Post by marshamae on Dec 19, 2019 16:29:54 GMT
It’s cheesy, predictable...say what you want. But it’s one of 2-3 Christmas films I will watch over and over any time it’s on. One other is Holiday Inn, which shares some of the songs of white Christmas, notably the title tune and Abraham , and the bridge from Holiday inn dropped into Count your blessings. The last is Scrooge, the Alastair Sim version of the Christmas Carol. In all three cases it’s the score and the voices that keep me coming back.
Say what you like about the script of White Christmas , the story may be thin, but it’s very witty. Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby are a surprisingly good combination and they land all the jokes with finesse.
The dancing is thrilling with a Bob Fosse number thrown in uncredited ( I think it’s the jazz tap Abraham) Vera Ellen is remarkably versatile, moving from Ballet to adagio to jazz to real tap . Please stop spreading the falsehood that Vera Ellen was anorexic. It’s been dealt with over and over. Fhellow Cincinnatian George Chakiris scored a hit in the chorus of Love You Didn’t do Right By Me.
The one number that really seems cheesy to me is the grand finale. In a town like Los Angeles full of dancing schools they could not find better child dancers that those squinty- eyed camera shy twerps? And the knight statue Bing gave to Rosie, really awful.
Say what you like about the script of White Christmas , the story may be thin, but it’s very witty. Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby are a surprisingly good combination and they land all the jokes with finesse.
The dancing is thrilling with a Bob Fosse number thrown in uncredited ( I think it’s the jazz tap Abraham) Vera Ellen is remarkably versatile, moving from Ballet to adagio to jazz to real tap . Please stop spreading the falsehood that Vera Ellen was anorexic. It’s been dealt with over and over. Fhellow Cincinnatian George Chakiris scored a hit in the chorus of Love You Didn’t do Right By Me.
The one number that really seems cheesy to me is the grand finale. In a town like Los Angeles full of dancing schools they could not find better child dancers that those squinty- eyed camera shy twerps? And the knight statue Bing gave to Rosie, really awful.