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...present good music to the great American public, but it just doesn't pan out that way. Only those who are sufficiently fond of classical music to sit through some pretty poor sequences are advised to go. We submit the same advice to lovers of more popular music, for Bing Crosby's "Double or Nothing" is far from the ideal musical comedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...inside the twenty, when the Midshipmen secondary could accordion in a bit and the linemen could therefore risk being mousetrapped and charge in toward the center, the attack was stopped dead. In order to execute a mousetrap play, there must necessarily be a delay while the victimized lineman is bing trapped, a delay usually effected by ball handling. But against a more powerful forward wall that is making a goal-line stand, this type of delay will often prove disasterous. Against Yale, this difficulty should not be encountered, as the Harvard tackle to tackle lineup appears to be the stronger...

Author: By Donald B. Straus, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/16/1937 | See Source »

Champion Armstrong is by no means Hollywood's sole venture into sporting promotion. Middleweight Champion Freddy Steele is partly owned by Bing Crosby, who also supports a girls' baseball team called the Croonerettes, promotes a $3,000 golf tournament, and is the principal stockholder in the Del Mar racetrack near San Diego. Producers Hal Roach and Jack Warner are No. 1 and No. 2 stockholders in the Santa Anita racetrack. Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Spencer Tracy, Barbara Stanwyck, Mrs. Zeppo Marx and many another own horses. Clark Gable used to own one named Beverly Hills. Victor McLaglen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Champion | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

Honored. Harry Lillis ("Bing") Crosby, singer; with a Ph.D.; for "eminence" in the field of entertainment; by Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. In addition to the degree he was given the key to the city and made mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 1, 1937 | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...greatest ambition, though, is to have a 26-piece orchestra. In his present performances he uses 15 men, and in his recordings he uses only six. After he gets his bing gang together, Fats wants to have a chain of orchestras. "I wants to grab all dose cats that sings and put 'em in Fats Waller units," he said. Fats' favorite colored band is Fletcher Henderson's, while his pet white orchestra is Tommy Dorsey's. He prefers Ambrose to Ray Noble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Fats' Waller, Lightfooted Leviathan of Swingin', Gives Unsolicited Jam Session | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

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