White Christmas A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney 1

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  • @zombiesalive10
    @zombiesalive10 3 года назад +238

    Vera Ellen's dancing is beyond amazing.

    • @MichaelGunner123
      @MichaelGunner123 2 года назад +10

      I'll 2nd & 3rd that! She was Outstanding.

    • @emilym8571
      @emilym8571 Год назад +7

      Well said ! The best things happen when she dances! Unreal perfection and flow with or without a partner. Her acting was not too shabby either. I'm always mesmerized watching her technique and her 1" waist!

    • @christina2119
      @christina2119 Год назад

      Yesss!!

    • @walterbosch9198
      @walterbosch9198 Год назад +2

      Please RUclips make white christmas a free movie.

    • @Jaque1961
      @Jaque1961 Год назад

      ​@@walterbosch9198because.... The internet people are that stupid.

  • @stefanie7823
    @stefanie7823 2 года назад +135

    I have a special place in my heart for White Christmas and Ms. Clooney. Family lore says that after WWII my grandfather was working at a radio station in NYC and met Rosemary. He asked her out to dinner and they apparently had a great time (“but no funny stuff” I’m told lol). He said she was even more beautiful in person and had the best personality. She loved to joke around and had a beautiful laugh.
    I loved hearing that story as a kid 😊

    • @LoyalTideFan
      @LoyalTideFan Год назад +4

      From their interaction in the movie, they seem to be great friends.

    • @maxbedo9645
      @maxbedo9645 Год назад +6

      I like White Christmas but love Holiday Inn

    • @meo21626
      @meo21626 Год назад +6

      What a great story! Rosemary was the best!

    • @jayfeder8217
      @jayfeder8217 6 месяцев назад

      I HAD A COUSIN WHO WORKED ANIMATION FOR. Disney and they loaned him out to MGM TO work on Forbidden planet.

  • @genieploeger9757
    @genieploeger9757 4 года назад +152

    I still watch this show every year. I love the pretty dresses and the magic of the production musical numbers and cast.
    We were all left with such a precious gift with this show and these actors who take us step backwards to a moment in time when life was a little more simple. This show was also paid a wonderful tribute to the service boys facing some scary moments of their own mortality durring war time. Those who were greatful to be alive to make it back home to their loved ones for christmas. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this precious gift you brought in to our lives and our homes. It is a timeless classic that has made my home durring the Christmas season feel warm and bright every year. Thank you!

    • @kathleenernst7935
      @kathleenernst7935 2 года назад +8

      Great production numbers along with Edith Head designs!

  • @bettyfuller3678
    @bettyfuller3678 3 года назад +69

    How I wish we had these types of movies made again. I watched White Christmas the other night. World troubles and commercialized Christmas was forgotten as I drifted into this beautiful innocent story. ❤

    • @lauriej.5706
      @lauriej.5706 2 года назад +3

      I was 9 years old when this film was released. My mother had made a rule that year; I wasn't allowed to see any movie with a happy ending, which is to say most movies back in those days. I got lucky in the winter of '54 and got to see White Christmas with my mother not finding out. For me, the movie was a forbidden thrill.

  • @Ziggimomspal68
    @Ziggimomspal68 Год назад +11

    Edith Head outdid herself with the costumes…perfection

  • @patmancrowley8509
    @patmancrowley8509 3 года назад +74

    I just love Danny Kay's dance scene with Vera Ellen.

  • @CornbreadOracle
    @CornbreadOracle 4 года назад +417

    Say what you will about Rosemary Clooney but it’s not every woman who could vocally hold her own with Bing Crosby. That puts her in a league of her own.

    • @judypasqualone3819
      @judypasqualone3819 2 года назад +31

      She was incredible.,

    • @footsuk5593
      @footsuk5593 2 года назад +12

      @@judypasqualone3819 She still is!

    • @KanjoNights
      @KanjoNights 2 года назад +13

      @@footsuk5593 I mean she died almost 20 years ago so "was" is the correct tense

    • @footsuk5593
      @footsuk5593 2 года назад +7

      @@KanjoNights I stand corrected! 🙂

    • @marybishop9928
      @marybishop9928 Год назад +18

      Ironically, it was Rosemary Clooney who said Bing made it so easy that “ if you can’t sing with Bing Crosby, you can’t sing.” I got to see her in concert a few years before she died. She was better than ever, and so in touch with the audience. In retrospect it was an honor and a privilege to have been there. Truly one of the greats.

  • @suestephan3255
    @suestephan3255 Год назад +111

    Her voice was so melodic and crisp and yes she could go toe to toe with Bing. No one can duplicate Bing’s White Christmas. He made it what it was.

    • @friedamills6769
      @friedamills6769 Год назад +5

      The Entire Presentation touched the Heart ❤️ of Every Generation since 1954! I'm Sure We ALL would have Loved to be "There for Real!"Every Character was Perfect! ❄️🌧️🎄⛄💗

    • @marilynfosseen1541
      @marilynfosseen1541 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah, Mary Wickes was great in it too.

  • @Helen3691
    @Helen3691 Год назад +28

    In 2022 it’s still a stunning production. Cast, music, set, costumes. Oh the costumes! That black velvet dress is so drop dead sexy and classy. Still one of my two fave Christmas movies.

