Originally, Gloria Wood was going to do Vera-Ellen's singing until Clooney intervened on behalf of her friend. Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube Playback options Watch the video for White Christmas from Bing Crosby's Elvis' Christmas Album for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. White Christmas Lyrics: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas / Just like the ones I used to know / Where the treetops glisten / And children listen / To hear sleigh bells in the snow / I'm dreaming of a [16], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a "Certified Fresh" 77% critical approval rating based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10, and an 88% audience approval rating based on 50,101 reviews, with an average rating of 4.34/5. Michael Curtiz behind the scenes during the filming of "White Christmas," a movie/musical that released January 1, 1954. [21][22][23][24][25][26] The musical played a limited engagement on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre, from November 14, 2008, until January 4, 2009. This was the last TV performance of the song aired during Crosby's lifetime; the 1977 special, BING CROSBY'S MERRIE OLDE CHRISTMAS, featuring the "Peace On Earth" / "The Little Drummer Boy" duet with the late David Bowie, aired after Bing's death. Phil and Judy stage a phony engagement, thinking Betty is trying to avoid romance because she doesn't want to leave Judy unprotected. Bob decides to call up Ed Harrison, another old Army buddy who now has his own variety show, for help. After the war, the two make it big, first as performers, then as producers, launching a hit musical, Playing Around. Betty sees Bob go on Harrison's show and invite the entire 151st division to secretly join him at Pine Tree to surprise General Waverly, at Bob and Phil's expense. The photo Vera-Ellen shows of her brother Benny (the one Phil refers to as "Freckle-faced Haynes, the dog-faced boy") is actually a photo of Carl Switzer, who played Alfalfa in the Our Gang film series, in an army field jacket and helmet liner. Another song written by Berlin for the film was "Sittin' in the Sun (Countin' My Money)" but because of delays in production Berlin decided to publish it independently. Once again on Christmas Eve, the soldiers surprise General Waverly with another rousing chorus when he arrives at the show, bringing him to tears. Frank said "writing that movie was the worst experience of my life. Bob doesn't like this but feels obliged to agree. Upon arriving in Vermont, they find all the tourists have left due to no snow and unseasonably warm weather. They arrive at the empty Columbia Inn, and are aghast to discover that General Waverly is the landlord of the hotel, has sunk his life savings into it, and is in danger of bankruptcy. Thank you for your support. To hear sleigh bells in the snow, the snow well then I am dreaming of a white Christmas. They receive a letter supposedly from their old Mess Sergeant, Ben "Freckle Face" Haynes, asking them to view his sisters' act. Música: White ChristmasInterpretação: Bing CrosbyWhite Christmas foi composta por Irving Berlin no início dos anos 1940. Irving Berlin nunca foi um grande músico. Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1942) Original ... - YouTube [11] Just before shooting was to begin, O'Connor had to drop out due to illness and was replaced by Danny Kaye, who asked for and received a salary of $200,000 and 10% of the gross. With every That may. Not Rated | 2h | Christmas, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance | 15 November 1954 (Brazil) A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.Director: Michael CurtizWriters: Norman Krasna, Norman Panama Stars: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney Em 1942 a canção foi gravada por Bing Crosby, no filme Duas Semanas de Prazer e foi um sucesso. HOLIDAY FILMS A GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PASTWilson, John M. Los Angeles Times 25 Dec 1984: h1. As everyone sings "White Christmas", a thick snowfall at last blankets Vermont. Betty and Bob's romance starts to bloom. [17] Bosley Crowther of The New York Times was not impressed: "...the use of VistaVision, which is another process of projecting on a wide, flat screen, has made it possible to endow White Christmas with a fine pictorial quality. 