White Christmas
This semi-remake of Holiday Inn (the first movie in which Irving Berlin's perennial, Oscar-winning holiday anthem was featured) doesn't have much of a story, but what it does have is choice: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, an all-Irving Berlin song score, classy direction by Hollywood vet Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood), VistaVision (the very first feature ever shot in that widescreen format), and ultrafestive Technicolor! Crosby and Kaye are song-and-dance men who hook up, romantically and professionally, with a "sister" act (Clooney and Vera-Ellen) to put on a Big Show to benefit the struggling ski-resort lodge run by the beloved old retired general (Dean Jagger) of their WWII Army outfit. Crosby is cool, Clooney is warm, Kaye is goofy, and Vera-Ellen is leggy. Songs include: "Sisters" (Crosby and Kaye do their own drag version, too), "Snow," "We'll Follow the Old Man," "Mandy," "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," and more. Christmas would be unthinkable without White Christmas. --Jim Emerson more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-03-2007
- White Christmas Still a Thrilll
Ozark Actors Theatre in Rolla, Missouri is doing the stage play of White Christmas Nov 8-18, 2007 and often directors ask the cast not to view a movie in order to help them develop their own character. But in this case we were encouraged...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-26-2007
- Required Christmas Viewing
What can anyone say about this timeless classic? Its a very predictable story from beginning to end, but the music and dancing are the best. This movie is a must for holiday viewing. The kids may get bored with it, but at some point, Mom...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-25-2007
- White Christmas
Aaaaaaaaaaaah more Bing. This movie reminds me of simpler times. It reminds of the Roger's & Hammersteins favorites. It is a wonderful movie for those who are young and old. Everyone's eyes glimmer with the thought of Christmas when the...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-26-2007
- A personal favourite
Firstly, I should disclose that I've never seen IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - I was never able to catch it when I was a kid, nor as an adult. I watched White Christmas when I was 12, and was completely enchanted by it. Twenty years later, and...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-03-2007
- White Christmas Still a Thrilll
Ozark Actors Theatre in Rolla, Missouri is doing the stage play of White Christmas Nov 8-18, 2007 and often directors ask the cast not to view a movie in order to help them develop their own character. But in this case we were encouraged...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-24-2005
- Not one of the best holiday films but still is a musical dance classic
After hearing about the film for ages I finally watched the movie about 3 years ago and found it pretty boring. I then got it for my dad for x-mas and watched it the following year and found it better the second time around and by the...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-28-2006
- I'll stick with HOLIDAY INN
Having seen HOLIDAY INN at least a dozen times, I realized that I'dnever seen its reworked version, WHITE Christmas until it showed up onTCM the other day. Aside from some great musical numbers (esp. thedance sequences) this was an...
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