Bing's Birthday Movie
I began my blog, Caftan Woman, in 2008 and that first year began writing articles to commemorate Bing Crosby's birthdate. Since 2012 the feature has turned into Bing's Birthday Movie. So far, these are the films reviewed.
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- DirectorBilly WilderStarsBing CrosbyJoan FontaineRoland CulverA brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.2012
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2012/05/bings-birthday-movie-emperor-waltz-1948.html - DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsBing CrosbyMary MartinBasil RathbonePopular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.2013
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2013/05/bing-crosby-rhythm-on-river-rhythm-on_3.html - DirectorHal WalkerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.2014
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2014/04/caftan-womans-choice-one-for-may-on-tcm.html - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBing CrosbyJoan BlondellMischa AuerA man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.2015
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/05/bings-birthday-movie-east-side-of.html - DirectorWesley RugglesStarsBing CrosbyFred MacMurrayDonald O'ConnorOf the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but reckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. It seems the only thing all three can join in is their singing act, which Mike and Dave hate. Finally, all Joe's hopes are pinned on a race horse he's acquired, but it's a bigger gamble than his family knows. Hilarious sequence involving a lecturer on seals.2016
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/05/bings-birthday-movie-sing-you-sinners.html - DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsBing CrosbyClaude DauphinChristian FourcadeA war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during World War II married a French girl who was murdered by the Germans. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but who he has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris.2017
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2017/05/bings-birthday-movie-little-boy-lost.html - DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBing CrosbyBob BurnsMartha RayeA beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.2018
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/05/bings-birthday-movie-waikiki-wedding.html - DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBing CrosbyKitty CarlisleRoland YoungA rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.2019
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2019/05/bings-birthday-movie-here-is-my-heart.html - DirectorA. Edward SutherlandWesley RugglesStarsBing CrosbyW.C. FieldsJoan BennettCrosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel. Fields then hires him to perform on his riverboat, promoting him as "Colonel Steel...the notorious Colonel Steel...the singing killer." The plot then follows a predictable course, but there are plenty of scenes featuring W.C. Fields.2020
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/05/bings-birthday-movie-mississippi-1935.html - DirectorElliott NugentStarsBing CrosbyJane WymanEthel BarrymoreJordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway producer who has always been too busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. His girlfriend Carolina, a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to take his kids on a vacation and get to know them before they are all grown up. Is Jordan already too late?2021
https://www.caftanwoman.com/2021/05/bings-birthday-movie-just-for-you-1952.html