywood explained

The Road to Hollywood
Starring:	See below
Editing:	Bud Pollard
Distributor:	Astor Pictures
Runtime:	56 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

The Road to Hollywood is a 1947 American film^[1] 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 Stone as Ethel's Uncle Joe, from One More Chance / Jerry, Bing's friend from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
• Dick Stewart as Jerry, Bing's Chum from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
• Lincoln Stedman as Whitman, Mary's Fiancé, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
• Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Brooks, from Dream House (archive footage)
• James Eagles as Mary's Brother, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
• Matty Kemp as Percy Howard, Bing's Rival, from One More Chance (archive footage)
• Eddie Phillips as Reginald Duncan, from Dream House (archive footage)
• Marion Sayers as Peggy, Bing's Sweetheart, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
• Julia Griffith as Ethel's Mother, Bing's Future Mother-in-Law, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
• George Gray as George Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
• Vernon Dent as A Film Director, from Dream House (archive footage)
• Alice Adair as Ethel Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
• Marjorie Kane as Mary Malone, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)

Soundtrack

All sung by Bing Crosby

From "I Surrender Dear"

• "I Surrender Dear"
• "At Your Command"
• "Out of Nowhere”
• "A Little Bit of Heaven" (Ernest R. Ball / J. Keirn Brennan)

From "One More Chance"

• "Just One More Chance"
• "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
• "I Surrender Dear" (parody)
• I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

From "Dream House"

• "Dream House" (Earle Foxe / Lynn F. Cowan)
• "It Must Be True" (Harry Barris / Gus Arnheim / Gordon Clifford)
• "When I Take My Sugar to Tea” (Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal / Pierre Norman)

From "Billboard Girl"

• "Were You Sincere?" (Vincent Rose / Jack Meskill)
• "For You”

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Road to Hollywood. Rotten Tomatoes.