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BING CROSBY/KATHRYN GRANT BING CROSBY/KATHRYN GRANT 8x10 OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6c152 BING CROSBY/KATHRYN GRANT 7.25x9 news photo '57 the aging crooner w/ his much younger wife! Date Sold 2/23/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage 7 1/4" x 9" [18 x 23 cm] News Photo (Learn More) Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma, Washington in 1903, in a large working class family. He got the nickname "Bing" when he was 10. He went to college, intending to become a lawyer, but he joined a local band as a drummer, and he quit school in his last year. In 1926, he was spotted by Paul Whiteman, and was hired, along with his partner, Al Rinker. Whiteman added Harry Barris, and named them the Rhythm Boys, and they were a big hit. Crosby was the star of the act, and in 1931 he split from the group, and went solo. He was the number one recording star of the 1930s, and his distinctive style of singing was dubbed "crooning". He had done some singing in movies with the Rhythm Boys at the start of the 1930s, but he soon starting playing dramatic roles in musicals, and was a natural, likeable performer, and was very successful in movies in the 1930s. In 1940 he teamed with Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope for the first of the very successful "Road" movies, Road to Singapore. When the U.S. entered WWII. he added to his huge popularity by doing much entertaining of the troops. In 1942, he sang White Christmas on his radio show and used it in his movie, Holiday Inn (it would be re-used in the partial re-make of Holiday Inn, White Christmas, in 1954). In 1944 he made his greatest movie, Going My Way. In 1954, he also starred in The Country Girl, and won the Best Actor Oscar. In 1956 he was in High Society, the musical re-make of The Philadelphia Story. Bing Crosby was among the very best selling singers of all time, and also was among the absolute biggest box office draws at the movies! There is no other singer who had as much success as he did in the movies, or vice versa! AND Kathryn Grant (also known as Kathryn Crosby) was an actress from the 1950s to the 1970s. She was married to actor/singer Bing Crosby. Some of her movies include: Rear Window, Anatomy of a Murder, and The Phenix City Story. She is likely best remembered for her role as the Princess who is shrunk by the evil magician in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and she spends much of the movie in a box! Important Added Info: Note that this news photo measures 7 1/4" x 9" [18 x 23 cm]. Condition: very good. There are some pen marks in the top of the still showing who is pictured. Learn More about condition grades
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