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Yesterday flipping around the channels I hit upon White Christmas, that old chestnut (1954) starring Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Jagger, and dancer Vera-Ellen. I first saw this movie as a child, long, long ago, and have never forgotten that final scene with the entire cast in red and white, singing the title song with snow floating down all around. Magical. Today, the plot is, well, nothing less than corny, but you’ve got to hand it to the stars – they were talented, show biz pros. Vera-Ellen’s dancing was amazing, and the sound track contains such classics as “Count Your Blessings” and “Sisters”. Watch it for some old fashioned sentimentality, nostalgia, and post WWII can-do Americanism. It’s a lot of fun, even the preposterous parts (breaking into song at the railway station, for instance, or expecting the General to have been intimately acquainted with Privates Kaye and Crosby.) And oh, that Vistavision!!!

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