Irving Berlin's White Christmas / Paramount presents ; produced by Robert Emmett Dolan ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
- Uniform Title
- White Christmas (Motion picture : 1954)
- Additional Titles
- White Christmas
- Published
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Edition
- Diamond anniversary edition.
- Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators
- Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972, Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, Krasna, Norman, Panama, Norman, Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988, Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991, Clooney, Rosemary, Kaye, Danny, Vera-Ellen, 1921-1981, Wickes, Mary, 1910-1995, Whitfield, Anne, Brascia, John, Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Language Note
- English, French or Spanish dialogue; Spanish, Portuguese, French or English subtitles; closed-captioned.
- Summary
- Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. Joined by two sisters, they travel to Vermont for a white Christmas.
- Subject(s)
- Christmas plays
- Revues—Production and direction—Drama
- Dance—Production and direction—Drama
- Entertainers—United States—Drama
- Man-woman relationships—United States—Drama
- Dancers—United States—Drama
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)—United States—Drama
- Minstrel shows—United States—Drama
- Modern dance—Caricatures and cartoons
- Tap dancing
- Ballroom dancing
- Dance—Production and direction
- Dancers
- Entertainers
- Man-woman relationships
- Minstrel shows
- Modern dance
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
- Revues—Production and direction
- United States
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0032429200969
9786315659492
6315659497 - Sound Characteristics
- digital
optical
monophonic
Dolby digital 5.1 - Video File Characteristics
- NTSC
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file
DVD video
region 1 - Audience Notes
- Not rated.
- Note
- Title from container and disc labels.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features include five Christmas television appearances by Bing & Danny including a virtual Christmas duet between Bing and Michael Buble, special 1954 UNICEF documentary featuring their first goodwill ambassador Danny Kaye, White Christmas photo galleries from rehearsals and filming, over an hour of bonus featurettes, commentary by Rosemary Clooney, and two theatrical trailers. - Creation/Production Credits Note
- Costumes, Edith Head ; lyrics and music, Irving Berlin ; dances and musical numbers staged by Robert Alton.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Bing Crosby, Dean Jagger, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Anne Whitfield, Mary Wickes, Vera Ellen, John Brascia.
- Technical Details
- DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround, mono.
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