  • @jaredjlinden
    @jaredjlinden 5 лет назад +135

    One of the most beautifully shot movies ever. Next time you watch, just look at the set design. It’s incredible.

    • @nata3467
      @nata3467 Год назад +9

      Agreed I wanted to live at the inn

  • @emilym8571
    @emilym8571 Год назад +18

    So special to hear Rosemary speak about the personalities of the people involved with this movie. Especially touching was her recall of how Danny Kaye was forever trying to make Bing laugh.

  • @MissTeeFied
    @MissTeeFied 3 года назад +116

    Who is here during our Covid year Christmas 2020? This movie is and has always been my Christmas to watch every year.

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 3 года назад +7

      Always watch on christmas eve along side scrooge with alistair sim

    • @Corellyn
      @Corellyn 3 года назад +4

      Mine too!

    • @memphissommers4171
      @memphissommers4171 3 года назад +2

      Tuberculosis (TB) is a global pandemic such as the world has never seen. 1.5 million died from it each year. It is the “most contagious disease in the history of mankind.” It is spread from infected people talking, singing, laughing, sneezing, coughing or spitting. So, why were/are there no TB pandemic response demands from the WHO, CDC, governments, doctors, or the UN to wear masks, washing your hands? Where are the food shortages, toilet paper shortages, disinfectant shortages due to TB? The job losses, the shut downs, the layoffs because of TB pandemic? The quarantines, the social distancing because of TB? TB has ALWAYS made flu-viruses like Covid-19 look like the sniffles. The ‘protective’ measures the CDC and WHO have recommended can’t stop it! In fact, herd mentality history indicates that those ‘preventative measures’ make it much worse.
      Covid’s real but the toxicity is exaggerated and the mortality rates are inflated for the sake of monetary greed within the medical profession and for the benefit of liberal politicians and their power grab.

    • @kevinbeck6785
      @kevinbeck6785 3 года назад +1

      @@memphissommers4171 Different World today and not for the better

    • @MissTeeFied
      @MissTeeFied 3 года назад +3

      @MemphisSommers.... WTF? Talking about a feel good movie at Christmas Time, not a referendum on what is the most lethal pandemic. Siggghhhh

  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver 4 года назад +430

    P.S. A word on Danny Kaye... I can't imagine this film without his genius. His talent was so diverse and phenomenal that it still blows my mind. In fact, the casting of this entire picture was absolutely inspired, a miracle in itself. Merry Christmas!!

    • @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane
      @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane 4 года назад +11

      I made a computer generated tour of the Inn from White Christmas, so we can feel like we got to walk around inside. ruclips.net/video/6VZUNDeHYv4/видео.html

    • @saintmichael1779
      @saintmichael1779 4 года назад +26

      Danny Kaye could do it all. With his lanky frame, he could sing, he could act ("Hans Christian Anderson" is just wonderful), and he could dance. Boy could he dance. With Vera-Ellen in "The Best Thing Happen While You Dance" is a phenomenon. They make it look so easy, but one can only imagine take after take after take to get it just right. And they smile, too. Incredible...

    • @shirleywalkowicz6248
      @shirleywalkowicz6248 4 года назад +1

      Did you know that Danny Kaye was Gay?
      Yup. He was! And he died of AIDS.

    • @tiffsaver
      @tiffsaver 4 года назад +10

      @@shirleywalkowicz6248
      So was Valentino, Cary Grant, Jimmy Dean, and many, many others. Do you have a problem with that??

    • @alangranville284
      @alangranville284 4 года назад +7

      So What?

  • @shrektoo8030
    @shrektoo8030 4 года назад +170

    One of the best memories of my lifetime is being at Rosemary Clooney's home outside Durant, Ok. She was SO kind and welcoming. We did hayrides, bonfires and some good old college fun. I am not sure why she opened her property to us and was so kind but she was. I wish I had told her how much I loved her music. There's nothing like "counting your blessings instead of sheep!".

    • @jerryrice8860
      @jerryrice8860 3 года назад +25

      My wife, a retired artist from Louisville's Courier-Journal, was asked to do Rosemary's portrait for a feature story in the late '80s.
      She met Rosemary, also Nick and Nina, and gave her the original color pastel which is now displayed in Rosemary's former bedroom in Augusta, Kentucky. Sweet, genuine lady! So very talented.

    • @tiffsaver
      @tiffsaver 3 года назад +10

      I guess that was just her way of saying "Thank You," back.

    • @shrektoo8030
      @shrektoo8030 3 года назад +9

      @@jerryrice8860 How nice! I grew up in Cincinnati so Nick was on our tv screen for the news every weeknight and George worked in the shoe dept of a local store when I was in elementary/middle school years. The Clooney family was very kind. George seems so far from that now, but it is hard to really know.

    • @meo21626
      @meo21626 Год назад +1

      What a great memory!

  • @beverlysmith8985
    @beverlysmith8985 5 лет назад +57

    This was my mother's favorite movie. It became mine over her love of it. Now I watch it year round not just at Christmas.

  • @jaynehaught9715
    @jaynehaught9715 5 лет назад +230

    This movie is a little piece of heaven...such wonderful memories...

