Bing Crosby was one of the very few new stars of the early talking pictures — we can’t think of another — who hadn’t previously been paid to talk. Most of the other imports to Hollywood ...

Legendary crooner Bing Crosby was offered a big solo number in his film debut. Instead, he ended up in jail for driving under the influence and getting into a car wreck during Prohibition. “King ...

The remastered version of "King of Jazz," Bing Crosby's first feature film appearance in 1930, screens 7 p.m. Thursday at the Kenwood Theatre, 7815… ...

This 1942 handout photo shows, from left, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, and Bing Crosby, in a scene from the movie "Road to Morocco." Lamour, the sultry, sarong-wearing sidekick of Hope and Crosby ...

The fifth annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival on Saturday will include two of the most famous Crosby movies, “White Christmas” and “Road to Morocco.” Yet of even more interest to Bing ...

By the time he finally retired from movies in 1966, Variety magazine placed Bing Crosby eighth among the highest-grossing Hollywood stars of all time, besting Clark Gable, William Holden, Cary ...

If Bing Crosby seems like a voice from a long-forgotten era, it’s because in many ways he is. As cabaret star Michael Feinstein laments, ... He also effortlessly transitioned to movies.

In addition, Crosby was the top box office star from 1943 to ‘48, and his films sold more than 1 billion movie tickets. He won an Oscar for the 1944 best picture winner, “Going My Way,” and ...

"Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American Masters," a two-hour profile, premieres at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 2) on WYES. Best remembered now for "White Christmas," that weird-but-genius duet with David ...

Crosby also made more than 70 movies and recorded more than 1,600 songs. Yeesh! He’s a star’s star and one that predates big names like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and more.