He took Mary Frances hunting in Africa. This ad-lib way of working is commonplace in the recording studios today, but it was all new to us. Bob was there with his four children, and I was there with our son Harry. Singing with the Arnheim Orchestra, Crosby's solos began to steal the show while the Rhythm Boys' act gradually became redundant. A "Battle of the Baritones" with singer Russ Columbo proved short-lived, replaced with the slogan "Bing Was King". Its rumored Bings White Christmas is played over the American Forces radios as a signal that evacuation should begin. The Fanchon and Marco Time Agency hired them for thirteen weeks for the revue The Syncopation Idea starting at the Boulevard Theater in Los Angeles and then on the Loew's circuit. He was 53; she was 23. About Kathryn Grant is a 88 year old American Actress. Reel #: 1372 TC In: 010816 TC Out: 010903This clip is available for licensing without time code and logo - To inquire about licensing email us at Myfootage@g. I went into his office, and my agents were there, and his lawyers were there, and I said, How do you do? I took a letter from my purpose. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 19641965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. I went to Palm Springs to swim in the pool at his house. ABC was formed from the sale of the NBC Blue Network in 1943 after a federal antitrust suit and was willing to join Mutual in breaking the tradition. Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Mar. "[45] "In all, 60,000,000 Crosby discs have been marketed since he made his first record in 1931. Bing said, I didnt know you wanted to be a nurse. I said, Yes. He said, Okay. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. Nov. Bing returns to Kraft Music Hall. I was so innocent, just out from Texas. Later on, Bing asked me, Would you like to do this show with me in Las Vegas? Hed never done a show in Las Vegas. Kathryn Crosby: They loved them! Then were going down to New Orleans where my granddaughter, Claire, who is studying to be a chef, is interning with chef John Folse at the Sonesta Hotel, and were going to have a birthday dinner there in May. In October 1925, Crosby and Rinker decided to seek fame in California. Bing said, Yeah. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you have to deal with all of the questions about the thirty-year age difference? June Signs a 5-year contract with ABC to star in ten TV shows and produce another ten for $2 million. The U.S enters World War II the next day on December 8, 1941. Oct. Signing an agreement with Columbia for a single motion picture, Crosby wanted Armstrong to appear in a screen adaptation of The Peacock Feather that eventually became Pennies from Heaven. Some of Bing Crosbys fans may not know that you are also an actor. bing!, and I would let him have it again, and then as his friends came to his rescue, shooting as they came, I would shout bing! All four sons from his first marriage have passed away. Crosby left the network and remained off the air for seven months, creating a legal battle with his sponsor Kraft that was settled out of court. But his chart success remains impressive: 396 chart singles, including roughly 41 number 1 hits. Its not too steep. BBC commences transmissions of a major 14-part series chronicling Bings life. In 1954, Joan Caulfield admitted to a relationship with a "top film star" who was a married man with children who at the end chose his wife and children over her. 2000. A Crosby-led group purchased station KCOP-TV, in Los Angeles, California, in 1954. He led his radio show for Woodbury Soap for two seasons while his live appearances dwindled. The film explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a man far more complex than his public persona. 3 in the UK singles charts. He took Bob salmon fishing up in Canada once, and they had just pulled off to sea when Bob said, 'I have to go back in.' Bing and I drive a block and a half to the Catholic Church, and we were married there. Sometimes, if Crosby was having fun with a song and not really working at it, we had to make it up out of two or three parts. [97], Crosby reportedly had an alcohol problem between the late 1920s and early 1930s, but he got a handle on his drinking in 1931. At Reina Victoria Hospital he was administered the last rites of the Catholic Church and was pronounced dead. A nearby bridge carrying U.S. Route 158 over the Yadkin River is named for Kathryn Crosby. 'He got the first licking, and we got the second.'"[113]. 1966 I not only got my diploma from the University of Texas, I got to work with excellent people like Elsa Lanchester and Cecil Kellaway and got to be directed by Paul Henreid on whom I had a crush from the time I was a little girl. Crosby had to do two live radio shows on the same day, three hours apart, for the East and West Coasts. I came back to see the man playing one of those old Vitrolas, like those of RCA with the horn speaker. Oct. Bing meets Bob Hope for the first time and gets his first starring role as a radio singer in the musical comedy "The Big Broadcast." His song "Please" reaches #1. [78], With Frank Sinatra, Crosby was one of the principal backers for the United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles.[79]. [30] Gonzaga University houses a large collection of photographs, correspondence, and other material related to Crosby.