Wonderful to see Bing Crosby finally featured as the Star of the Month. His credentials are certainly more than adequate for such an accolade: he was among the Quigley Top Ten box office stars for 15 years, #1 for five consecutive (an achievement that's still unsurpassed), and he was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning for Going My Way in 1944. In an article in the August 4, 2000 issue of Premiere Magazine, Lou Gaul revealed that if you converted the cost of theater tickets from the 30's and 40's to today's cost, the following would be the top male box office stars of all time: 1. Clark Gable. 2. John Wayne. 3. BING CROSBY. 4. James Stewart. 5. Cary Grant. And no less than Frank Capra ranked Bing as one of the finest actors he ever worked with. But for me, his incredibly adept and seemingly effortless performance in Going My Way is enough to make him Star of the Month-worthy. Gary Giddins' excellent "Pocketful Of Dreams...the Early Years" is a must-read for learning about "the forgotten man", Bing Crosby. Kudos to TCM.
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Wonderful to see Bing Crosby finally featured as the Star of the Month. His credentials are certainly more than adequate for such an accolade: he was among the Quigley Top Ten box office stars for 15 years, #1 for five consecutive (an achievement that's still unsurpassed), and he was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning for Going My Way in 1944. In an article in the August 4, 2000 issue of Premiere Magazine, Lou Gaul revealed that if you converted the cost of theater tickets from the 30's and 40's to today's cost, the following would be the top male box office stars of all time: 1. Clark Gable. 2. John Wayne. 3. BING CROSBY. 4. James Stewart. 5. Cary Grant. And no less than Frank Capra ranked Bing as one of the finest actors he ever worked with. But for me, his incredibly adept and seemingly effortless performance in Going My Way is enough to make him Star of the Month-worthy. Gary Giddins' excellent "Pocketful Of Dreams...the Early Years" is a must-read for learning about "the forgotten man", Bing Crosby. Kudos to TCM.