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Bing Crosby’s New Landmark

If you are looking for another reason to visit beautiful Spokane, Washington now you have one. In less than 24 hours one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th Century (and the most famous person to ever grow up in Spokane), Bing Crosby will finally have a city landmark dedicated to him. According to city officials, the former Met Theater in downtown Spokane, where Crosby performed as a young man, will be renamed the “Bing Crosby Theater” at a public ceremony on Friday. The event dubbed: “Wing Ding for Bing” was the brainchild of a local historian and journalism … Continue reading →

Riding High (1950)

This predictable Bing Crosby movie had a lot of build-up and a whole lot of let-down. I don’t know about you, but when I hear that a movie has a big name in it, like, oh, I don’t know – Bing Crosby, I tend to think that it’s going to be a decent film. I also think that I’m going to hear some really good singing. Oh, I’m so naïve. Hollywood sometimes misses the mark, and when the actors are under contract to star in whatever movie they’re told to take, there is no guarantee. Bing plays Dan Brooks, a … Continue reading →

Just for You (1952)

Bing Crosby stars in this movie about a dysfunctional family who refuses to admit it’s dysfunctional. His character, Jordan Blake, lost his wife ten years previously and has been trying to raise his son Jerry and his daughter Barbara (played by a very young Natalie Wood) with the help of boarding schools and governesses. He himself is a big producer with eleven hit shows to his credit, and feels that all the time he has spent away from home has been worth it, for the life he’s provided for his children. What he fails to see is that they don’t … Continue reading →