White Christmas

Love this movie

Be aware this disc is VERY transparent, if you hold it up to light or a screen you an see through it. Only one of my players will recognize the disc. The rest refuse to play it.

Great movie, & present.

Good Christmas movie. Gets you in the Christmas mood.

Has some different editing than what I remembered from watching years ago.

One of my favorite movies of all time.......Giving as gifts to family that has not seen. Need to see before going to see the play this year

If I could give this movie 25 stars I would! It is the perfect holiday movie. I even watched it during the year when I need something to make me smile. White Christmas will warm your heart.

Loved All of it!

I don't know what happened to my earlier review - it got wiped for some reason (I did not delete it), but this movie is the best Christmas movie musical ever made. I enjoyed the movie on television growing up, first on NBC, then in local syndication, and acquired the in the early 1990s. I purchased the at Best Buy, but had issues with several defective copies, until I finally received a suitable replacement from Paramount Home Video. In 2009, I purchased the with an additional DVD of bonus features, and replaced it with the new Diamond Anniversary Edition in 2014. I did not have a Blu-ray player then; otherwise I would have purchased the edition.Bing Crosby (Captain Bob Wallace), Danny Kaye (Private Phil Davis), Rosemary Clooney (Betty Haynes), and the always underrated dancer Vera-Ellen (Judy Haynes) are in top form. While not all of Irving Berlin's songs in this film are top-drawer, most are first-rate. Character actor Dean Jagger plays the gruff General Tom Waverly, the boys' former Army commander, who now owns the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree, Vermont, whom the four principals save from financial ruin by performing their show at the inn. The second disc contains all of the bonus features from previous editions, plus a few new ones, including a "virtual duet" between Bing and Michael Bublé. Rosemary Clooney's poignant commentary track from 2000 remains intact on the main DVD. The other documentaries include featurettes about Bing and his childhood home, Danny Kaye's life, including his showbiz career and his humanitarian work, the making of the movie and the writing of the song itself, a retrospective look back with the late Rosemary Clooney, a tour of Clooney's Kentucky home, the transformation of the film into a stage musical (see below) and a 1954 UNICEF documentary, ASSIGNMENT: CHILDREN, with Danny Kaye (introduced by Michael Bublé - the documentary can be played with or without the intro). There are also two theatrical trailers and several photo galleries. I had more detailed information in the review that was wiped; I tried to remember as much as could - my apologies to other customers for leaving any details out.HISTORICAL NOTE: WHITE CHRISTMAS was the first movie released in Paramount Pictures' new widescreen format, VistaVision, which unlike its competitors, CinemaScope and Cinerama, was compatible with existing theaters and projection equipment. WHITE CHRISTMAS was supposed to be the third Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire musical for Paramount, following 1942's and 1946's , but Astaire turned it down because he had just completed filming MGM's , and wanted to spend time with his family before starting another film project. Other accounts claim that Astaire had another commitment, was either ill or injured, and that he believed was too old for the part. Donald O'Connor was originally signed as Astaire's replacement, but suffered an injury, so Danny Kaye ended up with the role of a lifetime.I watched the bonus disc again recently. Here are a few more details:1) Bing's 1976 performance of "White Christmas," where he sings the seldom-heard opening verse. This was the last TV performance of the song aired during Crosby's lifetime; the 1977 special, BING CROSBY'S MERRIE OLDE CHRISTMAS, featuring the "Peace On Earth" / "The Little Drummer Boy" duet with the late David Bowie, aired after Bing's death.2) The unadulterated 1971 performance of "White Christmas," without Michael Bublé, is from the NBC special, BING CROSBY: THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS. This special, the 1977 special, and two earlier specials from 1961 and 1962, are available on the DVD collection , which I own.3) There is also a 1948 black-and-white performance of Bing singing "Silent Night," with a boys' choir. I don't believe this is available elsewhere.4) There are two performances featuring Danny Kaye - one in black-and-white from 1963, featuring Danny and the late great Nat "King" Cole duetting on a jazzy version of "Jingle Bells," and a color performance from 1965, featuring Kaye's reading of an excerpt from Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Both of these performances are available on the DVD collection, , which I also own.This musical was later transformed into a stage play (). I purchased the original cast CD in 2010, and saw the stage play at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in December 2012. If the play comes to your area, go see it; it is excellent.The aforementioned HOLIDAY INN, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, was recently made into a Broadway musical (), which I own as well. An excellent television version was recently broadcast on PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES series. Check your local listings or the PBS Web site for air times. A DVD/Blu-ray version of the same performance is available as a bonus disc with the 75th Anniversary Edition of the original movie.I hope modern Hollywood never remakes this film. While there are contemporary performers who could do it justice - Michael Bublé, Kristin Chenoweth, Jane Krakowski, Sutton Foster, Harry Connick, Jr., and young dancers such as tappers Melinda Sullivan and Sarah Reich, to name a few - the last thing we need is to turn WHITE CHRISTMAS into a hip-hop mess, as Will Smith recently did with . The hip-hop generation has HAMILTON; that is enough.Five stars for this terrific film.

