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White Christmas

Title
White Christmas [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; produced by Robert Emmett Dolan.
Publication
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 1990, c1954.

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Additional Authors
  • Vera-Ellen, 1921-1981
  • Kaye, Danny
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977
  • Clooney, Rosemary
  • Brascia, John.
  • Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
  • Alton, Robert, 1897-1957
  • Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962
  • Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972.
  • Krasna, Norman.
  • Panama, Norman.
  • Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988
  • Head, Edith
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Genre/Form
  • Musicals.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Dances and musical numbers staged by Robert Alton ; lyrics and music, Irving Berlin ; screenplay, Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, Melvin Frank ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson ; costumes, Edith Head.
Performer (note)
  • Vera-Ellen (Judy), Rosemary Clooney (Betty), Danny Kaye (Phil Davis), Bing Crosby (Bob Wallace), Dean Jagger, John Brascia.
Contents
Dance contents: Brief glimpses of numbers perf. by Kaye and Crosby, who play a song-and-dance team, and Vera-Ellen and Clooney as a sister act. Longer dance sequences include "Sisters," perf. by Vera-Ellen and Clooney (later parodied by Kaye and Crosby); "The best things happen when you're dancing," perf. by Vera-Ellen and Kaye; minstrel show production number, perf. by Vera-Ellen, Clooney, Kaye, Crosby, and ensemble; "Choreography" (spoof of modern dance), perf. by Kaye, Vera-Ellen, John Brascia, and female ensemble; tap dance perf. by Vera-Ellen and Brascia; "Love, you didn't do right by me," perf. by Clooney and male ensemble; and "I wish I was back in the army," perf. by Vera-Ellen, Clooney, Kaye, and Crosby.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2836
ISBN
0792101588
OCLC
  • 22778858
  • NYPY896015510-F
Title
White Christmas [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; produced by Robert Emmett Dolan.
Imprint
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 1990, c1954.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Cast
Vera-Ellen (Judy), Rosemary Clooney (Betty), Danny Kaye (Phil Davis), Bing Crosby (Bob Wallace), Dean Jagger, John Brascia.
Credits
Dances and musical numbers staged by Robert Alton ; lyrics and music, Irving Berlin ; screenplay, Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, Melvin Frank ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson ; costumes, Edith Head.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. White Christmas.
Added Author
Vera-Ellen, 1921-1981, performer.
Kaye, Danny, performer.
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, performer.
Clooney, Rosemary, performer.
Brascia, John. Performer
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Composer
Alton, Robert, 1897-1957, choreographer.
Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, film director.
Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972. Producer
Krasna, Norman. Screenwriter
Panama, Norman. Screenwriter
Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988, screenwriter.
Head, Edith, costume designer.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2836
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