[31]. He loved them all.People who watched him in movies knew exactly what he was like because that was what he put on the screen. In an interview for the same article, Gary clarified that Bing "was like a lot of fathers of that time. "Entertaining Catholics: Bing Crosby, Religion and Cultural Pluralism in 1940s America. He has been inducted into the halls of fame for both radio and popular music. Mar. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1978. Gary said to me before I read it, "It's not the same book I wrote."[112]. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on the Road to Singapore (1940) film lot, between scenes. Oct. White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin, reaches Number 1 for the first time and stays for 11 weeks. I would do it in the summertime. It will become the best-selling single of all time. In 1963, he and his wife Kathryn moved with their 3 young children from Los Angeles to a $175,000 10-bedroom Tudor estate in Hillsborough because they did not want to raise their children in Hollywood, according to son Nathaniel. Mar. You can unsubscribe at any time. On August 12, 1938, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race won by Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit over Binglin's horse Ligaroti. Dec 3, 2010 @ 16:20PM. Developed by John T. Mullin and Wayne R. Johnson since 1950, the device aired what were described as "blurred and indistinct" images, using a modified Ampex 200 tape recorder and standard quarter-inch (6.3mm) audio tape moving at 360 inches (9.1m) per second.[80]. Bing Crosby was married to Dixie Lee for 22 years, and Kathryn Grant for 20 years. "Well, Bob Hope worked all the time. [39], Success with Whiteman was followed by disaster when they reached New York. Kathryn Grant and Bing Crosby were married for 19 years before Bing Crosby died, leaving behind his partner and 3 children. By the time we had courted, I knew I liked him very much, and he liked me very much. Jack Mullin: The man and his Machines. Aug. He had no place to have a valve, so they had to create a place for a valve, and he lived for ten more years. I asked him if he liked baseball. Precisely what the future holds for Crosby neither his family nor his friends can conjecture. Crosby started the tape recorder revolution in America. He had lots of girlfriends, and he had lots of boyfriends, and he was always a very good friend. July The Del Mar Racetrack opens in California. Bing said that wed have to rehearse there to go to Broadway. Spring/Early Summer The Rhythm Boys disband. Dec. 7 The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They appeared as guests on each other's shows and on Armed Forces Radio Service during and after World War II. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Bing won over fans with his laid-back, cool persona and smooth vocals. The success of his first film brought him a contract with Paramount, and he began a pattern of making three films a year. Mar. His trip was filmed for The American Sportsman on ABC, although all did not go well at first as the salmon were not running. What did you think? [5], On November 4, 2010, Crosby was seriously injured in an automobile accident in the Sierra Nevada that killed her 85-year-old second husband, Maurice William Sullivan, whom she had married in 2000. [74] Mullin explained how one new broadcasting technique was invented on the Crosby show with these machines: One time Bob Burns, the hillbilly comic, was on the show, and he threw in a few of his folksy farm stories, which of course were not in Bill Morrow's script. Crosby's vocal style helped take popular singing beyond the "belting" associated with Al Jolson and Billy Murray, who had been obligated to reach the back seats in New York theaters without the aid of a microphone. I was a reporter, too, when I was first at Paramount, and I had asked him if he liked horses because I was this Fat Stock as the 1950 Rodeo Queen of the Fat Stock show in that year (laughs). According to the story, Bing died at the age of 74 on a golf course in Spain. Sept. After two postponements, Bing makes his solo radio debut. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you and Bing raise your children in the Catholic faith? They did a very fine surgery on him and repaired all his valves. Her current husband Maurice William . That ended when he met actress Kathryn Grant (nee Olive Kathryn Grandstaff) a onetime beauty contest winner from Texas. If he muffed a song then, the audience loved itthought it was very funnybut we would have to take out the show version and put in one of the rehearsal takes. I always loved acting. Her best known role, however, was as the princess-in-distress in the special effects-laden epic fantasy The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), which has since reached semi-cult status. We traveled to Florence and Rome with a Jesuit priest, Father Brooks, and actually Dolores car had to break down in front of the Vatican because Father Brooks would not have been able to go in at that time since he was a Jesuit without permission from the Black Pope who was the head of his Order. Collins was used in place of their longtime partner Dorothy Lamour, whom Crosby felt was getting too old for the role, though Hope refused to do the film without her, and she instead made a lengthy and elaborate cameo