    • @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane
      @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane 4 года назад +3

      I made a computer generated tour of the Inn from White Christmas, so we can feel like we got to walk around inside. ruclips.net/video/6VZUNDeHYv4/видео.html

    • @joemanni4412
      @joemanni4412 3 года назад +1

      This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoiruclips.net/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/видео.html

  • @juanitadaleslusher5218
    @juanitadaleslusher5218 3 года назад +29

    I saw Rosemary Clooney in concert in Concord, California, a couple of years before she passed. What a blessing!

  • @mabelregimal5407
    @mabelregimal5407 3 года назад +58

    What a beautiful lady, when she was young and even as an older woman. Just beautiful.

  • @livinndenhaag
    @livinndenhaag 4 года назад +133

    One of my Christmas traditions, is watching this film every year

    • @jusssayin480
      @jusssayin480 4 года назад +3

      It's mine too.

    • @justindeemy2462
      @justindeemy2462 4 года назад +1

      Dennis Rodriguez same

    • @joemanni4412
      @joemanni4412 3 года назад +1

      This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoiruclips.net/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/видео.html

    • @MegaDeansy
      @MegaDeansy 3 года назад +2

      Ditto - 'White Christmas', 'It's a Wonderful Life' and finally 'Polar Express' - ALL watched every year on Christmas-eve to really get me into full-on Christmas-mode !

    • @bubba4072
      @bubba4072 3 года назад +1

      Same here!

  • @LilBatGirl
    @LilBatGirl 3 года назад +20

    I am so glad Danny Kaye got the part. I love him in this role and he reminds me so much of my uncle.

  • @loiswright6838
    @loiswright6838 5 лет назад +231

    Nothing like it today. Those were great times with talented classy people.

    • @shirleysmith3294
      @shirleysmith3294 5 лет назад +8

      Isn't that the truth! At least
      We are lucky enough to have fond members
      memories *
      These millennial generation don't know what they missed what they missed

    • @maryrozario397
      @maryrozario397 4 года назад +1

      a very special group of people.

    • @inthemix7640
      @inthemix7640 4 года назад +5

      why does everyone always say that about the past.

    • @Omnicient.
      @Omnicient. 4 года назад +2

      We'll say the same things as we get older!

    • @Consrignrant
      @Consrignrant 4 года назад +1

      @@shirleysmith3294........ You imbecile.

  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver 4 года назад +222

    Hard to believe this film was actually made in '54, because it still holds up so well today. Rosemary Clooney was my first movie star crush, too. When I saw those baby blues and blonde hair, my heart went ka-flooey!!
    Btw, if you'll notice at exactly 2:24 minutes in to this video, you'll see her dancing with a dark-haired, handsome lad. That dancer was George Chakiris, who would actually go on to star as the leader of the Sharks, 'Bernardo,' in the movie version of "West Side Story" in 1961, when he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

    • @1533ramsay
      @1533ramsay 4 года назад +12

      Your right. Thought I recognized him!!!

    • @tiffsaver
      @tiffsaver 3 года назад +12

      @@1533ramsay
      Exactly my reaction. I said, "Where did I SEE that guy before??"

    • @marthay.higuera9723
      @marthay.higuera9723 3 года назад +16

      I think George Chakiris was also one of the dancers in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in the scene where Marilyn is dressed in a pink strapless gown singing Diamonds Are A girl’s Best Friend.

    • @dawnwelch6579
      @dawnwelch6579 2 года назад +4

      @@marthay.higuera9723 You are correct on that - I just saw that clip the other day!

    • @kathleenernst7935
      @kathleenernst7935 2 года назад +6

      @@dawnwelch6579 Wow just had to look - there he was again - such a great looking dude that definitely stood out!

  • @bwmousersmacavelli
    @bwmousersmacavelli 4 года назад +26

    Finally watched this movie for the first time this year...over and over again. Don't have a clue why I waited 57 years. There is so much talent in every aspect that makes this movie so emotionally triggering. I literally cried when Netflix quit streaming it after Christmas...now I need to get the DVD since I can't buy the streaming version from Amazon. Irving Berlin is a genius. Edith Head is a genius. The actors are geniuses. An overly stimulating movie with so much song, dance, and don't forget the story line of the General...that one tear in his eye at the end pretty much sums up life...and it was said in "It's a Wonderful Life" at the end..."No man is a failure who has friends". Most movies have an entertainment level...this movie actually MOVES you! Peace and Love to all!

  • @bethshupp-george5593
    @bethshupp-george5593 7 месяцев назад +18

    The costumes in this show are amazing. I swear every time Judy or Betty enters, I say, “Oh! I love this dress!” Even Judy’s PJs and robes are gorgeous.

  • @broncodeviltexas
    @broncodeviltexas Год назад +13

    Love this movie. Have to watch it every Christmas. The songs are outstanding.

    • @user-rz8bu6vl8x
      @user-rz8bu6vl8x 7 месяцев назад +1

      Me too, one of my favorite Christmas movies!

  • @Indy_Girl
    @Indy_Girl 5 лет назад +125

    Couldn’t imagine any other actors in this film than the 4 that made this a classic!

