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Summary: Great for the Holidays
Review: This movie is so much fun. You'll love watching Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby singing Sisters ever so effeminately. This is a Christmas classic with the sweet songs, lovely romance, and perfect happy ending.
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Summary: The Greatest Christmas Movie of All Time!
Review: I watch this movie so much around the holidays that my eyeballs start to bleed around the middle of December. It's a happy, fun to watch movie, with lots of fab singing and dancing! (Talk about talent, actors like Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and the others, they not only had to act, they also had to sing and dance, and all here do each task wonderfully.)
There's also a lot of witty banter between Bing and Danny. In the dressing room, on the train,or anywhere, you can tell that these two men had an affection for each other and it's very charming. Two wee, but particular things I've noticed after so many viewings: You get a "brief" glimpse of Bing's underwear, in the opening dressing room scene, when Danny and Bing are changing clothes after a show. There's a lot going on in this scene, clothes changing, shoe throwing, and some of that witty banter, but if you watch closely, Bing takes his pants off,and right there and for a few fleeting seconds, before he can pull his shirt tails down over his chubby mid-section, there they are. Nothing X-rated or anything, just you know, one of those things you see after you watch a beloved movie four thousand times. There's also the coffee glitch, when the Haynes sisters are discussing their brother's letter, before performing for Danny and Bing. Skinny sister pours some coffee while talking to Rosemary Clooney about their brother who is out of the country, "in Alaska" and the camera shot of her changes to a close-up. I think she pours the same cup of coffee twice, but you can check it out for yourself! I spent a great deal of this movie trying to figure out if Rosemary is heavy or if Skinny sister is just so wretchedly thin that everyone looks hefty when next to her! But these are endearing aspects of the movie, the songs are classic and great and it's just as corny as you'd want a Christmas holiday musical to be! Where else can you hear Bing and Rosemary sing about insommnia and contemplate eating liverwurst sandwiches by a fire? In the end, all find what they're looking for, and we get snow, sleighbells, children and the stars in Santa suits, who could ask for anyhing more?
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Summary: Our favorite holiday movie!
Review: I cannot believe there are people who don't like this movie! So what if it was basically conceived to sell the song White Christmas, this movie has everything... Great songs - not just 'White Christmas', but 'Count your blessings', 'Snow', and 'The best things happen while your dancing' to name a few. Fantastic dancing - Vera Ellen...need I say more? Beautiful and extremely talented...her partner in the 'shows sequences' is phenomenal as well, and Danny Kaye isn't exactly a slouch. A fun, campy 1950's story - more engaging than that 'other' famous Christmas movie with Jimmy Stewart. Clean humor - I'm not opposed to a little sex and violence now and then, but it is refreshing to see that it isn't a requirement in a movie. This movie, and the original 'Grinch that stole Christmas' are the only ones we watch EVERY Christmas in our house!
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Summary: Never Mind The Scrooge Reviews-It's Still A True Classic!
Review: I couldn't believe the ultra-negative reviews of this movie-has everyone become so jaded that they've lost their sense of humor, as well as the capability of knowing true talent when they see(and hear)it? Alright-the movie doesn't contain violence, nudity, cursing or hip-hop versions of Irving Berlin tunes-so if that's your preference for movie 'talent', then don't even think about watching a movie such as this-REMEMBER FOLKS-it's from 1954! Anyway, since out here in the northeast we have had one of the hottest summers on record-I decided to think cool thoughts & put this movie on one sultry 95 degree evening. I sat back & thoroughly enjoyed watching this again(my family alternates Christmas films every other year)& plan to put it on again over the Christmas holidays. For anyone that claimed that Bing was just 'walking through' this film or that he wasn't as great as he was a decade or 2 before this was made-you couldn't be more wrong. In fact, everyone connected with the film said that working with Bing was not only a pleasure but a helluva lot of fun as well. I suppose I'll get mostly negative points for this review but I really could care less-I think I'll live. Very highly recommended for fans of great Christmas movies as well as TRUE TALENT.
