White Christmas (film)
White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. The movie was released in Technicolor and was released on December 25, 1954, in the U.S. and on December 26, 1954 in the UK. It is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount.
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White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. The film is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that entailed using twice the surface area of standard 35mm film. It features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, \”White Christmas\”, introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. The movie was released in Technicolor and was released on December 25, 1954, in the U.S. and on December 26, 1954 in the UK. It is released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 21, 2014. The DVD includes the bonus feature, “The Best of White Christmas”, which features the song “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin and the music video for the song, “All I Want for Christmas is You” by The Carpenters. The soundtrack also includes “The Little Drummer Boy” by Bob Dylan, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and “A Man Walks On Christmas Day” by Elton John, among other songs. It was also released in the United States on December 18, 1955, and the United Kingdom on December 19, 1955. The UK release date was December 20, 1956. The U.K. release date is December 23, 1957. The US release date has been December 28, 1957 and the UK Release Date is December 30, 1958. The United States release the film on December 31, 1958 and the European release date on December 29, 1958, and they release it in Australia on January 1, 1959 and the Netherlands on January 2, 1959.
It has been released in both English and Spanish, with subtitles in the English version. The English version is subtitled “The Great White Christmas” and the Spanish version is “The Greatest White Christmas”. The film was released to cinemas on December 27, 1957, and it was released worldwide on December 28 and 29, 1959, and in Europe on December 30 and 30, 2008, and also in Australia and New Zealand on January 3, 2009. The British release was the last of the three films in the series; the American release was on January 7, 2009, and was the first in the US on January 8, 2009 and the last in the European version on January 9, 2009; the UK release was also the last on January 10, 2010. The plot centers on a group of soldiers during World War II. Captain Bob Wallace and aspiring performer Private Phil Davis entertain the 151st division. After the war, the two make it big, first as performers, then as producers, launching a hit Musical. They receive a letter supposedly from their old Mess Sergeant, Ben \”Freckle Face\” Haynes, asking them to view his sisters’ act. They watch Betty and Judy sing at a nightclub. Betty and Bob’s romance starts to bloom. Bob later finds out that Waverly received a humiliating rejection letter to his request to rejoin the army, and determines to prove to the General he is not forgotten.
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