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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 ==
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 ==
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” == References ==
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