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White Christmas - Widescreen (1954)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Bing Crosby
Danny Kaye
Rosemary Clooney
Dean Jagger
Vera-Ellen
Movie Details
Genre Music; Romance
Director Michael Curtiz
Producer Robert Emmett Dolan
Writer Melvin Frank; Norman Krasna
Studio Paramount Pictures
Series Christmas
Language English
Audience Rating NR (Not Rated)
Running Time 120 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
This semi-remake of Holiday Inn (the first movie in which Irving Berlin's perennial, Oscar-winning holiday anthem was featured) doesn't have much of a story, but what it does have is choice: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, an all-Irving Berlin song score, classy direction by Hollywood vet Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood), VistaVision (the very first feature ever shot in that widescreen format), and ultrafestive Technicolor! Crosby and Kaye are song-and-dance men who hook up, romantically and professionally, with a "sister" act (Clooney and Vera-Ellen) to put on a Big Show to benefit the struggling ski-resort lodge run by the beloved old retired general (Dean Jagger) of their WWII Army outfit. Crosby is cool, Clooney is warm, Kaye is goofy, and Vera-Ellen is leggy. Songs include: "Sisters" (Crosby and Kaye do their own drag version, too), "Snow," "We'll Follow the Old Man," "Mandy," "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," and more. Christmas would be unthinkable without White Christmas. --Jim Emerson
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 491
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon CA
Amazon US
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Product Details
Edition Widescreen
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 097360610475
Chapters 19
Release Date 8/8/2002
Subtitles English
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
NTSC