As Malcolm says, this has been covered and this is the link to the original thread.
https://crosbyfanworld.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=1178

However, on occasion a revisit can be justified, both to refresh memories and for the benefit of those to whom the topic might be new.

I have taken the opportunity to remind myself of the film in question and find no reason to change my views.
At the time of release it was possibly over hyped with claims made about years being spent in the preparation and of contributions from those who knew Bing best etc, but in fact very few of those involved knew Bing in any depth and many were, at best "outliers". Those who really knew Bing best did not feature at all. Almost all of Bing's later life was ignored. The whole thing had no structure to it. 

In my view the best that can be said of it is that it is a series of anecdotes contributed by a few of those whose lives touched upon Bing's at some point, mostly earlier. Some of those anecdotes were new and interesting but not in themselves revealing. If it had been described in some such terms at the time instead of being launched with the over hyped fanfare it might have had a slightly more positive reception. 



 

JoeDoakes wrote:

Sorry. I didn’t know it was covered before. Still, it’s ludicrous to say that little brother Bob Crosby, Bob Hope, and Phil Harris are outliers. There are a lot of famous people who worked with and knew Bing here. The only real outlier is Terry Moore. This is what I indicated, a good collection of interview clips recorded in the early years after Bing’s passing with some other stuff thrown in.

Please do not misquote me. I did not say that the three you mention were outliers. I said that many who feature were outliers. That does not mean all. 

If you look at the publicity of the time the whole piece falls very far short of the promise. It was supposed to include those who knew and loved Bing best. And the best of those might be? Where were the close members of the family? Why was there almost no mention of life from 1950s on?  

I would also make the point that very few people got to know Bing well. Even those who had a good professional relationship over many years did not really get to know him, because he protected his personal life. I suggest that you read Giddins' two books. 


 

The clips and interviews were interesting, but the whole purpose of the documentary was to revive Bing's image. The documentary falls short. Chris Crosby tried to raise money for the film but fell extremely short so I believe at the last moment they threw it together. 

I recommend it for some of the interviews but there's not much meat on the documentary in my opinion.

Yes, there was a rift between Kathryn and Bob because she was going to sell the Crosby family Bible.