    • @cliffchristie5865
      @cliffchristie5865 4 года назад +1

      A friend of mine and I play a game recasting old movies and recently tackled this one. For example, my choices for Bob and Phil were Hugh Jackman and Justin Timberlake. We both agreed that only one actress should play Emma - Andrea Martin.

    • @johnniejohn-jack7610
      @johnniejohn-jack7610 4 года назад +3

      Sort of missed Bob Hope though...he should have made a cameo !

    • @cannacliffords7462
      @cannacliffords7462 3 года назад

      @Richie Levoi very very sweet

  • @lynells3060
    @lynells3060 5 лет назад +75

    One of my favorite Christmas movies. Watch it over and over again at Christmas time. Mr. Bing Crosby and Mr. Danny Kaye were the best.

  • @Olivia-hx2hx
    @Olivia-hx2hx 5 лет назад +266

    Watch white Christmas every year, part of my Christmas tradition. Sad that all these talanted people gone now

    • @IwshIcldstrtover
      @IwshIcldstrtover 5 лет назад +16

      Actually, there is one of them still with us. George Chakiris, 84 years young. :)

    • @jeanjones5550
      @jeanjones5550 5 лет назад +11

      @@IwshIcldstrtover And Barrie Chase is still with us.

    • @aprilrichards762
      @aprilrichards762 4 года назад +8

      In my family, we watch "White Christmas" after Thanksgiving dinner. At the end of the movie, we wish each other a Merry Christmas. We don't say anything between us until the movie is watched. Now, my personal all time favourite Christmas commercial is the Eat N Park Christmas tree commercial. Look it up it awesome!

    • @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane
      @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane 4 года назад +5

      I made a computer generated tour of the Inn from White Christmas, so we can feel like we got to walk around inside. ruclips.net/video/6VZUNDeHYv4/видео.html

    • @fw1421
      @fw1421 4 года назад +9

      Olivia Balderston yes,but they’re still with us as long as we have this film.😘

  • @Traceman002
    @Traceman002 4 года назад +132

    I have watched this film every year at Christmas time, isn't the same without it.

    • @leonahumphries7832
      @leonahumphries7832 4 года назад +5

      It has a become a holiday tradition for me and my family.

    • @michaelfitzgerald1865
      @michaelfitzgerald1865 4 года назад +1

      It's become a Christmas tradition with my mother and myself. We always watch this on Christmas Eve. "The theater, the theater, what's become of the theater" and The Best Things Happen While Your Dancing are my favorite numbers.

    • @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane
      @MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane 4 года назад +1

      @@leonahumphries7832 Me too! I made a computer generated tour of the Inn from White Christmas, so we can feel like we got to walk around inside. ruclips.net/video/6VZUNDeHYv4/видео.html

    • @joeholmberg250
      @joeholmberg250 4 года назад +2

      I probably watch this movie 20 times a year

    • @LadyGmarilyn
      @LadyGmarilyn 3 года назад +1

      @@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane just watched it, it's fab.

  • @rachelbowley3567
    @rachelbowley3567 3 года назад +64

    White Christmas is my all time favorite Christmas movie. All the actors were outstanding as were the costumes and the sets. Bravo, bravo.

    • @sidilicious11
      @sidilicious11 3 года назад +1

      Rachel Bowley totally!

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 2 года назад +1

      The amazing thing is that this movie has almost NOTHING to do with Christmas save the fact that the benefit show takes place on Christmas Eve and the last song is a Christmas themed number. It didn't even premiere at Christmas but rather in mid October. Yet, for some odd reason, its considered a Christmas movie!

  • @jaydubbs6123
    @jaydubbs6123 6 лет назад +241

    I love Rosemary Clooney, she was so pretty in this movie and her voice was so warm and cozy. :)

    • @jeffneighbarger7735
      @jeffneighbarger7735 5 лет назад +10

      Jay Dubbs AND A REALLY NICE PERSON

    • @brandonthompson2647
      @brandonthompson2647 5 лет назад +3

      Good

    • @CindymeCindy
      @CindymeCindy 5 лет назад +7

      She was stunning wasn't she?

    • @nafuregal1288
      @nafuregal1288 5 лет назад

      Maybe very talented, but certainly NO beauty, neither of the two female leads (both manly looking.)

    • @shrektoo8030
      @shrektoo8030 4 года назад +10

      @@nafuregal1288 she wasn't manly. Did you see the size of her waist or Vera Ellen's? Keep in mind it was a different time. Beauty was very different then also.

  • @zombiesalive10
    @zombiesalive10 3 года назад +73

    This was my dream to have a perfect Christmas like at this beautiful inn, especially with the snow falling at the end when the open the doors and extravagant holiday stage show. The musical score is perfection.

    • @Jay-vr9ir
      @Jay-vr9ir Год назад +1

      Try The Fern Resort in Orillia , that is what I do .

    • @debrasaunders7200
      @debrasaunders7200 Год назад

      Love this movie 🍿

  • @dianesanders2455
    @dianesanders2455 4 года назад +64

    My favorite Christmas movie! I was smiling the whole time while watching this video. If only the younger generation of parents/kids would watch this together! Christmas Vacation is a great movie, but White Christmas is a classic Sadly, some of my younger co-workers have never heard of it.

