Good Old Bing!!

[JimInks]

Huntertrw: I read Giddins' book, too. I completely agree with you.

 

[huntertrw]

Based upon my reading I get the impression that Mrs. Crosby suffered from what I would call "A Star is Born" syndrome, so named after the movie by that same title. She was a promising young movie starlet for whom Fox studios predicted great things. On the other hand Mr. Crosby (at the time) was just a nightclub singer, and something of a playboy with a reputation for drunkenness and unreliability. After their marriage his career took off, he became a paragon of punctuality, and his drinking moderated. In retrospect her career tanked, she became a mother and, eventually, an alcoholic, and slowly withdrew from the world. I cannot help but wonder if she resented being Mrs. Bing Crosby instead of Dixie Lee, movie star?

 

[JimInks]

Hunter, I've wondered the very same thing.

 

[captainbob]

You are probably both correct!

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[maxx]

I enjoyed this. Bing's two films with Grace Kelley (be still, my beating heart) are a pleasure to watch. On his pipe: it seems thinner than most of the pipes I see online. What Dunhill size might it be?

 

[newbroom]

I noticed that his collection of gold records is not hanging straight and square.

He always seemed to be 'comfortable' with himself and presented a wry sense of humor.