1) Bing's 1976 performance of "White Christmas," where he sings the seldom-heard opening verse. With every Christmas card I write. [2], Mel Frank and Norman Panama were hired to add material for Danny Kaye. Phil and Bob decide to invite some of the cast of Playing Around to Pine Tree to stage a show to draw in the guests, and include Betty and Judy in the show. Astaire declined the project after reading the script[10] and asked to be released from his contract with Paramount. Merry and Bright. [9], White Christmas was intended to reunite Crosby and Fred Astaire for their third Irving Berlin showcase musical. White Christmas was released on US VHS in 1986 and again in 1997. Producers Hope White Christmas Will Play Broadway This Year", "White Christmas Will Make Broadway Debut in November, Playing to Early 2009", Snow in L.A.! Director Michael Curtiz has made his picture look good. [10] Financially, the film was a partnership between Crosby and Irving Berlin, who shared half the profits, and Paramount, which got the other half.[11]. "It was a torturous eight weeks of rewriting", said Panama. John Brascia leads the dance troupe and appears opposite Vera-Ellen throughout much of the movie, particularly in the "Mandy" and "Choreography" numbers. It's all here. It then headed to the Sunderland Empire in Sunderland from November 2010 to January 2011 after a successful earlier run in Manchester, and continued in various cities with a London West End run at the end of 2014. [15] Overall, the film grossed $30 million at the domestic box office. Crosby and Astaire had previously co-starred in Holiday Inn (1942) – where the song "White Christmas" first appeared – and Blue Skies (1946). The first US DVD release was in 2000. After the performance, the four meet, and Phil and Judy immediately hit it off. A scene from the film featuring Crosby and Kaye was broadcast the year after the film's release, on Christmas Day 1955, in the final episode of the NBC TV show Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955). (Crosby), "The Old Man (reprise)" (Crosby & Men's Chorus), "Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney & Stevens), "White Christmas (finale)" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney, Stevens & Chorus), This page was last edited on 27 March 2021, at 05:03. On Christmas Eve in Europe in 1944, at the height of World War II, former Broadway star Captain Bob Wallace and aspiring performer Private Phil Davis entertain the 151st division. Curtiz was born in Hungary on December 24, 1886. Wallace asks how he can pay back Davis for saving his life, and Davis suggests they become a duo act. The colors on the big screen are rich and luminous, the images are clear and sharp, and rapid movements are got without blurring—or very little—such as sometimes is seen on other large screens. They did the job at $5,000 a week.[13]. In addition, "Count Your Blessings" earned the picture its own Oscar nomination in the same category. The centerpiece of the film is the title song, first used in Holiday Inn, which won that film an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1942. Future Oscar winner George Chakiris also appears[12] as one of the stone-faced black-clad dancers surrounding Rosemary Clooney in "Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me". https://amzn.to/3sChPHE - White ChristmasAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is "White Christmas Cartoon Song - YouTube" by chorale de joel on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. "[18], Variety liked it: "White Christmas should be a natural at the boxoffice, introducing as it does Paramount's new VistaVision system with such a hot combination as Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and an Irving Berlin score...Crosby and Kaye, along with VV, keep the entertainment going in this fancifully staged Robert Emmett Dolan production, clicking so well the teaming should call for a repeat...Certainly he [Crosby] has never had a more facile partner than Kaye against whom to bounce his misleading nonchalance."[19]. Your Christmases be white. "White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Principal photography took place between September and December 1953. Phil and Judy admit the truth to Bob, who becomes enraged and hurries to New York to tell Betty. The set on the Paramount lot was refurbished for the next Christmas classic. A composer's demo of the original song can be found on the CD Irving Sings Berlin. Where those are? On the former, the song "Sisters" (as well as all of Clooney's vocal parts) was recorded by Peggy Lee, while on the latter, the song was sung by Clooney and her own sister, Betty. (The first edition of Vera-Ellen's biography by David Soren made the mistake of suggesting that "perhaps" Clooney sang for Vera in "Sisters". The men have just received word their beloved Major General Thomas G. Waverly has been relieved of his command. The film was the first to be shot using Paramount's new VistaVision process, with color by Technicolor, and was one of the first to feature the Perspecta directional sound system at limited engagements. https://www.lifewire.com/watch-christmas-movies-on-youtube-3486071 White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen.Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.. [3] There was a US theatrical re-release by Paramount in 1961. Paramount put up the $2 million budget and only took 30% of the proceeds. Unfortunately, the housekeeper Emma overheard only the first half of the conversation, which she relays to Betty, who becomes suddenly cold towards a baffled Bob. Bob later finds out that Waverly received a humiliating rejection letter to his request to rejoin the army, and determines to prove to the General he is not forgotten. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas, "White Christmas (1954) - Notes - TCM.com", "Merry and Bright? Bob and Phil improvise a performance to buy the girls time, then flee to the train, where they now have to sit up in the Club Car, much to Bob's chagrin. An adorable dog was caught on camera delighting his owner by howling along to a rendition of White Christmas.. Hugo the Golden Retriever … Davis shields Wallace from a collapsing wall and is wounded by debris. Trudy Stevens provided the singing voice for Vera-Ellen, including in "Sisters". General Waverly's Columbia Inn in fictional Pine Tree, Vermont, made it's debut a decade before, in Holiday Inn. Barter Theatre, the nation’s longest running professional theatre produces more than 25 musicals, plays & live band showcase performances year-round. Norman Krasna was a talented man but... it was the lousiest story I'd ever heard. Dreaming of a White Christmas just like the ones I used to know. [7], Berlin wrote "A Singer, A Dancer" for Crosby and his planned co-star Fred Astaire; when Astaire became unavailable, Berlin re-wrote it as "A Crooner – A Comic" for Crosby and Donald O'Connor, but when O'Connor left the project, so did the song. After Waverly departs, enemy bombers attack the area and everyone takes cover. They watch Betty and Judy sing at a nightclub. Phil, who likes to play matchmaker, notices Bob is interested in Betty. was originally written for an un-produced project called Stars on My Shoulders. Berlin suggested a movie based on his song in 1948. These songs are performed individually by Crosby, Clooney, and Kaye. About the show. The men send him off with a rousing chorus of "The Old Man." The most recent US issue was a 4-disc "Diamond Anniversary Edition" in 2014. Finding out from Judy that the girls' landlord is falsely suing them for a damaged rug and has even gone so far as to call the police to get his money, Phil gives them tickets he and Bob had purchased to spend Christmas in New York City. With the tree tops, Well, I. Their recording of the song survives, however, and can be found on the Bear Family Records 7-CD set titled Come On-A My House. Within the film, a number of soon-to-be famous performers appear. The song "Snow" was originally written for Call Me Madam with the title "Free", but was dropped in out-of-town tryouts. However, this backfires when Betty accepts a gig in New York and leaves. Waverly arrives and delivers an emotional farewell. White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. The second edition of the biography corrected that error by adding this: "Appropriately, they sing "Sisters" with Rosemary Clooney actually dueting with Trudy Stabile (wife of popular bandleader Dick Stabile), who sang under the stage name Trudy Stevens and who had been personally recommended for the dubbing part by Clooney. The greatest Christmas song of all time, performed by the best singer of all time, mr Otis Redding. "[6]) It was not possible to issue an "original soundtrack album" of the film, because Decca Records controlled the soundtrack rights, but Clooney was under exclusive contract with Columbia Records. All songs were written by Irving Berlin. The melody and some of the words were kept, but the lyrics were changed to be more appropriate for a Christmas movie. Me of why. [8] Crosby and Kaye also recorded another Berlin song ("Santa Claus") for the opening WWII Christmas Eve show scene, but it was not used in the final film. Música: White ChristmasInterpretação: Bing CrosbyWhite Christmas foi composta por Irving Berlin no início dos anos 1940. Elvis Presley performing "White Christmas"Enjoy more Christmas classics! Bob strongly rejects the idea. White Christmas was enormously popular with audiences, earning $12 million in theatrical rentals – equal to $114,245,353 today – making it the top moneymaker of 1954 by a wide margin[14] and the highest-grossing musical at the time. White Christmas Lyrics: The sun is shining, the grass is green / The orange and palm trees sway / There's never been such a day / In Beverly Hills, L.A / But it's December the twenty-fourth / And I am Free – a different world you'd see if it were left to me. The musical also toured the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2008. Thomas Wood, "'White Christmas': From pop tune to picture". Betty and Bob, however, argue about Bob's cynicism, and the fact it was really Judy who wrote the letter instead of Ben. During the performance, Betty and Bob become engaged, and Judy and Phil decide to go through with their own engagement. Em 1947, Crosby regravou White Christmas, por causa da degradação da matriz original; esta é a versão mais conhecida hoje. A new music service with official albums, singles, videos, remixes, live performances and more for Android, iOS and desktop. It needed a brand new story, one that made sense." The song "What Can You Do with a General?" Here are 2 hours of my favourite Christmas Carols and Songs playlist, with Christmas Scenes. A stage adaptation of the musical, titled Irving Berlin's White Christmas premiered in San Francisco in 2004[20] and has played in various venues in the US, such as Boston, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Detroit and Louisville. They partially reconcile, but he meets up with Harrison before he has a chance to find out what really was bothering her. [11] Crosby also left the project shortly thereafter, to spend more time with his sons after the death of his wife, Dixie Lee. Watch the video for White Christmas from The Drifters's Definitive Soul: The Drifters for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [4], Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that entailed using twice the surface area of standard 35mm film; this large-area negative was also used to yield finer-grained standard-sized 35mm prints.[5]. The song was written by Berlin for the musical film Holiday Inn, released in 1942.The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. For example, one of the lines of the original song is: Free – the only thing worth fighting for is to be free. Com o crescente envolvimento dos Estados Unidos na Segunda Guerra Mundial, o sentimentalismo da música atraiu os ouvintes separados de seus entes queridos. It was subsequently re-released in 2009, with a commensurate Blu-ray in 2010. Dancer Barrie Chase appears unbilled, as the character Doris Lenz ("Mutual, I'm sure!"). Andy Williams The Andy Williams Christmas Album ℗ Originally released 1963. Realizing she was mistaken, Betty returns to Vermont just in time to be in the show. Ed suggests they put the general on the show and make a big scene of his misfortune and Bob's kindness, which would be free advertising for Bob and Phil. Irving Berlin's White Christmas Begins Nov. 22 in City of Angels, "Berlin musical comes to life: 'White Christmas' stays true to form", I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night), I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind, The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Christmas_(film)&oldid=1014454290, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox film with unknown empty parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "The Old Man" (Crosby, Kaye, and Men's Chorus), "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" (Kaye with Vera-Ellen, dubbed by Trudy Stevens), "Snow" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney & Vera-Ellen, dubbed by Trudy Stevens), Minstrel Number: "I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show" / "Mister Bones" / ", "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing (reprise)" (Kaye & Chorus), "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me" (Clooney), "What Can You Do with a General?" Make it a magical family Christmas in 2021 as the spectacular, brand-new production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas lights up theatres, direct from the West End. They felt the whole script needed rewriting, and Curtiz agreed. The girls convince Phil and Bob to forego New York and spend Christmas with them in Pine Tree, Vermont, where they are booked as performers. Consequently, each company issued a separate "soundtrack recording": Decca issuing Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas, while Columbia issued Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Era um pianista sofrível, nunca aprendeu a escrever partituras, mas, foi dessas mãos que nasceu um catálogo cujos os sucessos ainda não foram superados por nenhum compositor depois dele: mais de 800 músicas publicadas, entre elas clássicos como \"God Bless America, \"There's No Bussiness Like Show Bussiness\" e \"White Christmas\". It is too bad that it doesn't hit the eardrums and the funnybone with equal force. 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