Bianco Natale

Titolo originale: White Christmas
Regia: Michael Curtiz |
Anno: 1954
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Musica Romance
Tag: sibling relationship | show business | musical | sister | matchmaking | post world war ii | song and dance | floor show | ski lodge | christmas | failing business | sister act | war buddies | retired general |
Cast: Bing Crosby | Danny Kaye | Rosemary Clooney | Vera-Ellen | Dean Jagger | Mary Wickes | John Brascia | Anne Whitfield | Bea Allen | Frank Baker | Glen Cargyle | George Chakiris | Barrie Chase | Lorinne Crawford | Franklyn Farnum | Bess Flowers | Gavin Gordon | Johnny Grant | Percy Helton | I. Stanford Jolley | Sig Ruman | Grady Sutton | Herb Vigran | Robert Crosson | Chuck Hicks | Barry Norton | Hal Taggart | Carl Switzer | Charles Fogel | George Ford | Rudy Germane | Joe Gilbert | Joan Bayley |

Due talentuosi cantanti e ballerini (Bing Crosby e Danny Kaye) si mettono in società, subito dopo la guerra, per diventare delle stelle di prima grandezza dello show business. Un inverno uniscono le loro forze a quello di due sorelle (Rosemary Clooney e Vera-Ellen) e vanno in Vermont per trascorrere un bianco Natale.

