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The Best Actors
The Best Actors is an informational podcast dedicated to the winners of a Best Actor Academy Award. Going in sequence by year, I examine an actor's biography, filmography, winning performance, movie history, acting styles, and more.
The Best Actors
Bing Crosby, The Oscar as Popularity Contest, 1944
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Chuck Latovich
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Season 1
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Episode 15
Bing Crosby was the most popular entertainer in the USA during the 1940's. His Academy Award in 1944 for GOING MY WAY was a coronation of that status. Although Crosby was a megastar, modern audiences might view his Oscar somewhat skeptically. In this episode, I speak about Crosby's amazing success in several media, and how his win is in a grand Oscar tradition of awarding the performer and not the performance.