Extended Reading
  • Annalise 2022-10-02 23:24:53

    [Film Review] White Christmas (1954) 6.7/10

    Paramount Pictures' very first VistaVison extravaganza and American's Yuletide staple, Michael Curtiz's WHITE CHRISTMAS, conceived thematically but unofficially as a sequel to Mark Sandrich's HOLIDAY ANN (1942), stars the top-notch crooner Bing Croyesby as Bob Wallace, paired with Danny Kayesby as...

  • Merl 2022-10-02 15:38:13

    The dance

    Watching the song in the rain and Astaire’s dance, I noticed Cyd Charisse, the dancer who plays the underworld woman in the dream dance. Several of her films seem to be based on ballet. I have never seen tap dance or other types. A question: Isn’t Hollywood golden age ballet incompatible with tap...

White Christmas quotes

  • Bob Wallace: We came up here for the snow. Where're you keepin' it?

    Emma Allen: Well, we take it in during the day!

  • Betty Haynes: [singing "Gee I Wish I Was Back In The Army"] The Army was the place to find romance: Soldiers and WACs / The WACs who dressed in slacks / Dancing cheek-to-cheek and pants-to-pants.