appearance. [85] The Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack is named in his honor. He loved safaris and loved being in the bush seeing the wild animals. Once we were supposed to go to England to see his horse run in the Royal Sweeps derby and come by this house where Im living in now to see it. [118] They were instead receiving several thousand dollars per month from a trust left in 1952 by their mother, Dixie Lee. In light of the court's ruling, it was unnecessary for the court to decide whether a right of publicity can be characterized as community property under California law. They were married Oct. 24, 1957 in Las Vegas. The Crosby family moves from Tacoma to Spokane, Washington. May Bing signs a two-year deal with Paramount, which calls for two pictures a year. Crosby had arranged for Ampex, another of his financial investments, to record the NBC telecast on kinescope. Either in December 1945 or January 1946 Crosby approached Cardinal Francis Spellman with his difficulties with dealing with his wife's alcoholism and his love for Caulfield and his plan to file for divorce. I was so innocent, just out from Texas. Seemingly content with family life, she, along with her children, dutifully appeared opposite her husband singing and lightly joking in his many popular Christmas-special presentations and even hosted a couple of syndicated TV series, but that was about it.After Bing's death in 1977, however, she slowly involved herself in acting again, appearing every now and then on stage in such productions as "Same Time, Next Year", "Charley's Aunt" and a Broadway revival of the musical "State Fair" in 1996. Feb. First ever Crosby Pro-Am golf tournament is held, which later becomes the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. But since Dolores car broke down in front, we were able to go in and look around. The game was one of the most famous in baseball history, capped off by Bill Mazeroski's walk-off home run that won the game for Pittsburgh. The filmParis Honeymoon is released. I hadnt spoken to him for a year, and he wrote to me and asked me to go to dinner. Bing and Kathryn were married October 24, 1957 til his death on October 14, 1977 they had 3 children. Since Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair. It was much more complicated then. 4. 1969 Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Rosemary Clooney was one of his best friends? I understand what he's trying to prove. Fisher, J. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Yes, I enjoyed it very much. Then something happened. Nov. "Brother Can You Spare. [3]:9297[37] Crosby and Al Rinker obtained work at the Clemmer Theatre in Spokane (now known as the Bing Crosby Theater). The advantage was editing. [104], After Crosby's death, his eldest son, Gary, wrote a highly critical memoir, Going My Own Way (1983), depicting his father as cruel, cold, remote, and physically and psychologically abusive. They exchanged jokes always.". Whiteman needed something different to break up his musical selections, and Crosby and Rinker filled this requirement. [125] About 20 yards (18m) from the clubhouse entrance, Crosby collapsed and died instantly from a massive heart attack. Dec. Bing sings White Christmas on the NBC programKraft Music Hall, marking the first time the public has heard the soon-to-be Number 1 single of all time. We left Mary Frances at home, but I was expecting Nathaniel at the time. In 1928 he had his first number one hit, a jazz-influenced rendition of "Ol' Man River". After a threat of divorce in March 1931, he applied himself to his career. Thats my job. Dec. Again I didnt know that hed built Del Mar racetrack in California.There was so much of his life that I didnt know about. [6], For the woman crowned Miss Alabama 2003, see, Jim Sparks, "Crews to Start Work on Bridge,", Last edited on 11 February 2023, at 03:31, "1963 Press Photo Kathryn Crosby wife Bing Crosby nurse cap Queen Angels School", "From the Archives: Bing Crosby Dies at 73 on Golf Course", "Bing Crosby's widow recovering from accident", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathryn_Crosby&oldid=1138703225, This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 03:31. [90], Crosby also was a keen fisherman. It was a week away and he said, Do you think you can find a long dress? So I ran back to Columbia Pictures, where I was working and they offered me the dress Rita Hayworth wore in Gilda, the most gorgeous, long, satin dress you ever saw, complete with full-length opera gloves. [3], Crosby told Barbara Walters in a 1977 televised interview that he thought marijuana should be legalized because he figured it would make it much easier for the authorities to have a proper legal control over the market. Songs co-written by Crosby include: Four performances by Bing Crosby have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance". Their first recording, in October 1926, was "I've Got the Girl" with Don Clark's Orchestra, but the Columbia-issued record was inadvertently recorded at a slow speed, which increased the singers' pitch when played at 78rpm. [71], Throughout Europe and Russia, Crosby was also known as "Der Bingle", a pseudonym coined in 1944 by Bob Musel, an American journalist based in London, after Crosby had recorded three 15-minute programs with Jack Russin for broadcast to Germany from ABSIE. 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