White Christmas

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)