    • @katie1897
      @katie1897 Год назад +1

      My kids (6 and 3) absolutely love this movie. They’ve asked me to watch it 3 times this Christmas. Lol

    • @elaineburnett5230
      @elaineburnett5230 Год назад

      I can't believe all these classic movies are unknown to folks..they should take it like a graduate course in college..
      They are truly missing out😏

  • @toplaycool21
    @toplaycool21 3 года назад +30

    This is such a Christmas classic, along with It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, The Bishop's Wife and Christmas in Connecticut.

    • @Juliaflo
      @Juliaflo 2 года назад +1

      I would add 'A Christmas Story' to the mix.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 2 года назад +1

      Just saw Christmas in CT this year! Love Monty Woolley 🎄🎅❄️🥂

    • @richardw3470
      @richardw3470 2 года назад +2

      Come To The Stable w/Loretta Y, Celeste H, Elsa L, Hugh M and great supporting actors from the Archbishop (?) to the gangster. Very peaceful movie.

  • @julietteyork6293
    @julietteyork6293 Год назад +4

    The blue color of the costumes in the “Sisters” number is fabulous, as are the others, not to mention the stunning designs themselves.

  • @jermiester7772
    @jermiester7772 3 года назад +22

    In the summer of 1986, I drove Limousine and picked Rosemary Clooney and her entourage up from the Pearson airport in Toronto, and drove her back to London, Ontario for a concert. I ended up getting her autograph for my mom. She seemed very nice.

  • @jimjennings7623
    @jimjennings7623 5 лет назад +82

    Rosemary Clooney was in a league of her own.

    • @Juliaflo
      @Juliaflo 4 года назад +2

      Who would have thought that 40 years after this movie's release, Miss Clooney's nephew would become a household name?

    • @pegasusgalaxy68
      @pegasusgalaxy68 4 года назад +4

      @@Juliaflo snd he is boring as crap

  • @cjripley32
    @cjripley32 3 года назад +209

    every time I hear the story about how Danny Kaye was the third choice, I'm shocked. The movie would have been completely different without him.

    • @cannacliffords7462
      @cannacliffords7462 3 года назад +24

      AGREED. It was great chemistry the way it turned out.

    • @cathydrumobich9045
      @cathydrumobich9045 3 года назад

      Yeah, it would be have MUCH MUCH BETTER. Kaye is awful.

    • @lauriej.5706
      @lauriej.5706 2 года назад +13

      @@cathydrumobich9045 Amazing! Someone who doesn't like Danny Kaye. Or is it just this one role/performance? He was stunningly uniquely talented.

    • @MainStreetMoments
      @MainStreetMoments 2 года назад +17

      He is perfect 👍

    • @kennetheddy577
      @kennetheddy577 2 года назад +3

      There is always that( karen) who's miserable with there own pathetic life and have to put people down. Dont get the vaccine or just jealous that Danny got the men and she was sent to rehab.

  • @MorenoDonato
    @MorenoDonato Год назад +2

    1954 was probably the happiest year of my life until 1995. How well do I remember this movie. Dream times.

  • @elizabethwilliamson7373
    @elizabethwilliamson7373 5 лет назад +134

    This is my all-time favourite Christmas movie. Enjoyed Rosemary Clooney in the movie. She could dance and sing, a very talented actress.

    • @Muswell
      @Muswell 3 года назад +4

      Yes indeed. She didn't do enough films imo.

    • @jhanick
      @jhanick 2 года назад +3

      Clooney didn’t really dance and Vera didn’t sing...

    • @normanrein
      @normanrein Год назад

      @@jhanick .

  • @jackierobertsmond8593
    @jackierobertsmond8593 4 года назад +45

    Just watched this movie. Such a classic. Great cast, funny moments, excellent dance numbers. And the costumes! You could transport them to today and they would still be chic and beautiful.

  • @leemclaury6251
    @leemclaury6251 4 года назад +28

    Mary Whickes just love her comedy and timing .

  • @mimsicle1
    @mimsicle1 2 года назад +7

    Can’t say enough about how much I love this film and the actors but Edith Head was a genius as well. She knew glamour. She dressed the characters bodies to a T. No one has taken her place.

  • @markstevenson3047
    @markstevenson3047 4 года назад +64

    A timeless classic full of nostalgia as endearing today in 2019, as it was when it first came out in 1954 !

    • @LadyGmarilyn
      @LadyGmarilyn 3 года назад

      The year I was born...

    • @jillcampbell8019
      @jillcampbell8019 3 года назад +3

      in 2020 too- healing balm for a very tough year-- and continuing into 2021.

  • @joemannix6643
    @joemannix6643 3 года назад +35

    FYI: Danny was an accomplished Licensed aviator Piloting his own private Jet.
    Kaye held a commercial pilot's licence and had flown every type of aircraft except military planes.
    Danny received a type rating in a Learjet, and he was named vice president of the Learjet company by Bill Lear as an honorary title and flew a Learjet to 65 cities in five days on a mission to help UNICEF

    • @daisyq3418
      @daisyq3418 3 года назад +1

      Amazing! What a great guy.

