1946 bing crosby film white christmas

White christmas irving berlin bing crosby cover mawi. John scott trotters orchestra white christmas 1946. With bing crosby, danny kaye, rosemary clooney, veraellen. Author gary giddins, who recently wrote the biography bing crosby swinging on a star.

The first multimedia star, crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. Bing crosbys version of white christmas has been streamed 1. According to billboard methodology, bing crosbys white christmas topped out at no. Dale 1964 bob hope presents the chrysler theatre george warren 1963. Taking a paternal turn, crosby starred as father chuck omalley in. Bing crosby and rosemary clooney as bob wallace and betty haynes in white christmas. U filmu su glumile i rosemary clooney i veraellen, a rezirao ga je michael curtiz. Bing crosby and fred astaire from the film holiday inn, 1942 irving berlins 1954 holiday classic movie white christmas has some surprising facts behind it. Oct 04, 2019 the film featured music by irving berlin, including one of crosby s alltime greatest hits, white christmas. The sisters song from white christmas ala bing crosby and by laurie copeland. Crosby also introduced another holiday classic that had similar sentiments in 1943. Bing crosby originally performed white christmas on the radio show the kraft music hall, before going on to perform it three times on screen.

White christmas was supposed to be the third bing crosby fred astaire musical for paramount, following 1942s holiday inn bluray and 1946 s blue skies, but astaire turned it down because he had just completed filming mgms the band wagon twodisc special edition, and wanted to spend time with his family before starting another film project. Mar 03, 2006 it was first performed on screen by bing crosby and marjorie fielding in holiday inn and bing reprised it in his 1946 reunion with fred astaire, blue skies. Taking a paternal turn, crosby starred as father chuck omalley in 1944s going my way. The film white christmas starring bing crosby and performing. Film festival highlights bing crosbys friendship with louis. How bing crosby changed the course of pop music the new.

Switzer also appeared in another classic christmas film, its a wonderful life 1946. Crosby was already working his butt off everywhere and anywhere. Written a few years earlier by irving berlin, and dusted off for the crosbyfred. White christmas is an irving berlin song reminiscing about an oldfashioned christmas setting, released in 1942. Bing crosby returns for the holidays in american masters. Legendary entertainer bing crosby needs no introduction. The film featured music by irving berlin, including one of crosbys alltime greatest hits, white christmas. Blue skies is a 1946 american musical comedy film directed by stuart heisler and starring bing crosby, fred astaire, and joan caulfield.

But the biggest seller, originally titled merry christmas, came out in 1945 and was renamed white christmas in 1995. In reality though, bing crosby first performed the nowiconic tune years before white christmas came out, on the radio show the kraft music hall. Crosby first performed it in december of 1941, on his cbs radio show. This was just a few weeks after the attack on pearl harbor, which is possibly.

First in holiday inn and again in the 1946 film, blue skies, and finally in white christmas. Dec 23, 2017 according to billboard methodology, bing crosbys white christmas topped out at no. White christmas is a 1954 american musical film directed by michael curtiz and starring bing crosby, danny kaye, rosemary clooney, and veraellen. Inn 1942, blue skies 1946 and, of course, white christmas 1954. Frank capras 1946 film is considered to be one of the best movies ever, coming in eleventh place on the list of 100 greatest american films of all time by the american film institute. The bing crosby show 1954 the edsel show 1957 bing crosby in london 1961 the bing crosby show 19641965 bing crosby in dublin 1965 goldilocks 1971 glas dr. White christmas was supposed to reunite bing crosby with fred astaire, whod appeared together in both holiday inn and blue skies 1946. This is really intended for those with a great appreciation for crosby, music, film andor cultural and entertainment during that seminal period in american history. Shop for signed photos, autographs and other autographed items related to bing crosby. White christmas bing crosby piano cover by dancensing4fun. The film white christmas was released in 1954, but irving berlins song by the same name was hardly new at the time especially to bing crosby. It has songs by irving berlin, including the title song, white christmas. Bing crosby white christmas lets start the new year.

As 42yearold bing crosby stepped into a recording studio in new york city on january 22, 1946, he was, as he had been for several years, both the top pop recording artist in the u. This christmas classic starring bing crosby is a romantic tale that takes place in a vermont lodge where it is almost always, a white christmas. Fred astaire didnt like the script and refused to participate. I actually fulfilled one of my bucket list items by seeing a bing crosby movie in a theater.

This was a new version of the song sung by crosby in the 1942 film holiday inn the movie was produced and distributed by. No, it was originated in a crosby film by bing himself, but that film was actually the previously mentioned holiday inn in 1942. Things to do in denver when youre dead 1995 the american decca recording of accenttchuate the positive by bing and the andrews sisters accompanies a scene after andy garcia, the film s leading man, is. Dec 01, 2014 follow bing crosby s remarkable life, from growing up in spokane, washington, to his death after a good game of golf at a course in madrid, spain. Aside from both films starring bing crosby and featuring irving berlin scores most notably the chestnut white christmas, the plots and characters names are completely different. Song white christmas was a song of peace and yearning and released to a war torn public during the darkest days of world war ii. Filmed in vistavision and technicolor, it features the songs of irving berlin, including a new version of the title song, white christmas, introduced by crosby in the film holiday inn. The first public performance of the song was by bing crosby, on his nbc radio show the kraft music hall on christmas day, 1941. White christmas is one of the most famous holiday films of all time. Dec 25, 2018 crosbys white christmas, a tune from the 1942 film holiday inn, resonated with american troops away from their families. White christmas was supposed to be the third bing crosbyfred astaire musical for paramount, following 1942s holiday inn bluray and 1946s blue skies, but astaire turned it down because he had just completed filming mgms the band wagon twodisc special edition, and wanted to spend time with his family before starting another film project.

