It's funny how one things leads to another in life. Back in December we went to Son's best friend's play, White Christmas. Up until then Bing Crosby had never been on my radar except at Christmastime. But seeing the play made us want to watch the movie. Watching White Christmas made us want to watch Holiday Inn (well, actually it was the other way around, but it's a long story). Now we're watching Bing Crosby movies right and left! We're Bing crazy around here!
We recently watched several of his films on Netflix. I so enjoy the old movies, don't you? They're so classy.
One of them is called Little Boy Lost. Here's the description on Netflix:
Hollywood crooner Bing Crosby stars in this family-oriented drama as an American war correspondent stationed in Paris who marries a beautiful French singer (Nicole Maurey) and fathers a son (Christian Fourcade), only to learn he's lost his wife to the Nazis. Told mainly through flashbacks, the story centers on his desperate search to find his missing boy, who, in Crosby's absence, has been living in a Paris orphanage.
In this clip, Bing is singing to the boy he hopes is his son about how he will have lots of reading adventures ahead:
The most amazing part of this film is the boy's performance. He is totally believable as a deprived orphan. Bing is Bing, of course, and that's what we want, isn't it? But the boy really shines.
Another one is called The Bells of St. Mary's with this summary:
Bing Crosby reprises his role as good-natured Father O'Malley (from 1944's Going My Way) in this Oscar-nominated classic. The priest gets sent to help the financially struggling St. Mary's Academy, presided over by Sister Benedict (Ingrid Bergman). O'Malley finds his leadership style at odds with the nun's as the two bicker politely but collaborate to save the school and teach the children. Fine songs and appealing characters make this a treat.
Here's a clip (no embedding allowed). Ingrid Bergman is wonderful in this.
The third one is Top o' the Mornin' and here's its description:
When Ireland's famed Blarney Stone goes missing, American insurance investigator Joe Mulqueen (Bing Crosby) flies across the pond to get a better look at the crime. But in the process, he falls in love with a local lass (Ann Blyth) ... and fulfills an ancient prophecy. Hume Cronyn co-stars in this lilting movie-musical that finds the leads making eyes at each other over the title track, "Top o' the Morning."
Here's a clip that shows a fun moment in the film. There were many:
There are even more Bing movies on Netflix, but these are the only ones we've watched. We enjoyed all 3 and look forward to more Bing!
2 comments:
My favorite thing about old movies is how they don't overwhelm my eyes and ears! You make me miss our Netflix, for sure!
Oh, I so agree! The way things are always flashing and slanting and spinning and zooming in films these days, it can be too much sometimes. So extreme in comparison to the old way of filming. That's one reason I like All Creatures. No assault except for the occasional images of cow rectal exams and such, lol.
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