The Road to Hollywood

The Road to Hollywood is a 1947 American film released by Astor Pictures that is a combination of several of Bing Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects. The title was designed to draft off Paramount Pictures' "Road to..." film series starring Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour; Hope and Lamour do not appear in the film.

Plot
Bud Pollard narrates a biography of Bing Crosby stringing together the following short subjects:
 * "I Surrender Dear" (1931)
 * "One More Chance" (1931)
 * "Billboard Girl" (1931)
 * "Dream House" (1931)

Cast

 * Bing Crosby as himself (archive footage)
 * Luis Alberni as The Marquis, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
 * Bud Pollard as himself (Host / Narrator)
 * Ann Christy as Betty Brooks, from Dream House (archive footage)
 * Patsy O'Leary as Ethel Bangs, from One More Chance / Mrs. McCullough, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
 * George C. Pearce as Mary's Father, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
 * Arthur Stone as Ethel's Uncle Joe, from One More Chance / Jerry, Bing's friend from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
 * Dick Stewart as Jerry, Bing's Chum from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
 * Lincoln Stedman as Whitman, Mary's Fiancé, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
 * Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Brooks, from Dream House (archive footage)
 * James Eagles as Mary's Brother, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
 * Matty Kemp as Percy Howard, Bing's Rival, from One More Chance (archive footage)
 * Eddie Phillips as Reginald Duncan, from Dream House (archive footage)
 * Marion Sayers as Peggy, Bing's Sweetheart, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
 * Julia Griffith as Ethel's Mother, Bing's Future Mother-in-Law, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
 * George Gray as George Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
 * Vernon Dent as A Film Director, from Dream House (archive footage)
 * Alice Adair as Ethel Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
 * Marjorie Kane as Mary Malone, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)

Soundtrack
All sung by Bing Crosby

From "I Surrender Dear"
 * "I Surrender Dear"
 * "At Your Command"
 * "Out of Nowhere”
 * "A Little Bit of Heaven" (Ernest R. Ball / J. Keirn Brennan)

From "One More Chance"
 * "Just One More Chance"
 * "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
 * "I Surrender Dear" (parody)
 * I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

From "Dream House"
 * "Dream House" (Earle Foxe / Lynn F. Cowan)
 * "It Must Be True" (Harry Barris / Gus Arnheim / Gordon Clifford)
 * "When I Take My Sugar to Tea” (Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal / Pierre Norman)

From "Billboard Girl"
 * "Were You Sincere?" (Vincent Rose / Jack Meskill)
 * "For You”