Here are 10 things you may not know about this christmas classic. This was bings bestselling album and number one crristmas album of all time. Nov 15, 2019 bing crosby s version of white christmas has been streamed 1. The war years, 19401946 by gary giddins illustrated. If theres a christmas movie you can count on watching on tv, its white christmas. Then, he sang it in irving berlins 1942 classic, holiday. There are a number of reasons bing crosby is inextricably linked to the holiday season. The troubles weve seen 1994 crosby is heard singing white christmas to film footage of sledding in the bosnian mountains.

White christmas is a 1954 american musical movie starring bing crosby, danny kaye, rosemary clooney, and veraellen. Bing crosby was in the dumps while recording white. White christmas movie simple english wikipedia, the. The version of white christmas featured in the film holiday inn received the academy award for best original song in 1943. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to crosby s, sales of the song exceed 100 million. The whole family will be singing along to this comedy about a talented foursome who put on an extravagant christmas show. A successful songanddance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing vermont inn of their former commanding general.

A couple of song and dance men from blue skies 1946 a short version of the song was published on decca. Film festival highlights bing crosbys friendship with. Perhaps bing wouldnt have been surprised at least, not at first. Oscarom je nagraden za ulogu u filmu iduci svojim putem 1944.

Dec, 2019 in reality though, bing crosby first performed the tune years before white christmas came out, on the radio show the kraft music hall. Things you probably didnt know about white christmas. See more ideas about bing crosby, vintage movies and vintage advertisements. Bing crosby and rosemary clooney in white christmas 1954 white. He later recorded the song with the john scott trotter orchestra and the ken darby singers in just 18 minutes on may 29, 1942, and it was released on july 30 as part of an album from the musical film holiday inn. The bing crosby show bing collins 19641965 robin and the 7 hoods allen a. Crosby studied law at gonzaga university in spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. The version sung by bing crosby is the worlds bestselling single with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. Crosbys white christmas, a tune from the 1942 film holiday inn, resonated with american troops away from their families. A couple of song and dance men 1975 the bell telephone jubilee 1976. When bing crosby recorded 1942 s white christmas, the entertainer was reportedly in the dumps.

Pjesmom white christmas srusio je sve rekorde u prodaji ploca. No one did more for the war effort than bing crosby, giddins says. Shellac 10 bing crosby white christmas lets start the new year right 1942, shellac discogs. White christmas received its first public broadcast on christmas eve 1941, during bing crosbys radio show. Based on a story by irving berlin, the film is about a dancer who loves a showgirl who loves a compulsive nightclubopener who cant stay committed to anything in life for very long. Paramount replaced him with david oconnor whod later gain acclaim as cosmo the piano player in singin in the rain, but when oconnor fell ill right before.

Dec 22, 2017 it took hollywood nearly 15 years to craft the cheerful and unabashedly sentimental musical white christmas out of irving berlins hit song. Bing crosby, 1946 bing crosby, hollywood, great american. This song comes along and it feels like home for them. Never out of print, it has sold more than 15 million copiesenough to make it the second bestselling christmas collection of all time next to elvis 1957 holiday album, which sold more. In white christmas, stars bing crosby, danny kaye, and. The war years, 1940 1946 by gary giddins illustrated. He made over seventy feature films and sold over 500 million albums on which were recorded more than 1,600 different songs white. Tvorac je pjevackog stila koji su kasnije preuzeli frank sinatra i dean martin. He later recorded the song with the john scott trotter orchestra and the ken darby singers in just 18 minutes on may 29, 1942, and it. There are numerous album collections featuring crosby doing holiday standards. But the 1954 movie starring two of americas most popular starsbing crosby and danny kayewas worth the wait, becoming the biggest box office hit of 1954 and to this day consistently ranking on lists of classic holiday movies. Bing crosby first recorded this song in 1942 and rerecorded in 1947.

Paramount replaced him with donald oconnor whod later gain acclaim as cosmo the piano player in singin in the rain, but when oconnor fell ill right before. And while you may think of celebrity endorsements as a recent trend in advertising, thats simply not the case, as these 1946 ads for philco radios and fleers gum show both featuring none other than mr white christmas himself. It was first performed on screen by bing crosby and marjorie fielding in holiday inn and bing reprised it in his 1946 reunion with fred astaire, blue skies. White christmas ist ein usamerikanischer spielfilm aus dem jahr 1954 in technicolor. Siegel, blue skies was filmed in technicolor and released by paramount pictures. The film is neither a sequel to, nor a remake of, holiday inn 1942, a persistent myth that continues to this day. Svjetsku popularnost stekao je u glazbenim filmovima carski valcer i najveci pjevac amerike. The music, lyrics, and story were written by irving berlin, with most of the son. Bing crosbys white christmas is top selling single of all. Giddins has created a remarkable testimony to the impact of bing crosby in the war years from 1940 1946.

Many mistakenly believe the films title song white christmas originated in this movie. White christmas 1954 a technicolor joy, based on the songs of irving berlin, about the rise of exarmy entertainers bing crosby and danny kaye. Filmed in technicolor, 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. Things to do in denver when youre dead 1995 the american decca recording of accenttchuate the positive by bing and the andrews sisters accompanies a scene after andy garcia, the films leading man, is.