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  White Christmas (1954)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It seems every Christmas this is one movie I must watch, and never tire of it.
The cast I thought was mismatched, Danny Kaye was a poor substitute for Donald O'Connor, yet he makes the character he plays so likeable that you can't help but be drawn to his character.
Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for White Christmas (1954)
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 Encyclopedia: White Christmas
For example, in most of the UK, snow is rarely experienced at Christmas except in the mountains; but most parts of Canada except for southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, southern Ontario and parts of the Maritimes stand an excellent chance of experiencing a white Christmas.
A white Christmas, to most people in the Northern Hemisphere, refers to snowy weather and/or snow on the ground at Christmas, a phenomenon which is far more common in some countries than in others.
The movie White Christmas was released in 1954 and became the leading box-office draw of 1954.
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 Encyclopedia topic: White Christmas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
However, Crosby's recording of "White Christmas" has sold additional millions of copies as part of numerous albums, including his best-selling album Merry Christmas, which was first released as an LP (A long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm) in 1949.
Crosby was called back to the Decca (additional info and facts about Decca) studios on March 19, 1947, to re-record "White Christmas" as a result of damage to the 1942 master (Directs the work of other) due to its frequent use.
The movie White Christmas was released in 1954 (additional info and facts about 1954) and became the leading box-office draw of that year.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wh/white_christmas.htm   (521 words)

  
 White Christmas (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most familiar version of "White Christmas" is not, however, the one Crosby originally recorded for Decca Record's Holiday Inn album on May 29, 1942.
He was called back to the Decca studios on March 19, 1947, to re-record "White Christmas" as a result of damage to the 1942 master due to its frequent use.
Crosby's single of "White Christmas" was recognized as the best-selling single in any music category for more than fifty years until it was quickly overtaken in a matter of months by Elton John's 1998 tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, "Candle In the Wind 1997".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Christmas_(song)   (504 words)

  
 BBC News | MUSIC | White Christmas is top festive tune
White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin and famously performed by Bing Crosby, was the most-played of all festive tunes in pubs, bars and clubs across the UK last year.
Because Christmas songs do not go out of fashion as quickly as chart tunes, songwriters can earn a healthy amount in annual royalties when their songs are played and released on compilation albums.
Crosby's version of White Christmas, taken from the film of the same name, was recently voted number two in a poll of the best songs of the 20th Century.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/1705749.stm   (314 words)

  
 White Christmas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bing introduced "White Christmas" to the public on his NBC radio show, the Kraft Music Hall, December 25, 1941.
"White Christmas," a song of peace and yearning for "the ones we used to know," was released to a war-torn public during the darkest days of World War II.
Bing's single of "White Christmas" sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was recognized as the best-selling single in any music category for more than 50 years until 1998 when Elton John's tribute to Princess Diana, "Candle in the Wind," overtook it in a matter of months.
www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us /~crosby/whitxmas.htm   (713 words)

  
 White Christmas
Because "White Christmas" may be the most popular American secular Christmas carol, rivaled only by "Jingle Bells," it could easily be presumed that it was treated as a star from the moment of its 1940 conception by the incomparable song writer Irving Berlin (1888-1989).
Crosby's recording of 'White Christmas' was released in the run-up to Christmas 1942.
But, as Jody Rosen demonstrates in his phenomenal cultural history "White Christmas," our focus on Crosby is a function of the ascendance of the singer at the expense of the songwriter.
www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /Hymns_and_Carols/white_christmas.htm   (3269 words)

  
 White Christmas - MP3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
White Christmas was written in 1937 by the great songwriter Irving Berlin, and achieved fame when it was performed by Bing Crosby in the 1942 movie, "Holiday Inn".
For many people, White Christmas evokes a wistful sense of nostalgia (as it did in the movie), family warmth and all the good memories associated with the holiday season.
White Christmas became the 'official' theme song of homesick World War II soldiers, and the rest is popular history.
www.heavenlyharpist.com /mp3/white-christmas.htm   (173 words)

  
 Practice - White Christmas - Authentic American Pronunciation
"White Christmas," a song of yearning for "the ones we used to know," was released to a war-torn public during the darkest days of World War II.
Bing's "White Christmas" even had the distinction of marking the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
The cue to evacuate would be a radio announcement that the temperature in Saigon was "105 degrees and rising," which would be followed by Bing's "White Christmas." When the moment of truth arrived Bing's voice triggered a mad scramble for the U.S. embassy, where helicopters were waiting.
evaeaston.com /pr/song-white-xmas.html   (297 words)