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Summary: Mandy, There's a VCR Handy
Review: And it sure would be dandy.... if you'd put this in right now So much for that tacky opening line. This is one of my favourite Christmas movies. I watch it over and over and never get tired of it. One of the reasons I like it is the fact that although it is a musical, the songs are not tiring or tedious, and there is enough of a real story - however minimal it may be - to hold it together between songs. Yes, it is lightweight fluff. But it's lightweight, not empty, and that's the difference. I think the cast is brilliant, and the dialogue is a continous laugh - particularly the exchanges between Wallace and Davis. Always, always getting on each other and in such a funny way. That makes for lots of good quotes. Michael Curtiz doesn't play any games with shadows here as he does in Mildred Pierce, Casablanca, or even King Creole, but his direction is still all good. Rosemary Clooney is very beautiful here as Betty, and has more depth than her superficial platinum-haired sister with the legs. Vera-Ellen (Judy) can dance - and act to a point - but Betty is better in my mind by a long way. Bob and Phil (Bing and Danny) are great also as I have already mentioned. Dean Jagger (the general) is fine, and the nosy housekeeper is one of those hilarious minor actors who liven up any movie with their presences... The dance numbers and songs... "Mandy" is unique, interesting - but not a favourite. And the Choreography number is far from a stunner except for the first line... "The theatre! the theatre! what's happened to the theatre?" said as Danny Kaye says it. Well, I think I have said enough. If you haven't seen this, you should. If you have seen it, you should see it again.
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Summary: "Go to SMIT? she probably couldn't spell it!!"
Review: Two WWII friends, Wallace and Davis form a duo and perform musicals. Soon, Wallace and Davis meets the Hanes Sisters, the sisters of Freckle Face Hanes, the dogface boy. The Hanes Sisters are in trouble with the manager of a club, and they need a quick getaway. Phil Davis gives the Hanes Sisters train tickets and perform a slightly different version of the song "Sisters"
Wallace and Davis and the Hanes Sisters are en route to Vermont to see all the snow. But when they get to Vermont, not a flake of snow is on the ground. The group go to an inn, ran by an old general that's retired after WWII. A great christmas movie!
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Summary: rubbishy non-Christmas junk. DULL, DULL, DULL!!!!
Review: When you see Bing Crosby sleep-walking his way through this appalling flick, you can almost sympathize with the younger generations who idolize such non-talents as Madonna and illiterate rap "stars." How did the guy ever get to be rich and famous? And the rest of the movie is awful in almost every way. The script should receive special bashing--really the dullest dialog I've ever heard. It tries so hard to be funny and clever and never even comes close. And it goes on and on and on . . . I thought the first long scene of "banter" between Crosby and Danny Kaye in the dressing room would never end. The songs and dances aren't bad--Danny Kaye obviously eats up the "sisters" song he does with Bing--and there's refreshingly little Christmas music (which may be why it's the favorite "Christmas" movie of one reviewer). Dean Jagger is too good for the film but still manages to maintain his integrity in spite of his repulsive environment. However, if you want a training film on how to be a good, dull, Sunday-Christian, this is for you.
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Summary: A Wonderful Classic!
Review: I generally don't go in for sentimental movies, especially sentimental Christmas movies. For example, I can't stand "It's a Wonderful Life". However, for some odd reason, I absolutely love "White Christmas" for any time of year. I've tried to figure out why I love this movie, and dislike most others, but I can't. It must be something about the songs and the dancing, and the general earnestness that comes through when I watch this film. This is a great film for everyone in the family, and before you know it, you will know the songs by heart and singing alone with the actors. :)
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Summary: It's A Winner!!!
Review: This movie is a sheer collection of talent! Bill Crosby and the supporting stars have great voices and dancing. The story line is excellent, also. It has suspense, romance, comedy, and a touching ending. This movie is a great family film. I would definitely recommend this movie..
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Summary: A classic
Review: I have heard complaints about the weak and predictable story line of this movie, complaints about Crosby's parenting, even general dislike that goes with "war-oriented" movies. Disregarding all of these, I still love this movie. The music is great (though some appears in other places). The love story is predicatable (as in most movies of this era) but still enjoyable. The ending may be predictable (how many of these type of movies really had a surprise ending?) but still brings a lump to my throat every time I see it. Seeing all the guys marching in, thinking about how the General must have felt, still affects me. It's a great movie. Don't wait until next Christmas to see it.
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