Approfondimenti

During the "I Wish I Was Back In The Army" number, Wallace and Davis refer to a dentist making a "th [...] D
Although Dean Jagger was made out to be the "old man", Bing Crosby was actually six months older tha [...] D
The TV camera in the Ed Harrison Show scene is a real one (a classic RCA monochrome), with a real ca [...] D
This film marked the third joint appearance between Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen, following L'uomo mera [...] D
The song, "What Can You Do with a General?", which Leonard Maltin calls Irving Berlin's least memora [...] D
The musical stage adaptation premiered in San Francisco in 2004 followed by productions in Boston, B [...] D
Bob approaches the station master at the Pine Tree train station and says, "Let's ask 'Cisco', here. [...] D
The "shortcut" trick to delay the new general in the beginning of the film is similar to the "shortc [...] D
Michael Curtiz had previously directed Casablanca (1942) with Humphrey Bogart. Rosemary Clooney's hu [...] D
In the "I wish I was Back In The Army" number, Wallace and Davis sing the line, "How we would yell, [...] D
The snow used at the end of the film is actually asbestos. D
The Vermont inn is the remodeled Connecticut inn set from Bing Crosby's earlier movie La taverna del [...] D
Premiered at the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York City. D
The train scenes had to be shot at 20th Century Fox, the only studio to house a standing train set. [...] D
According to Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye's "Sisters" performance was not originally [...] D
This was one of two musicals released in 1954 that featured songs by Irving Berlin that had been int [...] D
Many of the costumes and props from White Christmas are now on display at the Rosemary Clooney House [...] D
During the "Snow" number in the club car, Rosemary Clooney can be seen moving her purse into positio [...] D
Third of three films to feature Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas". The other two are La taverna [...] D
Even though Betty was the elder of the Haynes sisters, Rosemary Clooney was actually seven years you [...] D
The "Ed Harrison TV Show" that Bob appears on is a reference to Toast of the Town (1948), which feat [...] D
Vera-Ellen's singing voice was dubbed. Numerous sources mistakenly assume Rosemary Clooney sang Vera [...] D
During the "Choreography" number Phil bemoans the evolution of modern dance with tongue-in-cheek lyr [...] D
"Judy" was shorter than "Betty" so in an effort to make them even heights for their song numbers, al [...] D
Rosemary Clooney's character is named Betty. This was, in fact, the name of her real-life sister who [...] D
The film is neither a sequel to, nor a remake of, La taverna dell'allegria (1942), a persistent myth [...] D
Final film of Joan Bayley. D
During the first scene when Crosby and Kaye appear entertaining the troops, Bing's red Santa jacket [...] D
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney both died at the same age: 74. D
Cast members Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney both have descendants in the Star Trek series. Bing's [...] D
This was the #1 box office hit of 1954, with rentals of $12 million, besting the year's second bigge [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...] D
Just after Phil and Judy finish their dance number to "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing," [...] D
The song "Snow" was written by Irving Berlin many years before the film. It was originally called "F [...] D
In spite of the title, posters and promo, it is only set at Christmas at the beginning and at the en [...] D
According to Danny Kaye in a TV documentary on Bing Crosby aired after Crosby's death, Crosby was in [...] D
Many of Bob Wallace's more unusual turns of phrase were lifted straight from Bing Crosby's own speec [...] D
When Betty and Bob are at the bar for the "sandwich" scene, getting a midnight snack, Crosby says th [...] D
The red drum seen on the stage during the opening army act, can be seen several times throughout the [...] D
Herb Vigran, the actor playing Novello the nightclub owner at the beginning of the film, was a proli [...] D
Although the movie stars Bing Crosby and features songs by Irving Berlin, it is not a sequel to the [...] D
Irving Berlin borrowed from himself for the song "Counting Your Blessings," the melody of the bridge [...] D
Audiences have long been struck by dancer John Brascia's curious lack of integration into the film's [...] D
In the movie, the four main characters take the train from Florida to Vermont, which in 1954 would h [...] D
In an interview, Rosemary Clooney once quipped that this could have been a near-perfect movie if onl [...] D
During the "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" sequence Danny Kaye is wearing gray and Ver [...] D
At a dinner for President Eisenhower, Irving Berlin wrote new lyrics to 'Gee I Wish I Was Back in th [...] D
The last thing Dean Jagger says to Danny Kaye in the opening scene is "At ease, Davis. I said at eas [...] D
George Chakiris later appeared in West Side Story (1961), opposite Richard Beymer and Russ Tamblyn. [...] D
Although this movie musical has been a beloved favorite for decades, especially at Christmastime, th [...] D
The "I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show" sequence points to changing times in terms of Hollywood's sensi [...] D
One of the dancers accompanying Rosemary Clooney is George Chakiris. Previously, he danced alongside [...] D
In the scene before the Sisters song, Judy and Betty are talking about their brother. Betty asks Jud [...] D
During the "Wish I Was Back In The Army" number, when the civilian costumes raise up, Danny Kaye's o [...] D
For the song "Gee, I Wish I Was Back In The Army", there is the lyric, "Jolson, Hope And Benny all f [...] D
Stars three Oscar winners: Bing Crosby, Dean Jagger, and George Chakiris. D
Percy Helton, who plays the railroad conductor, also appears in another holiday movie, playing the d [...] D
The photo that Vera-Ellen shows to Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye of her brother, Bennie, is actually a [...] D
Vera-Ellen's name appears without its customary hyphen in the film's opening credits sequence. D
When Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) appears on the Ed Harrison TV show, he is briefly shown - as if the a [...] D
This was Paramount's first production filmed in their trademarked wide-screen process, Vista-Vision [...] D
According to Rosemary Clooney, the "midnight snack" scene in which Bob Wallace expounds on his theor [...] D
In supplemental information on the DVD Rosemary Clooney revealed that 1. She took the role mostly so [...] D
Danny Kaye's costuming thru-line in the film, onstage and off, consists of slacks, socks and shoes i [...] D
For perspective, it is approximately 300 miles from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to Burling [...] D
Tunes from the previous Bing Crosby/Irving Berlin film, La taverna dell'allegria (1942) are used thr [...] D
This was 1954's most successful film. The second most successful was L'ammutinamento del Caine (1954 [...] D
White Christmas (1954) was the first film photographed in Paramount's widescreen VistaVision process [...] D
Doris, the chorine whose stock response to any greeting is "Mutual, I'm sure," was played by Barrie [...] D
In the opening scene, the canvas backdrop behind Bing Crosby, singing White Christmas, is of the Ver [...] D
When General Waverly is preparing to "inspect the troops", the bugler sounds off with "Ruffles and F [...] D
The hotel manager persuing the Haynes sisters is Sig Ruman who portrayed Sgt. Johann Schulz in Stala [...] D
In Cielo di fuoco (1949), Dean Jagger plays a World War I veteran retired Army officer who volunteer [...] D
Sepia Records, based in Great Britain, finally released the complete soundtrack sessions from White [...] D