  • @PeaceFan1
    @PeaceFan1 3 года назад +28

    That DRESS by Edith Head in Love, you didn't do right by Me... OMG!!!! LOVE Rosemary Clooney!!! xoxoxooxo

    • @Ozziecatsmom
      @Ozziecatsmom 3 года назад +2

      Yes, in a movie full of beautiful clothing that dress is a knock out!

    • @sidilicious11
      @sidilicious11 3 года назад +3

      PeaceFan1 I love that dress too. And the song, and the dancers.

  • @helenmontgomery5357
    @helenmontgomery5357 Год назад +5

    I love all the actors and actresses. They were all totally amazing. There’s a lot of talent in one movie. I miss you old singing and dancing movies. I wish they’d bring them back

  • @thomasmulroney2065
    @thomasmulroney2065 4 года назад +43

    A once in a lifetime voice. Amazing.

  • @mabelregimal5407
    @mabelregimal5407 3 года назад +80

    Bing and Rosemary together had the most beautiful sound ever.

    • @joemanni4412
      @joemanni4412 3 года назад

      This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoiruclips.net/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/видео.html

    • @danfrick220
      @danfrick220 3 года назад

      How drunk are you 🤣

    • @jillcampbell8019
      @jillcampbell8019 3 года назад +1

      They were good neighbors. They had much respect and affection for each other.

  • @MWAshby-bb1ee
    @MWAshby-bb1ee 3 года назад +38

    This is an excellent watch -- especially on Christmas Eve!

  • @mrmusiclover4178
    @mrmusiclover4178 5 лет назад +39

    One of my favorite feel-good movies of all time! I was 13 when it came out in 1954, and I saw it when it came out, and many times since. I also have the DVD. That film gives one the feeling of Christmas!

    • @kwebster62
      @kwebster62 4 года назад +2

      Get the Blu-ray. It's worth the upgrade.

  • @mitzymoo3151
    @mitzymoo3151 4 года назад +15

    Bing once again is perfection. Rosie and Bing had a lovely friendship of equal love and respect.💖💖💖💖

  • @dadyarusski4594
    @dadyarusski4594 5 лет назад +12

    I love The Holiday Inn, but, White Christmas was so lavish, and beautiful with so many stars that it immediately became part of our Christmas Movie tradition.

  • @LM-mn7ll
    @LM-mn7ll 3 года назад +9

    My best friend of 55 years & I have been huge WC fans since we were kids & have memorized virtually the whole dialogue. The past few years, it has played in theaters for a few days in December, we've gone with my daughter & granddaughters. The grands can't quite believe we can recite ALL the lines right along with the stars. I highly recommend watching it on the big screen if you have the chance, especially to see costume details.

  • @nosteponsneek4616
    @nosteponsneek4616 5 лет назад +10

    I always noticed vera ellen being more affectionate in her dancing and in singing rosemary clooney more down to earth and comfortable in her singing.

  • @Nastyfinger1444
    @Nastyfinger1444 5 лет назад +78

    Danny was brilliant!

    • @fernbenoit9734
      @fernbenoit9734 5 лет назад +2

      Andrew Patrick I agree. His voice, IMO, is even better than Bing Crosby's!

    • @marylhere
      @marylhere 5 лет назад

      I always got him confused with Donald O'Connor.

  • @sidilicious11
    @sidilicious11 3 года назад +34

    I’d like to sing praises for Irving Berlin’s fabulous music also. He sure knew how to write catchy popular songs!!
    The movie came out the year I was born,1954. I didn’t see it until I was much older. It’s been a tradition to watch it for the last 20 years atleast. We know most of the dialogue. We’re going to watch it tonight, Christmas Eve 2020.

    • @jillcampbell8019
      @jillcampbell8019 3 года назад +1

      Watched it last night and again tonight. Probably will watch again for the next 11 days of Christmas, as well as repeat in 2021! 😅

  • @djehrenreich
    @djehrenreich 4 года назад +21

    Count your blessings is one of my all time favorites

  • @dmsalussolia
    @dmsalussolia 2 года назад +2

    We watch this every year and have done so for well over 30 years. My all time favorite movie.

  • @Transcendfinejewelleryonline
    @Transcendfinejewelleryonline 7 месяцев назад +3

    I was watching a bit of White Christmas today and this brought me back to those days when we were children helping our parents prepare our Christmas dinner while watching a rerun of White Christmas on tv. My dad was the chef and he prepared a feast for us for all the holidays, Christmas most especially. Dad passed away nearly 7 years ago and remembering that time so long ago is so special. It brings smiles and tears to me. Thankfully, our mom is still with us. We treasure every moment with her. God bless our mom and dad for everything they've done for us. They taught us so much about kindness and giving. We're so proud of them both.

  • @angelabluebird609
    @angelabluebird609 7 лет назад +51

    Bing was THE heart throb of my mom's age group. They used to call him, The Binger," , too hilarious and charming!
    Love these wonderfully talented folks and this film. What a group.

    • @guccideltaco
      @guccideltaco 5 лет назад +5

      angela bluebird60 My sister is 39 and used to LOVE his music before mental illness took it all from her. When I hear his music I remember the good times with her.

    • @mitzymoo3151
      @mitzymoo3151 4 года назад +3

      @@guccideltaco What a lovely comment.

