White Christmas

Year:

1954

Duration:

120 min

Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1954-10-14

Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $30,000,000 (USA) Rentals $12,000,000 (USA)

Cast

Actor

Character

Bing Crosby

Bob Wallace

Danny Kaye

Phil Davis

Rosemary Clooney

Betty Haynes

Vera-Ellen

Judy Haynes

Dean Jagger

Major General Thomas F. Waverly

Mary Wickes

Emma Allen

John Brascia

John

Anne Whitfield

Susan Waverly

Bea Allen

Dancer (uncredited)

Joan Bayley

Dancer (uncredited)

Mae Bruce

Lady in Depot (uncredited)

Tony Butala

Child Dancer (uncredited)

Glen Cargyle

Jeep Driver (uncredited)

George Chakiris

Dancer (uncredited)

Barrie Chase

Doris Lenz

Les Clark

Dancer (uncredited)

Lorraine Crawford

Rita (uncredited)

Robert Crosson

Albert (uncredited)

Marcel De la Brosse

Carousel Club's Maitre d' (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Ex-Staff Officer (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

2nd Conductor (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Carousel Club Extra (uncredited)

Ernie Flatt

Dancer (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Carousel Club Extra (uncredited)

Gavin Gordon

General Harold G. Carlton (uncredited)

Johnny Grant

Ed Harrison (uncredited)

Percy Helton

Train Conductor (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

Station Master (uncredited)

Richard Keene

Carousel Club's Stage Manager (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Ex-Soldier (uncredited)

Vivian Mason

Rehearsal Blonde (uncredited)

Peggy McKim

Child Dancer (uncredited)

Leighton Noble

Bandleader (uncredited)

Roy Palmer

Dancer (uncredited)

James Parnell

Sheriff (uncredited)

Joe Ploski

Ex-Soldier (uncredited)

Sig Ruman

Landlord (uncredited)

Richard Shannon

Joe, Adjutant Captain (uncredited)

Dick Stabile

Band Leader at the Carousel Club (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

Mr. Herring, General's Party Guest (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Carousel Club Extra (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

Novello, Nightclub Manager (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Bob Fosse is the uncredited choreographer for"White Christmas".

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The Vermont inn is the remodeled Connecticut inn set from the movie Holiday Inn (1942) which Bing Crosby also starred in singing songs written by Irving Berlin.

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Many of Bob Wallace's more unusual turns of phrase were lifted straight from Bing Crosby's own speech patterns.

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Goofs

Each addition of the Variety newspaper announcing the latest news about Wallace and Davis bears the same issue number: Vol. 42, No 196.

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The train that transports The Haynes Sisters and Wallace and Davis from Florida to Vermont is shown as being of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in one sequence, and of the Southern Pacific Railroad in another. Neither railway ran on the east coast of the U.S.

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Where is the entire cast and crew of a Broadway show plus a couple hundred ex-servicemen and their wives/dates going to stay? The inn can't possibly hold that many.

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Quotes

Phil Davis: Let's face it, Bob. You're a lonely, miserable man.

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Phil Davis: Gosh, I hope I can take the electric blanket back.

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Phil Davis: [to the Haynes sisters] Mr. Wallace was just saying how remarkable it was that Benny Haynes' sisters should have eyes...

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Faq

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for White Christmas can be found here.

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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What is 'White Christmas' about?

A

Two World War II Army buddies, Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye), form a successful song-and-dance act and follow two sisters, Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy (Vera-Ellen) Haynes to a Vermont ski-lodge where the Haynes sisters are scheduled to perform a Christmas show. When they get there, however, they find that it hasn't snowed since Thanksgiving and that the lodge, which is owned by Bob and Phil's old Army general, Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger), is on the verge of failing. To help out, Bob and Phil come up with a plan to help.

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