Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors (1936)

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£4. as vocal members of his orchestra. They went to New York with Whiteman and a third vocalist joined their party. His name was Harry Barris. Thi3 \ as the beginning of Paul Vftiiteman's famous Rhythm Boys, who soon were known from coast to coast. Crosby, Rinker and Barris toured with Whiteman for three years until 1C30 when they were in California making the picture "King of Jazz". The trio liked California so well they asked permission to leave Fniteman and he consented. The trio sang at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, and it was there that Bing began making a real name for himself as a soloist. He Y7as engaged to make phonograph records which became best-sellers. He appeared in dozens of talking: pictures singing the vocals and finally came the radio. His radio singing is history. He divided his time between broadcasting, making phonograph records and appearing on the stage. Paramount signed him to a contract. After his first picture, "The Big Broadcast" he wae cefinitoly considered movio star matorial. With all his success in pictures, Bing still makes those phonograph records and sings over the radio on his own program weekly. He is married to Dixie Lee, movie actress and has three sons, Gary Ilvan born 1933 and Philip Lang and Denis Michael, twins born in 1934. Crosby is five feet nine inches tall, weighs 165 pounds, has light blue e;es and light brown hair. Jackie Cooper and Sylvia Sidney ere his favorite movie stars. His more recent pictures are: BIG EROADCAST OF 1936, ANYTHING GOES, RHYTHM ON THE RANGE.