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

  • Judy Haynes: We're booked for the holidays.

    Phil Davis: Vermont, huh?

    Judy Haynes: Oh, Vermont should be beautiful this time of the year, with all that snow.

    Phil Davis: Yeah, you know something?

    Judy Haynes: What?

    Phil Davis: Vermont should be beautiful this time of the year, all that snow.

    Judy Haynes: That's what I just said.

    Phil Davis: We seem to be getting a little mixed up.

    Judy Haynes: Maybe it's the music.

    Phil Davis: Maybe it isn't only the music.

  • Bob Wallace: Miss Haynes, if you're ever under a falling building and somebody runs up and offers to pick you up and carry you to safety, don't think, don't pause, don't hesitate for a moment, just spit in his eye.

    Betty Haynes: What did that mean?

    Bob Wallace: It means we're going to Vermont.