White Christmas Overview:

White Christmas (1954) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Michael Curtiz .

SYNOPSIS

Curtiz directs what amounts to a Technicolor spin-off of the Crosby-Astaire holiday salute, Holiday Inn (1942). Crosby appears again (this time with Kaye) as half of a song-and-dance duo who come to the rescue of a ski resort run by their former commanding officer (Jagger) by putting on a show. A veritable treasury of Irving Berlin classics includes "Sisters," "Blue Skies," and, of course, "White Christmas." The 40th anniversary video release included a fully remastered letterboxed edition, an audio CD, a collector's brochure, a copy of Clooney's personal script, and a glossy photo from the film.

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Academy Awards 1954 --- Ceremony Number 27 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - SongMusic and Lyrics by Irving BerlinNominated
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A “White Christmas” at the Upcountry History Museum

on Dec 12, 2020 From Comet Over Hollywood

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Silver Screen Standards: White Christmas (1954)

By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 8, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Silver Screen Standards: White Christmas (1954) I?m not really a Christmas person. My overwhelming mood through the holiday season tends to be a combination of anxiety and depression that only lifts when we reach December 26, at which point I heave a sigh of relief. My father?s favorite Christmas... Read full article


Holiday Inn (1942): White Christmas and Blackface

By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 31, 2019 From 4 Star Films

Let me put this out in the open. Christmas movies are some of the most difficult films to regard subjectively because the majority of them are either tied to our childhood and fond memories, which are as much a part of the experience, or the alternative; they were not a part of our traditions at all... Read full article


Win Tickets to see “TCM Big Screen Classics: White Christmas” (Giveaway runs through November 24)

By Annmarie Gatti on Oct 28, 2018 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Win tickets to see “White Christmas” on the big screen!? In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sun Dec 9 and Wed Dec 12! “How can a guy THAT ugly have the nerve to have sisters?” CMH continues into our?3rd year of our partnership with Fathom Events?- with the?13th?of our 13 movie tick... Read full article


25 Days of Christmas: White Christmas (1954)

on Dec 20, 2017 From Journeys in Classic Film

This originally ran December 14th, 2011. ?Really my thoughts on this film haven’t changed. ?I still adore Vera-Ellen‘s dancing but I don’t love this movie.? Yep, it’s official: I’m not a Bing Crosby fan. ?It’s not the movies themselves that are bad, but as an acto... Read full article


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Quotes from

Judy Haynes: [after creating her phony engagement with Phil] Don't you think we ought to kiss or something?
Phil Davis: [Obviously nervous] Not until it's absolutely necessary.


Judy Haynes: Looks like it's absolutely necessary.


[after Betty finds Judy and Phil embracing]
Betty Haynes: What is this? The best two outta three?
Judy Haynes: I guess I got carried away.
Phil Davis: Yeah, she carried me right with her - I don't weigh very much.


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Facts about

Many of Bob Wallace's more unusual turns of phrase were lifted straight from Bing Crosby's own speech patterns.
Rosemary Clooney was not allowed to record her voice for the soundtrack album because it was being released by a record company (Decca) other than hers (Columbia). She was replaced on the soundtrack album by Peggy Lee.
The song, "What Can You Do with a General?", which Leonard Maltin calls Irving Berlin's least memorable tune, was originally written for an unproduced project called "Stars on My Shoulders".
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