Stagecoach (20th Century Fox) (1966)

BING CROSBY IMPRESSES CAST OF "STAGECOACH" The entire cast and crew of "Stagecoach" became as greatly impressed with Bing Crosby as a father and family man as they were with him as an actor. For half of the recent location filming of the classic Western near Boulder, Colorado, Bing had his seven-year-old son,Harry, with him. And for the other half he had his five-year old daughter, Mary Frances, "Stagecoach" is set to open......... OP Ee oes ees Theatre, The famous singer, who does not even hum a note in "Stagecoach," took one of the children with him every day to the movie set in the Rockies. His devotion to the kids was obvious. He had young Harry decked out in a flashy cowboy outfit complete with a potent-sounding pop-gun. Crosby is much quicker to talk about his wife than to discuss himself or his career. "Nearly everybody thought it was a publicity gag when Kathy took up nursing," he said, "Even the nursing superintendent at the hospital thought so, She was pretty rough on Kathy at first. But after two years, the woman decided Kathy was serious about her work, and they got to be good friends." Bing also talked proudly about Kathy's tireless efforts in health and education activities in the small Mexican town of Las Cruces near which the Crosbys have a home, Finally getting around to himself and his role in "Stagecoach," Crosby said: "This is an easy role (the alcoholic frontier doctor). He's more of a convivial drunk. He drinks be cause he likes the taste of it. I took the dramatic role because it sounded good to me. That's the only kind of part I take now," Starring with Crosby in the Martin Rackin production for 20th Century-Fox release are Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Michael Connors, Alex Cord, Bob Cummings, Van Heflin, Slim Pickens, Stefanie Powers and Keenan Wynn. The classic Western was filmed in CinemaScope and De Luxe color.