Harry Crosby (businessman) Harry Crosby (businessman) Harry Lillis Crosby III (born August 8, 1958) is an American investment banker and a former film and television actor. Crosby was born in Hollywood, California, at Queen of Angels Hospital. He is the fifth son of actor and singer Bing Crosby, the eldest from Bing's second marriage to actress Kathryn Crosby. Harry is the elder brother of Mary and Nathaniel Crosby; the younger half-brother of Gary, Dennis, Phillip and Lindsay Crosby; the half-uncle of Denise Crosby; the nephew of Bob Crosby and Larry Crosby. Crosby has been in investment banking since 1985 and is a partner
The Jazz Singer cost for "The Jazz Singer" was $422,000 (approximately US$5.76 million in 2015 dollars)—a large sum, especially for Warner Bros., which rarely spent more than $250,000. It was by no means a record for the studio, however; two features starring John Barrymore had been costlier: "The Sea Beast" (1926), a loose and entirely silent adaptation of "Moby-Dick", at $503,000 and "Don Juan" at $546,000. Nonetheless, the outlay constituted a major gamble in light of the studio's financial straits: while "The Jazz Singer" was in production, Harry Warner stopped taking a salary, pawned jewelry belonging to his wife, and moved his family