The Country Girl
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Bing CrosbyCareer in Hollywood: From Holiday Inn to Bob Hope comedies…films include White Christmas and The Country Girl (both 1954); for the latter, Crosby received his third and final Academy Award nomination. He continued to act into the 1970s, many of his later appearances being on television. His last credited role was in the TV movie Dr. Cook’s Garden (1971).
Read More…films include White Christmas and The Country Girl (both 1954); for the latter, Crosby received his third and final Academy Award nomination. He continued to act into the 1970s, many of his later appearances being on television. His last credited role was in the TV movie Dr. Cook’s Garden (1971).
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William Holden…Crosby and Grace Kelly in The Country Girl (1954), based on a play by Clifford Odets. He portrayed a heroic fighter-pilot in the Korean War drama The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) and a washed-up football player in Picnic (1955). Holden memorably played the escaped POW Shears in the classic The…
Read More…Crosby and Grace Kelly in The Country Girl (1954), based on a play by Clifford Odets. He portrayed a heroic fighter-pilot in the Korean War drama The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) and a washed-up football player in Picnic (1955). Holden memorably played the escaped POW Shears in the classic The…
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Grace KellyShe earned further acclaim for The Country Girl (1954), a screen version of Clifford Odets’s play. Cast against type as the dowdy wife of an alcoholic actor (portrayed by Bing Crosby), Kelly won an Oscar for best actress.
Read MoreShe earned further acclaim for The Country Girl (1954), a screen version of Clifford Odets’s play. Cast against type as the dowdy wife of an alcoholic actor (portrayed by Bing Crosby), Kelly won an Oscar for best actress.
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