White Christmas

White Christmas is a 1954 movie starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye which featured the songs of Irving Berlin, including the titular White Christmas.

Filming of White Christmas took place between September and November 1953. The movie was the first to be filmed in the new VistaVision process and its Technicolor format has ensured that it has had a long shelf life on TV, Video and DVD. The movie White Christmas was released in 1954 and became the leading box-office draw of that year.

The movie was supposed to reunite Crosby and Fred Astaire for their third Irving Berlin extravaganza of song and dance—the first two being Holiday Inn (1942) and Blue Skies (1946). However, Astaire bowed out after reading the script. Donald O'Connor was selected to replace Astaire, but he, too, had to pass because of a back injury. O'Connor was replaced by Danny Kaye.

The storyline is based around two World War II US Army buddies, one a former Broadway entertainer, one a would-be entertainer (Crosby and Kaye). Kaye saves Crosby's life when a bombed building falls on them, and after the war, they go into show business together. They make it big in nightclubs and then on Broadway. They become the hottest act around. Whilst in Florida, they audition two sisters, and travel with them to Vermont for a show. They discover that Pinetree Inn (the "Holiday Inn"), run by their former commanding officer, General Tom Waverley, in Pinetree, Vermont is about to go bankrupt, and stage a show to attract patrons. The show of course is a success, and Crosby contrives to invite several more former army buddies to secretly attend the show and fill the inn with customers. Along the way, Crosby and Rosemary Clooney fall in love, as do Kaye and Vera-Ellen.

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