Riding High (1950) is a black and white musical racetrack film featuring Bing Crosby and directed by Frank Capra in which the songs were actually sung as the movie was being filmed instead of the customary lip-synching to previous recordings. The movie is a remake of an earlier Capra film called Broadway Bill (1934). While the film is generally a light musical comedy, it has an unexpected tragic turn in its story.
Oliver Hardy had an unbilled cam...
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Riding High (1950) is a black and white musical racetrack film featuring Bing Crosby and directed by Frank Capra in which the songs were actually sung as the movie was being filmed instead of the customary lip-synching to previous recordings. The movie is a remake of an earlier Capra film called Broadway Bill (1934). While the film is generally a light musical comedy, it has an unexpected tragic turn in its story.
Oliver Hardy had an unbilled cameo appearance as a gambler at the racetrack.
Some of the scenes in both Broadway Bill and Riding High were filmed at the Tanforan racetrack in San Bruno, California. The track burned to the ground in July 1964, just before it was to be demolished.
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