White Christmas
Christmas, Musical
Paramount Pictures  (1954) 120 mins NR

7.2 (6,026 votes)
White Christmas is a treasury of Irving Berlin classics, among them "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," "Sisters," "Mandy," and the beloved holiday song, "White Christmas." Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure starts when Crosby & Kaye discover that the inn is run by their old army general who's now in financial trouble. And the result is the stuff dreams are made of....

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Cast and Crew
Bing Crosby  ......  Bob Wallace
Danny Kaye  ......  Phil Davis
Rosemary Clooney  ......  Betty Haynes
Vera-Ellen  ......  Judy Haynes (as Vera Ellen)
Dean Jagger  ......  Major General Thomas F. Waverly
Mary Wickes  ......  Emma Allen
Director  .....  Michael Curtiz
Producer  .....  Robert Emmett Dolan
Writer  .....  Norman Krasna; Norman Panama; Melvin Frank
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: At the start of his surprise party, General Waverly blows out the candles on the cake at his table. At the very end of the movie the candles are lit again. (more)

Trivia:
The Vermont inn is the remodeled Connecticut inn set of Holiday Inn (1942). (more)

Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[to the Haynes sisters]
Phil Davis: Mr. Wallace was just saying how remarkable it was that Benny Haynes' sisters should have eyes...
[voice cracks]
Phil Davis: ...I mean, blue eyes. That is eyes...
Bob Wallace: Nice out.
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. (more)