White Christmas (1954): A Musical About Coming Home Without Knowing Why

White Christmas (1954): A Musical About Coming Home Without Knowing Why Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:04 - Fact #1 – The film was “built around” a song that was already too famous 01:55 - Fact #2 – The project was shelved for years and nearly became the third part of a trilogy 02:41 - Fact #3 – Phil Davis went past Fred Astaire and Donald O’Connor 03:42 - Fact #4 – Bing Crosby walked away from the project after a family tragedy 04:29 - Fact #5 – The first film released in the brand-new VistaVision format 05:15 - Fact #6 – A strange profit-sharing deal: a Christmas movie split four ways 06:01 - Fact #7 – Pine Tree, Vermont does not exist at all 06:48 - Fact #8 – Snowflakes made of… soap and foam 07:36 - Fact #9 – One sings, one dances: a mismatched sister duo 08:30 - Fact #10 – Most of Judy Haynes’s singing voice belongs to someone else 09:29 - Fact #11 – The “older sister” on screen is actually younger in real life 10:15 - Fact #12 – The leading man is much older than his female co-star 10:59 - Fact #13 – Many of Bing Crosby’s lines were improvised 11:47 - Fact #14 – The “Sisters” drag routine started as a set prank 12:51 - Fact #15 – “Freckle-faced Haynes, the dog-faced boy” is actually Alfalfa from Our Gang 13:53 - Fact #16 – The background dancers were the future of Hollywood