１９５４年の作品が今制作されたような色彩。クロスビーの温かい歌声、ダニー・ケイの楽しさ、ヴェラ・エレンのダンスも素晴らしい。また、ローズマリー・クルーニーによる舞台裏の解説でより映画を楽しめる。

White Christmas o Navidades Blancas es un musical discreto de la Paramount dirigido por Michael Curtiz y alejado de la calidad que encontramos en los grandes musicales de la Metro Goldwin Mayer. Pero esto no le resta interés, especialmente cuando, además de canciones de Irving Berling, incluye la famosa White Christmas de Bing Crosby en un antológico número final totalmente navideño.Esta versión en Bluray es muy recomendable, casi definitiva, por la excepcional calidad de la imagen y el sonido, aunque se aprecia una diferencia entre los diálogos y las canciones, mucho más claras. Una vez más Amazon no informa de las características de esta edición. El audio y los subtítulos están inglés y en español latino. Además, los extras vienen en alta definición y subtitulados, con lo que el bluray nos proporciona material interesante sobre la película y sus protagonistas. Estos extras son idénticos a los encontrados en la versión USA:Commentary by Rosemary ClooneyBackstage Stories from White Christmas HDRosemary's Old Kentucky Home HDBing Crosby: Christmas Crooner HDDanny Kaye: Joy to the World HDIrving Berlin's White Christmas HDWhite Christmas: From Page to Stage HDWhite Christmas: A Look Back with Rosemary ClooneyTheatrical Trailers HD.Por último, esta edición es una magnífica opción para quien quiera revisar este clásico navideño poco conocido en España y pasar un buen rato en familia.

I do wish they would make more movies like this one. A family movie that everyone in the house can enjoy together. Only I wish when it says "in stock" they wouldn't put a delivery date 1 - 2 months later.I live alone and have purchased many excellent movies from Amazon.ca. Being able to contact them via phone would be perfect!Bing, as always is one who makes Christmas so wonderful. I wish I could purchase all the classic movies they have but this one at this time of year is a priority for me. I remember seeing it in black and white 50 years ago and have never forgotten the impact it made on me to keep watching it whenever the TV shows it. Unfortunately, they don't anymore. But through Amazon.ca I can watch it over and over again.Thank you Amazon for carrying the best movies ever made. I'll get through my wish lists asap and thanks for having that available too.Buy it and enjoy folks!Mrs. Gwen Atkins

I first saw this film as a TV rerun as a kid, and enjoyed the post war ambiance, the costumes and the dance. It has since become one of the 20 or so films I watch every year at Christmas time as a matter of personal tradition.The film is typical for the time, 1950s, with wonderful costumes, especially for women. The music is Irving Berlin classic and enhances the winter concept and the Christmas holiday especially. The colors are intense and designers and filmographers have obviously gone to considerable effort to create eye pleasing contrasts.Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby were wonderfully paired. The combo of Hope and Crosby established Crosby as the straight man in a comedy duo, , and Danny Kaye had a brilliant career as a funny man, , . Their pairing seems almost inevitable. While I could see Kaye guilting out Crosby over a broken arm suffered while "saving his life," I couldn't really see Hope in that role. Their two styles of comedy were different. Kaye's slightly sly comedy was perfect for the part. Though I know Crosby was often the "handsome" man in many of his films, I've never really thought of him as such; but his staring opposite the very gifted singer Rosemary Clooney (George's aunt, I believe) seemed to be perfect. Certainly their duets worked well, and his often bewildered or knowing expressions were a perfect foil for Clooney's irritation.For dances, Kaye and Vera Ellen were perfect choices. They looked like they'd been dancing together for years, and there was no sense that either was trying to dominate the scene. Though the routines are probably pretty meek and tame by "Dancing with the Stars" comparison, they are still classics for the 1950s. I particularly enjoyed the choreography that featured Vera Ellen as its focus. Her athletic talents and tiny figure were very well presented.The story itself is charming and so era appropriate. The notion of a family gathering in front of the TV set to watch a variety show together is so 1950s and also much a part of my own childhood. The war was still recent enough for people to remember it vividly and yet distant enough for them to have lost contact with those with whom they had served and from whom they thought they could never part. The series M. A. S.H., , captures some of the types of expriences that created these types of intense relationships. There was a sepia tinted nostalgia among those who had served, that I recognized even from my father's own stories of his war time experiences.The movie manages to capture that era's sense that life would never be as intense or as purposeful and important as it had been during the war. It wraps it up in pretty ribbon and surrounds it in snow, making it a perfect holiday film.