White Christmas

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 white christmas,
with every christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright,
and may all your christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white christmas,
just like the ones I used to know
May your days be merry and bright,
and may all your christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white christmas,
with every christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright,
and may all your christmases be white

May your days be merry and bright,
and may all your christmases be white

Paramount, 1954, Color, 120min, *** Video: Paramount 6104 (1985)
Producer: Robert Emmett Dolan, Director: Michael Curtiz
Music: Irving Berlin
Cast: Bing Crosby [Bob Wallace], Danny Kaye [Phil Davis], Rosemary Clooney [Betty], Vera-Ellen [Judy], Dean Jagger [Gen. Waverly], Mary Wickes [Emma], John Brascia [Joe], Anne Whitfield [Susan], Richard Shannon [Adjutant], Grady Sutton [General's Guest], Sig Rumann [Landlord], Robert Crosson [Albert], Herb Vigran [Novello], Dick Keene [Assistant Stage Manager], Johnny Grant [Ed Harrison], Gavin Gordon [Gen. Carlton], Marcel de la Brosse [Maitre d'], James Parnell [Sheriff], Percy Helton [Conductor], Elizabeth Holmes [Fat Lady], Barrie Chase [Doris], I. Stanford Jolley [Station Master], George Chakiris [Specialty Dancer]

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Song ("Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep")

Songs: White Christmas (Bing Crosby; reprised by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Trudy Stevens for Vera-Ellen); Medley: Heat Wave / I'm Happy (?) / Blue Skies (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye); Sisters (Rosemary Clooney and Trudy Stevens dubbing for Vera Ellen; reprise mimed by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye; reprised again at the inn by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen); The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing (sung by Danny Kaye and Chorus, danced by Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen; reprised by Danny Kaye and Chorus); Snow (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Trudy Stevens for Vera-Ellen); Minstrel Number (sung and danced by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney); Mandy (part of "Minstrel Number," sung by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Chorus and danced by Vera-Ellen and Ensemble); Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep (Bing Crosby); Choreography (sung by Danny Kaye, danced by Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, George Chakiris and Chorus); unidentified instrumental (danced by Vera-Ellen and George Chakiris); Love You Didn't Do Right By Me (Rosemary Clooney); What Do You Do with a General?; (Bing Crosby); Because We Love Him (Bing Crosby and Men); Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army (sung by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, danced by Crosby, Kaye, Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney); Finale (White Christmas) (sung by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Trudy Stevens for Vera-Ellen, and danced by Children