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Errori

The Haynes sisters go to bed in a drawing room, but wake up in berths. (Since two separate trains ar [...] D
On the train leaving Miami, the women are in a private compartment, behind a door with an "A" on it. [...] D
When the General goes outside to see it's snowing all the guests' cars are gone. D
Before the "Count Your Blessings" song, Wallace is holding a sandwich up in one of his hands, but in [...] D
In the hospital, Wallace is almost to the door when Davis calls him back. Wallace sits down on the e [...] D
There are several "goofs which aren't" during the "Gee, I Wish I Was Back In The Army" song. Betty a [...] D
In the backstage/ dressing room area of Novello's there is one sign that says "Positively No Smoking [...] D
The boys appear to watch the Haynes sisters act from a seat next to the stage, but they are nowhere [...] D
Betty is watching Bob on the television during The Ed Harrison Show. When the camera angle is revers [...] D
Right before the "Snow!" number on the train, the menu in the background is lying on its side. At th [...] D
When Bob Wallace remembered he had picked up a letter for General Waverly, he says that the letter w [...] D
When the general gets up upon being whispered to that it's snowing, his granddaughter gets up to go [...] D
Early in the film there is a scene from the control room for the Wallace and Davis radio show. An en [...] D
During "The Best Things" dance number, at the end of the number, on the very last twirl around a kne [...] D
While preparing to go on stage for the "Sisters" routine, Betty and Judy mention their brother is cu [...] D
Although Betty and Judy had been offered a job at the Carousel Club that Betty eventually accepts, s [...] D
Before the Wallace and Davis show invades the colonel's inn the stage at the back of the dining hall [...] D
Near the end of the "Minstrel" number, there is a close up of Bob, Betty and Phil shaking their tamb [...] D
When Clooney confronts Vera-Ellen in the dressing room, about the bogus letter that Vera sent, false [...] D
After Wallace pours the milk before the "Counting Your Blessings" song, he places the pitcher back o [...] D
The movie takes place a few days before Christmas. The shots of the Green Mountains of Vermont in th [...] D
On the train in the club car, in all the booths (including the one that actors are in!) all the menu [...] D
After the General blows out the candles on the cake, his aide is standing behind him and then moves [...] D
At the start of his surprise party, General Waverly blows out the candles on the cake at his table. [...] D
After Bob finished speaking to Ed Harrison on the telephone about coming up to the NYC, Betty walks [...] D
A full orchestra can be seen in the orchestra pit at the beginning of the dress rehearsal for "The M [...] D
Already mentioned : the veteran who extends his hand to shake the General's in the scene towards the [...] D
When Emma is telling Betty about how the general will feel about being on television, the lower butt [...] D
During the "Minstrel Show" number, the words go: "Oh, Mister Bones! That's terrible!... Ah, ha!... Y [...] D
Davis introduces himself to the general as "Private First Class Davis" (E-3), but he's wearing the r [...] D
In Florida, the sign says "Foolin' Around" has been on Broadway for two years. But when the show ope [...] D
The General blows out the candles on his cake after the surprise by Wallace & Davis. At the end of t [...] D
Following their act, Bob and Phil are changing clothes. Bob puts on a shirt and doesn't button it an [...] D
During the dance number between Phil (Danny Kaye) and Judy (Vera-Ellen), at approximately 30:30, whe [...] D
At the Inn when Judy is trying to convince Phil they should pretend to be engaged she has him corner [...] D
When the girls left Florida they left many of their items at the club including the music, costumes [...] D
Early in the movie when Bob and Phil go to The Florida Theater, they tell Novello they are there to [...] D
Waverly comes to the stairs in the final scene and Emma and Susan have stopped short of the stairs. [...] D
When Judy and Phil finish their dance in Florida they are close to the water. When Bob and Betty com [...] D
Betty has the same male dancers at the nightclub as at the resort. D
The railroad station and passenger cars are said to be in Vermont when in fact they are Southern Pac [...] D
While Phil and Bob are lip-syncing the song "Sisters" (allowing Judy and Betty time to escape out th [...] D
Near the beginning of the Minstrel number, Bing Crosby sits on a bench then puts his tambourine down [...] D
