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Riding High is a 1950 American black-and-white musical racetrack film featuring Bing Crosby and directed by Frank Capra. The songs were performed live during filming instead of the customary lip-synching to studio recordings. The film is a remake of an earlier Capra film with screenwriter Robert Riskin titled Broadway Bill (1934).
Riding High: Directed by Frank Capra. With Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, Frances Gifford. A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
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- Comedy
- Frank Capra
- 1950-04-12
The role of Broadway Bill was performed by a black thoroughbred, Hiland Dale, who was specially trained for film work. Actor Douglas Dumbrille played the same character, a gambler, in both Broadway Bill and Riding High. His character's name was "Eddie Morgan" in the former, but changed to "Eddie Howard" in the latter film.
- Frank Capra, Arthur Black
- Bing Crosby
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Riding High is a 1950 black-and-white musical racetrack film featuring Bing Crosby and directed by Frank Capra. The songs were performed live during filming instead of the customary lip-synching to studio recordings. The film is a remake of an earlier Capra film with screenwriter Robert Riskin titled Broadway Bill (1934). While the film is generally a light musical comedy, its plot contains an ...
He's a lot of movie, too. So much that in 1950, Frank Capra teamed with stars Bing Crosby and Coleen Gray for Riding High, a lively remake of Capra's 1934 gem, Broadway Bill. Der Bingle's fondness for the racetrack is evident throughout this story of a man who abandons the mansion for the stable. And the songs attest to the film's unbridled spirit.
