One of the signs of a declining civilization is the inability to tell good stories and make uplifting art. We've devolved dramatically in the 21st century.
One of the most iconic scenes in modern movie history. They got the chemistry just perfect. I wonder how many takes.... Wish I could be a fly on the wall for this one. I bet it drew the attention of the entire crew looking on, smiling. The men are masters, yes, but really, Vera and Rosemary were equal to the challenge. Pure brilliance!
So do I! I'm from a younger generation, but I really love old movies and songs too. My mom, my sisters, my brother, and I have been enjoying them growing up. Even today, I still do, especially White Christmas!
Having watched White Christmas (1954) dozens and dozens of times over the decades I see this sequence "Snow" as the movie's nexus. Bing Crosby's "Bob Wallace" commits to going to Vermont and the trajectory of the rest of this classic is set. Even well after Christmas and the Christmas Season I'll watch this movie anytime it snows; just like it's doing now on February 13, 2022. One year, 2018, it snowed in early April (the 2nd of April) and I put on a pot of coffee in the hour or so before the sun rose and we watched White Christmas as snow was falling outside.
Its not Christmas for me until i have watched this movie, last year i watched it twice with a few hrs inbetween, so more or less back to back, love this movie so much and i know all the songs in it aswell usually got them on the brain for several days afterwards
December 9th 2022, and in Milwaukee we're getting our 1st snow of the season. I love snow and the winter season, Christmas and this movie! We're going to see it on a big screen Sunday, and I can't wait!
Not long ago I found an unopened VHS tape of this movie. It's been over twenty years since my Grandpatents passed and I still get goosebumps whenever I watch this.
At 1:05, you can see the ring on Danny Kaye's right pinkie: his mother's wedding band; she passed away when he was in his early teens. Born in the shadow of WWII, we "get it" and watch it every year during the Holidays and have traveled to see several of the pre-pandemic stage productions.
folks on the internet always lie about yesteryear..."talent" was never a requirement in old Hollywood...that's why studio execs "found" so many models, store clerks, and beauty queens for their casting couches. Get real.
Supposedly Vera Ellen's waist was cinched in to 17 inches here. Beautiful harmony. Bing and Rosemary had such mellow voices. Trains looked like fun to travel on in those days and they even had a bartender.
It's beautiful to look at!!! When you have below freezing temperatures and no electricity(no heat)it's not much fun to look at, especially when you live in Texas and you're not used to those kinds of conditions. We finally got our electricity back on after 3 days. There are still thousands that don't have theirs back on, so I'm very thankful. White Christmas is one movie my husband and I watch a lot, not just at Christmas. We love the old classic movies.
I really admire snow a lot when I walk one day out of the door from someplace and see it falling to the ground. Everytime that happens, I think of this song. Love to watch this movie every Christmastime!
What I find strange is the fact the the Rogers and Hammerstein Official RU-vid channel posted this. They didn’t even writing the music or had anything to do with this movie. This is a Paramount movie.
It's rumoured that she can't really sing that we'll & that Rosemary Clooney sang both tones in the song "Sister's" in the film. Rosemary apparently can't dance so well ,so she did the singing & Vera did the dancing. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but that's what I read about.
@ G - My family and I just watched this again Christmas Eve. It's turned into a new tradition. Thanks for giving credit where credit is due. Danny Kaye was an amazing untrained, natural talent who learned his skills by working his way up the Borscht belt. My musically ignorant presumption, is that especially since this song is a four part harmony, the singer's vocal tone and range fit well with Rosemary's. In any case, this song is the one I most look forward to in the movie.
@@katvelvet1972 actually, Both parts of Sisters were sung by Rosemary Clooney (who served as Vera-Ellen's singing vocal dub only for this song, while Trudy Stevens dubbed Vera-Ellen's other songs in the film)
… and suddenly I’m a 9 year old off school with ‘flu watching this in the warmest room in my council estate home, holding a mug of Cadbury’s hot chocolate
at the :54 second mark Rosemary Clooney takes the blue cloth and puts it behind her and then pulls it out a moment later when Danny Kaye signals her. Wonder why they didn't just have that behind her to start with. Oversight? So a bit of a blooper maybe?
It's a major 6th chord. The vocal harmonization in the intro, beginning with Bing, is G --> A --> C --> E into the G6 chord, which I believe is voiced, top to bottom, as GEDG. If you're interested in this type of harmony, and the arranging techniques used to produce it, you can check out Berklee's book, Modern Jazz Voicings by Ted Pease. Merry Christmas!
@@ColJulyan Correct. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad only ran from Chicago to the southwest. And, on the west coast between Los Angeles and San Diego.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BING CROSBY DANNY KAYE VERA ELLEN AND ROSEMARY CLOONEY IS THEY REPRESENT AN ERA IN WHICH YOU HAD TO BE TALENTED YOU HAD TO BE A PRO OR YOU DIDNT MAKE FILMS. PERIOD. ALSO THEY WERE SUCH NICE PEOPLE. ❤
This movie is one of my guilty pleasures. The ending is as corny as they come--"plenty of schmaltz," as Ed Harrison would say--but the music and the performances are just too good to resist.
@@johngeertz-larson2236 Thanks! Danny Kaye had a pretty decent voice! I'm not a huge Bing fan, but he really didn't hook into this song iyam. Danny nearly outclassed him imo.