  
 Met Office: Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Snow at Christmas is deep-seated in British culture, and many of us long for the likes of the scenes depicted on traditional Christmas cards and in works like Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' or 'Pickwick Papers'.
White Christmases were more frequent in the 18th and 19th centuries, even more so before the change of calendar in 1752 which effectively brought Christmas day back by 12 days.
For many a white Christmas means a complete covering of snow, ideally falling between midnight and midday on the 25th.
www.met-office.gov.uk /climate/uk/whitechristmas   (447 words)

  
 White Christmas (1954)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
White Christmas is a treasury of Irving Berlin classics, among them "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," "Sisters," "Blue Skies," and the beloved holiday song, "White Christmas." Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business.
White Christmas appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
White Christmas is considered a holiday classic by some, but I don’t think it deserves that designation.
www.dvdmg.com /whitechristmas.shtml   (1776 words)

  
 white christmas script
White Christmas Likely for Much of Central U.S. United Press InternationalForecasts of up to a foot of snow in northwest Indiana and western Michigan...
White Christmas was written by a Jew, Irving Berlin, for a 1942 movie "Holiday Inn" starring Bing...
The phrase White Christmas may be understood in several different ways.
www.fgcpva.org /white-christmas-script.html   (415 words)

  
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Christmas is full of feeling for home and family and love.
A Christmas "just like the ones I used to know" was definitely something to hope for and a sentiment they shared equally.
Christmas 1944 was a cold, bitter and frightful time for folks living continents away.
www.mymerrychristmas.com /music/2001mu01.html   (803 words)

  
 Prediction for white Christmas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Eggleston estimated North Pole's chances of having a white Christmas based on climate data from nearby Tupper Lake, N.Y. While the Lake Placid weather station is closer, it only has been gathering snowfall data, officially, for 12 years, said Eggleston.
Caribou, Maine, also is one of the likeliest places in the Northeast to see snow on the ground Christmas morning, with a 97 percent chance of at least 1 inch of snow.
Following close on the heels of Caribou and North Pole is Concord, N.H., where the chance of a white Christmas is 87 percent.
www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/00/12.14.00/white_X-mas.html   (414 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - White Christmas
It falls thousands of feet in silence and lands without a sound, reminding us that Christmas is a time to block out the noise of the world for at least a day.
By the Word which comes afresh to us at Christmas, we are saved and made whole: "For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord," a Savior who will "save His people from their sins" (Luke 2:11; Matthew 1:21).
The life-giving snow of Christmas speaks of the life-giving Savior of Christmas.
www.crosswalk.com /special/christmas/1237457.html   (709 words)

  
 White Christmas
Pretty much as is happening in the world of fashion, white has become the season's hot favourite.
The season of white is becoming so overwhelming that even the fake antiques industry has not remained unaffected.
Vivid paintings on walls are being replaced by fl and white photographs, everything from the very contemporary to the very old.
www.rediff.com /money/2003/dec/20spec3.htm   (769 words)

  
 THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- WHITE CHRISTMAS
WHITE CHRISTMAS harkens back to a simpler time when people were less cynical and Christmas was something more than the busiest shopping season of the year.
The Christmas red costumes that appear at the end of the film look especially good and are reproduced without any signs of distortion or bleeding.
WHITE CHRISTMAS is presented in a new Dolby Digital 5.1 channel mix that favors the musical portions of the soundtrack.
www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_reviews/white-christmas-dvd.htm   (904 words)

  
 White Christmas lyrics
The song White Christmas is undoubtedly the most famous and popular of all the Christmas songs.
The lyrics of White Christmas struck a chord with the soldiers fighting in the Second World War and their families who were waiting for them back home.
The song and recording of White Christmas by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers was so popular that it was later reprised in the movie called after its name - White Christmas.
www.carols.org.uk /white_christmas.htm   (131 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - For most, white Christmas only a tune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Christmas Day should be quiet: mild and sunny on the Great Plains, a few more snow showers in the Great Lakes, patchy rain and mountain snow in parts of the West.
By that gauge, Christmas will be white in much of the mountain West, the upper Great Lakes and along the Appalachians north through New England.
In 1970, 20% of the population in the contiguous USA lived where there was at least an even chance of a white Christmas.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-12-24-snow-usat_x.htm   (505 words)

