The Road to Hollywood

{{Short description|1947 film by Mack Sennett, Del Lord, Leslie Pearce}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Road to Hollywood

| image = The Road to Hollywood FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption = Original Film poster

| producer = {{ubl|Bud Pollard (producer)|Robert M. Savini (executive producer)}}

| writer = {{ubl|John E. Gordon (adaptation)|Harry McCoy (material)|Earle Rodney (material)|John A. Waldron (material)}}

| narrator =

| starring = See below

| music =

| editing = Bud Pollard

| distributor = Astor Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1947}}

| runtime = 56 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Road to Hollywood is a 1947 American film{{cite web|title=The Road to Hollywood|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/road_to_hollywood/|work=Rotten Tomatoes}} 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:

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)