The Road to Hollywood
1947 film by Mack Sennett, Del Lord, Leslie Pearce
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" (1932)
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.
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