  
 WHITE CHRISTMAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Before the year's end, "White Christmas" topped the charts, where it stayed for 11 weeks.
Bing recorded "White Christmas" again for Decca on March 19, 1947, with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra.
"White Christmas" is Bing's largest selling recording and the largest selling Christmas single of all time -- more than 30 million copies sold.
www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us /~crosby/wxmas.html   (292 words)

  
 'Holiday' Cards Ring Hollow for Some on Bushes' List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
But the White House's explanation does not satisfy the groups -- which have grown in number in recent years -- that believe there is, in the words of the Heritage Foundation, a "war on Christmas" involving an "ever-stronger push toward a neutered 'holiday' season so that non-Christians won't be even the slightest bit offended."
Diversity has been a hallmark of White House greeting cards for some time, according to Mary Evans Seeley of Tampa, Fla., author of "Season's Greetings From the White House." The last presidential Christmas card that mentioned Christmas was in 1992.
The elder President Bush stayed in the "Merry Christmas" spirit all four years, and the Clintons opted for inclusive greetings for all of their eight years.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120601900_pf.html   (953 words)

  
 Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - White Christmas (1954)
White Christmas is a staple of holiday television.
Our screening of White Christmas at the 1997 Fall Film Series resulted in some bizarre conversations.
Watching White Christmas is like eating a candy cane: it only comes around once a year, and too much will make you sick.
www.stomptokyo.com /movies/white-christmas.html   (812 words)

  
 White Christmas (1954)
White Christmas is a holiday favorite you can really sink your teeth into.
Nothing sums up a good old-fashioned Christmas like sitting around with mugs of cider and watching Bing Crosby croon as Danny Kaye dances across stage in grey shoes that match his pants.
White Christmas is a partial remake of Holiday Inn, and some have criticized it for being nothing more than a weak plot woven around Irving Berlin songs.
www.moviepie.com /rent/white_christmas.htm   (359 words)

  
 ipedia.com: White Christmas Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A White Christmas, to most people in the northern hemisphere, refers to snowy weather at Christmas, a phenomenon which is far mo...
For example, in most of the UK, snow is rarely experienced at Christmas except in the mountains.
The song, "White Christmas", by Irving Berlin, was first sung by Bing Crosby in the 1942 musical, Holiday Inn, and, when released as a record, sold over 30 million copies, making it the best-selling recording of all time.
www.ipedia.com /white_christmas.html   (528 words)

  
 White Christmas Big Father and God inc WHITE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Try to find a better gift for this first Christmas of de new millennium and you wont be home for the joy of this birth.
What a great mix that is "Peace in the Valley and White Christmas" both released now.
Silence and whiteness in between the words, ringing bells of silver around each tracks, a "Wonderful World of Christmas" that is solid gold with the softness and enthusiasm of the signer.
www.geocities.com /zewhitechristmas   (440 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby - words and music by Irving Berlin - from Irving Berlin's "Holiday Inn", a 1942 Paramount Picture starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds - "White Christmas" is widely regarded as the best-selling single of all time.
It has made the chart in every Christmas season but one from 1942 to 1962.
Its success inspired the 1954 movie "White Christmas", starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney.
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 Irving Berlin's White Christmas DVD review on AudioRevolution.com
Of course, he didn't always choose the best properties, but 'White Christmas' was built around him.
'White Christmas' is a smoothly made movie; it may be no classic, but it's fun to watch, partly because they really don't make them like that any more.
She also provides the commentary track; she's not especially informative, but her memories of working with this great cast are clear, and very, very fond, especially concerning the hard-to-get-to-know Crosby.
www.avrev.com /dvd/revs/whitechristmas.shtml   (1035 words)

  
 White Christmas (1954)
The choices are many: the real How the Grinch Stole Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Miracle on 34th Street, multiple versions of A Christmas Carol (and don't forget Scrooged), A Christmas Story — the list goes on.
Though often called a remake of Holiday Inn, the only things White Christmas has in common with that WWII-era film are Crosby and an Irving Berlin score (including the titular tune, still the best-selling Christmas song of all time).
White Christmas was first film shot in Vistavision, and director Michael Curtiz and choreographer Robert Alton take advantage of the widescreen process with production numbers designed to blow the roof off that Vermont barn.
www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=7203&buy=open&PID=10089313&Tab=reviews&CID=18   (723 words)

  
 NPR : Still Dreaming of a 'White Christmas'
His "White Christmas" was a seasonal, secular hymn that has lasted over half a century.
White Christmas was one of the NPR 100 most important musical works of the 20th century.
Read an excerpt from White Christmas: The Story of an American Song by Jody Rosen (Scribner).
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=850892   (287 words)

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