  • @4seeableTV
    @4seeableTV 6 лет назад +50

    Glad she did this back in 2000 for the DVD. She also did audio commentary. She then passed away 2 years later.

    • @sjcohen4444
      @sjcohen4444 6 лет назад

      CrazyWedz Her audio commentary wasn't as good as that. She spends a lot of time just giggling over some silly business.

    • @1ndependentone568
      @1ndependentone568 5 лет назад +8

      That's what makes it fun; it's like watching it with a friend who was part of the movie! LOVE it!
      Like watching it every once in a while for the insight when I watch without the narration.

    • @nondescript2892
      @nondescript2892 2 года назад

      Pity Rosemary Clooney never wrote a memoir with all the really unpublishable stories she knew about everybody..but she was too good and true a friend....anyway I believe every word she ever sang and that's more than enough....wonderful woman

  • @DancerAubrey87
    @DancerAubrey87 7 месяцев назад +3

    Me and my family watch this movie every Christmas and it's part of our family tradition every year since I was little! Thank you from the bottom of mine and my family's hearts for making this beautiful movie that definitely brings Christmas joy and Christmas spirit to our hearts

  • @jeanneshank4033
    @jeanneshank4033 2 года назад +7

    This a special Christmas movie,admired by thousands of people that watched and made the holidays enjoyable and gave us joy,each year to watch the stars perform as they were our own family.

  • @genebrenner855
    @genebrenner855 3 года назад +17

    I have a DVD of Rosemary Clooney talks over the film 'White Christmas" with wonderful narration and unique perspective.

  • @kimclarke9745
    @kimclarke9745 4 года назад +19

    Love 💗 this picture from the time I was a child, and to this day......

  • @walterbosch9198
    @walterbosch9198 7 месяцев назад +2

    This movie has and will last long after we are gone. Excellent in all ways.

  • @sissyblackwidowspider7529
    @sissyblackwidowspider7529 4 года назад +28

    I wasn't even born and I love these people rosemary Clooney has a beautiful voice I wonder if today she saying would she be a hit I think she would

    • @1533ramsay
      @1533ramsay 4 года назад +1

      She wouldn't make it today. She had to.much class. Hollywood today is nothing but a dumpster fire!

  • @saintmichael1779
    @saintmichael1779 5 лет назад +37

    "White Christmas" is my favorite Christmas film. "Sisters". I still find the baby blue dresses and fans still delights me. "Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me." Edith Head's gown in black velvet (with the diamond pin), and Miss Clooney's silver gloves is sexy as all get out. I've got a CD of the songs from the film, originally it was produced by Decca, which was Crosby's label. Rosemary Clooney's label was Columbia, so she couldn't record any of numbers in the show. Peggy Lee replaced her.
    There was rumors that Vera-Ellen was anorexic, hence her high-necked costumes, which were designed to hold her head up. She denies this. She was embarrassed of her thin neck she says. She, they also say, was prone to fainting after her fast dance numbers (the yellow dance costume number in "White Christmas"). I can just imagine in rehearsals, dancing it again and again, even if she did not have an eating problem, I would faint, too.
    Anyways, if you have not seen the movie, it is one of the great Hollywood musicals. I know you will not be disappointed.

  • @pam5389
    @pam5389 4 года назад +7

    Love this movie! Rose Mary and Bing Crosby did a lot of duets together. This movie had a wonderful cast of Stars..

  • @dianemiller3081
    @dianemiller3081 4 года назад +10

    This is one of my favourite movies. I even watch this movie in the summer time.

  • @dwightgoodrich147
    @dwightgoodrich147 Год назад +3

    I always shed a tear at the end of the movie when they all stand up and sing. A flashback of things that will never be again and all the memories that will no longer be experienced again. Trivia- The blonde dancer who stays “ well I never” is Barrie Chase , who is still around.

  • @l.chillc.3758
    @l.chillc.3758 5 лет назад +28

    Love this move such a classic

  • @zombiesalive10
    @zombiesalive10 3 года назад +6

    I wasn't born until 2 years after this film was made, but it's my favorite movie. It's sad for me to watch now as the world is not as wonderful as what's depicted in this movie.
    .

  • @kdmdlo
    @kdmdlo 5 лет назад +64

    I think the young Rosemary Clooney is absolutely stunning!

    • @dr.spectre9697
      @dr.spectre9697 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah she was a babe BUT her drinking & prescription drug use really took a toll on her.

    • @terry4137
      @terry4137 5 лет назад

      Her sister was much better looking!

    • @zenobardot
      @zenobardot 5 лет назад +3

      When she smiles, her eyes narrow and get a twinkle the reminds me of her nephew George.

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 5 лет назад +17

    Simply love White Christmas! Singing, dancing, humor and heart! Also love Holiday Inn which introduced the title tune. PS I forgot Mary Wickes was in The Music Man.

  • @hankgolfer1
    @hankgolfer1 4 года назад +16

    My all time favorite Christmas movie. Vera Ellen and her dancing, phenomenal. Great legs a nice plus with her dancing.

  • @ackbar1138
    @ackbar1138 4 года назад +36

    This was great. Who the hell would give this a thumbs down??! Honestly!