Where is the entire cast and crew of a Broadway show plus a couple hundred ex-servicemen and their w [...] D
The dancer played in the Mandy number so recognizably by George Chakiris also appears as a featured [...] D
When Wallace and Davis are performing the Minstrel Show rehearsal, Wallace (Crosby) can be seen talk [...] D
Bob drops a copy of the handbill on the floor, it then appears in his jacket pocket. D
The Columbia Inn Station Wagon that picks them up at the train station has a black and yellow Califo [...] D
When Gen. Waverly is going up the line shaking hands after speaking to the audience at the inn, one [...] D
As General Waverly starts to walk down the stairs there is a uniformed soldier standing at the botto [...] D
Neither General Waverly nor Captain Wallace nor Private Davis is wearing the World War II Victory Me [...] D
The firewood that Susan carries into the inn after the Haynes Sisters and Wallace & Davis arrive has [...] D
During the "Snow" number, the spoon between Bob and Betty changes from face down to face up, back an [...] D
The General's awards appear to be out of order. He wears a Legion of Merit in the same top row of hi [...] D
Near the end of the movie, Emma, Judy and Betty dash out of the far side of the entryway, supposedly [...] D
Each addition of the Variety newspaper announcing the latest news about Wallace and Davis bears the [...] D
When the General blows out the candles on his cake, the ones on the far side of the cake blow out ob [...] D
During the song "Snow" on the train, a close-up of Danny Kaye shows his lips moving but the voice co [...] D
The train that transports The Haynes Sisters and Wallace and Davis from Florida to Vermont is shown [...] D
When Bob, Phil, Betty and Judy arrive at the inn, Waverly and his granddaughter enter carrying armfu [...] D
The supposedly northbound train along what is presumed to be the Atlantic is actually a southbound S [...] D
When Bob is singing White Christmas during the war scene, he has his hands on his belt and his index [...] D
During the "Mandy" number, Betty is seen at the top of the production number set then seconds later [...] D
When Wallace and Davis are meeting the General at his Inn for the first time. Phil Davis is wearing [...] D
When the veterans reunite for the general's surprise, Bob refers to the opening scene when they were [...] D
When Wallace and Davis leave the dressing room after doing the "sisters" number, they leave the feat [...] D
When the General goes to check out the report of snowfall, Emma pushes Susan Waverly back into her s [...] D
In the opening when Bob Wallace is singing 'White Christmas' the snare drum is visible but keeps dis [...] D
When Bob and Phil sit down in the club car, Bob puts a suitcase down beside the table. When he gets [...] D
The enormous chorus of singers and dancers in the musical numbers, not to mention the army of techni [...] D
When Davis and Wallace are talking to Waverly at one point Davis says, "We wouldn't be any good as g [...] D
When the General appears in uniform at the inn his medals bars show his Purple Heart medal in first [...] D
When Davis and Novello are talking about the sheriff, Davis suggests that Novello continue keeping t [...] D
While the Haynes sisters are in their dressing room discussing why Wallace and Davis came to see the [...] D
In the first dressing room scene, Judy is pouring coffee for herself and Betty and clearly puts down [...] D
In the club when Phil and Judy are slow dancing, they dance through a side door to the right of the [...] D
When Bob offers a champagne toast to Betty, Betty places her glass on the counter and leaves the roo [...] D
When Bob and Phil are first discussing Bob's idea of getting their old army outfit up to the inn for [...] D
While the quartet is singing "Snow" on the train to Vermont, shadows of the crew and camera can be s [...] D
When the girls come back onstage during the "Back in the Army" song, their pants are at normal ankle [...] D
A distinctive red bass drum used in the opening wartime scene at Monte Cassino as Captain Wallace pe [...] D
Private Davis was wounded in action on Christmas Eve 1944 - this is a recurring plot device. Yet the [...] D
At beginning of film the troops are being entertained behind the lines; as General Waverly departs a [...] D
On the wall at Novello's is a blackboard on which is written an orchestra rehearsal call. Later on B [...] D
When Danny, Bing, Vera and Rosemary are sitting at the table at the lodge l, there are no soup bowls [...] D
Towards the end scenery cab seen being moved and a camera. D

