Line #1 Trivia/WhiteChristmas


1	* AwesomeDearBoy: Rosemary Clooney claimed that she did the film purely to perform with Music/BingCrosby.
2	* BadExportForYou: They couldn't release an official soundtrack album because Rosemary Clooney was under contract to Columbia Records, while Decca Records owned the soundtrack rights. Two different albums were released; Decca's version had all of Rosemary's vocals done by Peggy Lee, and Columbia's version notably had Betty Clooney (Rosemary's sister) singing Judy's vocals on "Sisters".
3	* {{Corpsing}}: Bing Crosby is all-but-losing it during the boys' version of "Sisters."
4	* CreatorBacklash: Mel Frank, who was hired to rewrite the script (along with Norman Panama), described the eight weeks of rewriting as "torturous". Overall, he referred to writing the movie as the worst experience of his life.
5	* DawsonCasting: 32-year-old Vera-Ellen as "Little Judy". (By contrast, ''older'' sister Betty was played by 25-year-old Rosemary Clooney.) Music/BingCrosby was 51 at the time the movie was filmed, although Bob Wallace is supposed to be at least a few years younger than that.
6	* NonSingingVoice: Vera-Ellen's singing voice was dubbed. Numerous sources mistakenly assume Rosemary Clooney sang Vera-Ellen' s part in "Sisters" thus duet-ing with herself, but Trudy Stevens (who was Trudy Stabile at the time) was Vera-Ellen's voice double in all of her songs, namely "Sisters", "Snow" and the "White Christmas" finale. Vera's own singing voice is heard ever very briefly singing in the "arrival in Pine Tree" scene at the railroad station where the quartet reprises - live - the opening lines of "Snow".
7	* RealitySubtext: Bob is the workaholic who needs to settle down and have kids to spend time with. Bing Crosby had dropped out of the project briefly to spend time with his own family.
8	* ReferencedBy: ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' with one of its most memorable lines:
9	---> '''Clark Griswold''': "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE HAP-HAP-HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS SINCE BING CROSBY TAP DANCED WITH DANNY FUCKING KAYE!!"
10	* RefittedForSequel:
11	** The song "Snow" was a discarded number from the musical ''Call Me Madam'', where it was titled "Free". Some of the lyrics were changed to make it sound more Christmassy, as was the melody.
12	** "What Can You Do With a General?" was likewise originally for a project called ''Stars on My Shoulders'' that never got off the ground.
13	* ThrowItIn:
14	** Bob's speech about the effects of sandwiches on dreams was nearly completely improvised by Crosby.
15	** Bob and Phil's performing the girls' number was originally just Crosby and Kaye having some fun, but it turned out so well the director decided to work it in. Watch for Crosby trying valiantly not to [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]] in the middle of the act, particularly when Kaye smacks him in the face with a feathered fan.
16	* UncreditedRole:
17	** Creator/BobFosse was the uncredited choreographer for the movie.
18	** Dancer Barrie Chase is uncredited for playing Doris Lenz.
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
20	** Creator/FredAstaire turned down the role of Phil Davies. One song "A Singer, A Dancer" was written specifically for him, and re-worked into "A Crooner - A Comic" to accommodate his replacement Donald O'Connor. He dropped out too and the song was scrapped.
21	** Gloria Wood was the first choice to dub Vera Ellen's singing, but Rosemary Clooney intervened and recommended Trudy Stabile (who was a friend of hers).
22	** Another song was recorded for the World War II Christmas show, titled "Santa Claus", but wasn't used in the film. The recording still survives though.

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