Frances 1982 bing crosby is heard singing love is so terrific as background music in this screen biography of crosbys one time leading lady frances farmer. Some of the songs from the show became hits on svensktoppen and a movie. Bing collins 27 episodes, 19641965 robin and the 7 hoods 1964. The first multimedia star, crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. Yes, top o the morning is set in ireland, or at least hollywoods idea of ireland.
His irish collection bing crosby on allmusic 1996 of the many musical genres bing crosby tackled. Finding patsy smith edith fellows and her grandfather, larry learns that the mansion is haunted. Road to bali full movie, classic comedy starring bob hope, bing crosby and dorthy lamour. Bing crosby and the sounds of christmas 1 episode 2015. Bing crosby sings the catchy title tune from top o the morning 1949. Released 1949, top o the morning stars bing crosby, ann blyth, barry fitzgerald, hume cronyn the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Marys was supposed to made and released before going my way, but it came second. When bing isnt crooning familiar tunes or those written for the film by burke and van heusen, romancing the lovely blyth, doing the usual irish shtick with fitzgerald and most of the cast, and exploring the legend of the blarney stone, hes playing detective investigating a brutal murder. Classic bing and barry movieshould be played every march 17th. Top o the morning 1949 cast and crew after the famed blarney stone disappears from a small irish town, the american insurance agency covering it sends joe mulqueen bing crosby to investigate.
He mesmerised the audience with his trademark warm bassbaritone voice. The characters are really entertaining to watch, and its an enjoyable story. Bing crosby, barry fitzgerald, ann blyth, hume cronyn, eileen crowe. Bing crosby full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The ending will guaranteed knock you over with tears of joy. Im not a big bing crosby fan, but, i enjoyed his performance in this movie. From paramount and bing crosby enterprises, with direct reference to their earlier hits going my way, 1944 and welcome, stranger. Sure an some heathen has gone and stolen the blarney stone. Read the full synopsis of top o the morning, 1949, directed by david miller, with bing crosby, ann blyth, barry fitzgerald, at turner classic movies. I cannot imagine all the blessed movie audiences of those times and the tears. Patricks day viewing was top o the morning, starring bing crosby, ann blyth, and barry fitzgerald. Henry, is a lightweight musicalcomedy starring bing crosby, a movie that.
The films setting is the thirties with the actors miming to 78s from that decade. Top o the morning is a film directed by david miller with bing crosby, ann blyth. Buy destination tokyo movie posters from movie poster shop. The star maker 1939 bing crosby full movie duration. Movie is in black and white, but would have been nice in color. Miss durbin, about to retire from the screen with the finish of her universalinternational contract on. The album is a collection of patriotic songs, recorded as a tribute to. Excon larry poole bing crosby helps a inmate track down the relatives of a man he murdered and move them into his family estate. This movie has good old irish music, magic and a little mystery. His thriving music career included notable albums like merry christmas 1945 and bing sings 1977.
Bing crosby aka jack smith the big broadcast 1932 bing hornsby billboard girl short 1932 bing. Bing crosby had wanted deanna durbin to costar in this picture and also in his next vehicle for paramount, a connecticut yankee in king arthurs court 1948. John scott, film song, bing crosby, movie themes, great films, pop singers, new media, listening to music. When young father omalley bing crosby arrives at st. Bing crosby attempts to coax a little girl into singing when irish eyes are smiling in top o the morning 1949.
Overview of top o the morning, 1949, directed by david miller, with bing crosby, ann blyth, barry fitzgerald, at turner classic movies. American detective bing crosby arrives on the auld sod to investigate the theft of the stone, while the local constabulary, represented by barry fitzgerald his third teaming with crosby and hume cronyn, assist bing in. Crosby studied law at gonzaga university in spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. Top o the morning 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Top o the morning wild irish rose oscar winning films irish eyes are smiling bing crosby christmas music old movies classic movies classic hollywood irving berlin, bob hope, bing crosby, the beatles, 1930s, december, scene, let it be, film.
Bing crosby sings kitty of coleraine in the movie top o the morning unfortunately bing crosby has been locked up by irish policeman barry fitzgerald. Being told theres bob hope movie being shown in town, crosbys character naturally passes it up. Starring bing crosby, ann blyth, available at sunday internet movie poster. Breen, the film is about a singing insurance investigator who comes to ireland to recover the stolen blarney stoneand romance the local policemans daughter. Read about the top o the morning dvd and browse other dvd movies. America, i hear you singing is an album recorded and released in 1964 by american singer frank sinatra with bing crosby and fred warings pennsylvanians. Top o the morning 1949 after the famed blarney stone disappears from a small irish town, the american insurance agency covering it sends joe mulqueen bing crosby to investigate. American singing legend and actor bing crosby was the bestselling recording artist of the 20th century. Crosbys contribution is did you ever see a dream walking. Top o the morning 1949 futurama benders game original.
Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. Patricks day, top o the morning marks the most complete collection of bing crosbys irish recordings yet, including several that havent been available for years. It is a great movie and tells a simple story of a group of nuns who run a catholic school and bing crosby as father omalley shows up as the schools new principal. Jan 12, 2015 top o the morning 1949 dvd bing crosby saved from.
Doctor rhythm paramount, 1938, directed by frank tuttle, based upon a story, the badge of policeman oroon by o. He turns it into a cafe but when his singing draws crowds that include a social worker susan sprague madge evans, he must then keep patsy from being taken away. With bing crosby, ann blyth, barry fitzgerald, hume cronyn. Top o the morning movie poster art old movie posters cinema posters classic movie posters film posters gig. Top o the morning is a 1949 american romantic comedy film directed by david miller and starring bing crosby, ann blyth, and barry fitzgerald. Taking a cue from bob hope comedies, crosby gets into the act by throwing in an injoke on his own.
The first multimedia star, crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954 8 his early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male. Crosby plays to the south classic movie site with rare images no web grabs. American detective bing crosby arrives on the auld sod to investigate the theft of the stone, while the local constabulary, represented by barry fitzgerald his third teaming with crosby and hume cronyn, assist bing in his inquiries. Top o the morning 1949 joe mulqueen jolson sings again 1949 bing crosby voice, uncredited the emperor waltz. In that john ford went on location to film it and took full advantage of the irish countryside. One bright morning, the villagers near blarney castle, ireland hear. Jan 12, 2015 top o the morning 1949 dvd bing crosby. American detective bing crosby arrives on the auld sod to investigate the theft of the stone, while the local constabulary, represented by barry fitzgerald his third teaming with crosby. Though teamed together again in top o the morning 1949, it proved to be the weakest of their three collaborations and least known and revived. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Description above from the wikipedia article john mcintire, licensed under ccbysa, full list of contributors on wikipedia. Bing crosby, along with a group that includes barry fitzgerald and ann blyth, have blast singing the donovans in top o the morning 1949.