Frase

Emma Allen: Oh, my word, if I wasn't such a mean o [...] D
[last lines] Phil Davis, Bob Wallace, Betty [...] D
Phil Davis: [describing his kind to Judy] Well, I' [...] D
Bob Wallace: Miss Haynes, if you're ever under a f [...] D
[Bob leaves to go make a phone call] Phil Davis: [...] D
Phil Davis: I want you to get married. I want you [...] D
[General Waverly has told the jeep driver to take [...] D
Gen. Thomas F. Waverly: I got along very well in t [...] D
Judy Haynes: [to Phil] Well, you're not exactly Su [...] D
Phil Davis: Give me one reason, one good reason, w [...] D
Gen. Thomas F. Waverly: Why here? Bob Wallace: We [...] D
Phil Davis: [to the Haynes sisters] Mr. Wallace wa [...] D
Doris: Well, I like that! Without so much as a "ki [...] D
Phil Davis: Gosh, I hope I can take the electric b [...] D
Phil Davis: [about the train tickets] I don't seem [...] D
Bob Wallace: [after he learns that Betty and Judy [...] D
Bob Wallace: Hey, Davis! How you feelin'? Phil Da [...] D
Gen. Thomas F. Waverly: [to Capt. Wallace on the m [...] D
Ex-Soldier: [attempting to button his uniform pant [...] D
Gen. Thomas F. Waverly: You're soft. You're soppy. [...] D
Phil Davis, Bob Wallace: [singing "Gee I Wish I [...] D
Phil Davis: [about Bob's idea to help the General] [...] D
Phil Davis: [Buying train tickets] Uh, I don't see [...] D
[first lines] General Harold G. Carlton: Stop the [...] D
Bob Wallace: Since you saved my life, you decided [...] D
[after kissing Judy] Phil Davis: You know, in som [...] D
Betty Haynes: Mr. Bones? Mr. Bones? How do you fee [...] D
Bob Wallace: How do you do? Doris: Mutual, I'm su [...] D
Emma Allen: [Regarding the inn] He sunk everything [...] D
Phil Davis: [after performing "Sisters"] Hey, we'r [...] D
Bob Wallace: Well, I've got a feeling I'm not gonn [...] D
Betty Haynes: [singing "Gee I Wish I Was Back In T [...] D
Phil Davis: [describing his injury after "falling [...] D
Judy Haynes: We're booked for the holidays. Phil [...] D
Doris: [after Phil and Judy announce their engagem [...] D
Phil Davis: Let's face it, Bob. You're a lonely, m [...] D
Phil Davis: It's cozier, isn't it? Boy, girl, boy, [...] D
Judy Haynes: [after creating her phony engagement [...] D
Judy Haynes: She's always felt that she's Mother H [...] D
Phil Davis: [Looking at Judy; to Bob] Hey, how abo [...] D
Betty Haynes: [singing on the train] I wanna wash [...] D
[General Waverly has come downstairs for the Chris [...] D
Phil Davis, Judy Haynes: [singing] Even guys wi [...] D
Bob Wallace: We came up here for the snow. Where'r [...] D
[Susan and the General enter the ballroom to find [...] D
Phil Davis: How much is "wow"? Bob Wallace: It's [...] D
Betty Haynes: Look who's talkin' about guilt! Bob [...] D
Mr. Herring, General's Party Guest: How do you do? [...] D
Bob Wallace: [to Phil and Judy] You ought to be ho [...] D
Gen. Thomas F. Waverly: There's no Christmas in th [...] D
Judy Haynes: [about Betty] Last night, she couldn' [...] D
Betty Haynes: [finding Judy and Phil embracing] Wh [...] D
Phil Davis: We wouldn't be any good as generals. [...] D
Phil Davis: How can a guy THAT ugly have the nerve [...] D
[after Bob has found out about Phil and Judy's pho [...] D
Phil Davis: Imagine a girl in show business today [...] D
Phil Davis: My dear partner, when what's left of y [...] D
Phil Davis: [singing 'Choreography'] Through the a [...] D
Bob Wallace: [Regarding Phil] I don't know what yo [...] D
Bob Wallace: [to Judy] You outta consider yourself [...] D
Bob Wallace: Well, break your arm, or your ankle o [...] D
Phil Davis: Isn't this cozy? Boy-girl, girl-boy. D
Phil Davis: Because you're a miserable, lonely, un [...] D
Judy Haynes: Looks like it's absolutely necessary. D
Bob Wallace: We ate, and then he ate. We slept, th [...] D
Judy Haynes: [inquiring about the inn] Well, are t [...] D
Gen. Thomas F. Waverly: How could you have sent al [...] D
Bob Wallace: Oh, no. You wouldn't do this to me. [...] D
Phil Davis: We like to take care of our friends. [...] D
Bob Wallace: Oh, Phil, when are you gonna learn th [...] D
Judy Haynes: [about Betty] Mm-mm, but I got a flas [...] D

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