    • @Kslater23
      @Kslater23 2 года назад +2

      Awful people that's for sure

  • @DISCODJ74
    @DISCODJ74 Год назад +1

    "Sister's" with Bing & Danny makes me laugh. My first smile in days! I needed that.

  • @GeoStrum3
    @GeoStrum3 3 года назад +62

    Don’t you just love Rosemarie? She’s so natural and down to earth.

    • @Juliaflo
      @Juliaflo 2 года назад +4

      I think you mean 'Rosemary'.

    • @Ziggimomspal68
      @Ziggimomspal68 Год назад +1

      She reminds me of my late sister in law, my brother’s first wife, who passed away 23 years ago…blonde, blue eyed, big personality 😊

    • @johnpickford4222
      @johnpickford4222 Год назад

      @GeoStrum3: Who is “Rosemarie”? This isn’t THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW! Her name is “Rosemary”! Guess she didn’t make that much of an impression.

  • @strawberryme08
    @strawberryme08 3 года назад +21

    She’s still beautiful even in her later years. She’s got those gorgeous eyes and great skin!

  • @awildarenaud8264
    @awildarenaud8264 2 года назад +5

    Loved the stars, costumes, hairdos, actors and music. I loved Rosemary, as her voice was angelic.

  • @ArsPraestigium
    @ArsPraestigium 5 лет назад +9

    My father was a young US Marine, fighting in the Pacific Islands, in World War II. He first heard the song White Christmas while sitting on a log with his fellow Marines, as representatives from an early version of the USO visited, and played the record on a for them in a jungle clearing. This all took place in July, over seven months after the hit record had been released, because fighting prevented the visitors from coming any sooner. As Rosemary Cluney noted, White Christmas was the best-selling record of all time for a long period but was surpassed by the "We are the World" fundraising recording roughly four decades later. It remains among the most recorded songs (by other artists) in history, with the Beatles "Yesterday" being number one.

  • @MikeMoe710
    @MikeMoe710 4 года назад +5

    White Christmas, awesome,awesome movie👏👍🏻

  • @chrisa6455
    @chrisa6455 6 лет назад +33

    I love this movie I still watch it time and time again it's a classic and I specially like Rosemary Clooney

  • @jamie448
    @jamie448 3 года назад +13

    Totally love white Christmas best of all Christmas movies of 21 century always watch white Christmas every year thank you to the cast of white Christmas and a special thanks to bing Crosby

  • @owlet0
    @owlet0 4 года назад +5

    One of my all time favorites. Danny Kaye one of my favorite actors.

  • @RLS-bu4bj
    @RLS-bu4bj 3 года назад +4

    Have been loving this since college. We watched the cabaret show scenes in my theatre class. Watched the movie and just fell in love

  • @dianamoody7251
    @dianamoody7251 4 года назад +5

    I loved this movie. Have it on DVD. ❤️

  • @rayodelsol80
    @rayodelsol80 5 лет назад +105

    My sister and I fought a lot growing up and my dad used to love to sing the “sisters” song to us 😂😂😂😂

  • @jeanshimpeno45
    @jeanshimpeno45 3 года назад +3

    One of my favorite movies. I watch it every Christmas.

  • @dawngordon6750
    @dawngordon6750 5 лет назад +66

    Love White Christmas

  • @deepsouth3319
    @deepsouth3319 3 года назад +3

    One of my favorite Christmas movies, I watch it every year.

  • @robertwilkins8357
    @robertwilkins8357 2 года назад +1

    This movie was a great blessing to have for the rest of my life.

  • @gypsyqueen411
    @gypsyqueen411 4 года назад +15

    It's funny she mentions Danny Kayes matching suit. I noticed that right away and thought that was great, that they matched his socks and shoes to his pants.

    • @1533ramsay
      @1533ramsay 4 года назад +1

      I always noticed that everyone I saw the movie.

  • @theresachiorazzi4571
    @theresachiorazzi4571 3 года назад +10

    I really miss rosemary Clooney another voice that’s been silenced she was so sweet

  • @paul8926
    @paul8926 5 лет назад +16

    I always felt “Counting your blessings” was the best song in White Christmas.

    • @dawnwelch6579
      @dawnwelch6579 2 года назад +1

      That was my former M-I-L’s favorite from there, too - and she was also the one who introduced me to the movie!

  • @marimullan4012
    @marimullan4012 4 года назад +3

    Love, love, love this movie! I pray my grandchildren carry on the tradition of watching it every year at Christmas!

  • @JudgeJulieLit
    @JudgeJulieLit 6 лет назад +90

    At 11:25 the dancer in black at far right is George Chakiris, future Bernardo in film West Side Story.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 5 лет назад

      JudgeJulieLit yes that's right!

    • @Makeyourselfbig
      @Makeyourselfbig 5 лет назад +5

      If you notice. He's one of the dancers in Bing and Danny's show but he's also one of Clooney's dancers in the nightclub. Must have gone with her when she left the show.

    • @marthatodd1
      @marthatodd1 4 года назад +1

      Yes! His next film was West Side Story where he won Best Supporting

  • @daisyq3418
    @daisyq3418 3 года назад +4

    Love Rosemary Clooney. 💕
    Growing up in the 60's, my parents had her albums.
    She had such a beautiful voice.