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White Christmas

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• Comedy
• Romance

• 1954
• Michael Curtiz
• 115 mins
• PG

Summary

Musical starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Old army buddies Phil Davis and Bob Wallace travel with the glamorous Haynes sisters to the Columbia Inn in Vermont. There, Phil and Bob are reunited with their old commanding officer, General Waverly, who is now struggling to keep the hotel going. The visitors decide there's only one answer - to put on a show.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

This partial remake of the 1942 film Holiday Inn - the Bing Crosby movie that gave the world the Irving Berlin song White Christmas - provided Paramount with an opportunity to introduce its new screen process Vistavision. Crosby's Holiday Inn partner Fred Astaire wasn't available, and Donald O'Connor pulled out, so Danny Kaye reluctantly agreed to second billing to co-star with Crosby, in what proved to be a fortuitous move. The story, as if you need reminding, is about a song-and-dance team who travel up to Vermont to help their former army commander save his inn from foreclosure. Kaye is superb, especially in his knockout dance routine with Vera-Ellen, and the direction from veteran Michael Curtiz rightly embraces the sentiment rather than keeping it at bay.

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7.6/10

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Cast

rolenameBob WallaceBing CrosbyPhil DavisDanny KayeBettyRosemary ClooneyJudyVera-Ellen General WaverlyDean JaggerEmmaMary WickesJoeJohn BrasciaSusanAnne WhitfieldLandlordSig RumanDancerGeorge Chakiris

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rolenameDirectorMichael Curtiz

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Theatrical distributor

Paramount Film Service Ltd

Released on

2008-12-12

Languages

English

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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