A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998)
Overview
The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public television that was originally called «A Bing Crosby Christmas: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know» that was narrated by Gene Kelly and hosted by Bing's widow, Kathryn Crosby. The program itself features clips from fifteen of Bing's classic television specials, concentrating on the period from the early 1960s onwards when he included Kathryn and their three children in the programs.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.33 |
Directed By
Crew
TOP CAST
Bing Crosby
Self - Host (archive footage)
Kathryn Grant
Self / Narrator
Gene Kelly
Self / Narrator (archive footage)
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
Carol Burnett
Self (archive footage)
John Byner
Self (archive footage)
Roy Clark
Self (archive footage)
Harry Crosby
Self (archive footage)
Mary Crosby
Self (archive footage)
Nathaniel Crosby
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Gleason
Self (archive footage)
Michael Landon
Self (archive footage)
Mary Martin
Self (archive footage)
Melba Moore
Self (archive footage)
Connie Stevens
Self (archive footage)
Twiggy
Self (archive footage)
Bernadette Peters
Self (archive footage)
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