
Having left the Army following W.W.II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, as the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help ... (Full plot summary below)
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Having left the Army following W.W.II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, as the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.
Leave your thoughts about White Christmas.
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmA new score by Irving Berlin also contributed to its marzipan popularity. But it's the title song that really produced lasting gold. That and the fake snow. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussSomething of a forced march, but worth seeing for its old-school studio vibrancy and for Curtiz's ability to compose for depth as well as breadth within the widescreen frame. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesThis slightly racy studio musical from 1954 isn't the holiday classic you might think |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames Sanfordis it un-American to say this is a woefully overrated mediocrity? |
| New York TimesBosley CrowtherDirector Michael Curtiz has made his picture look good. It is too bad that it doesn't hit the eardrums and the funnybone with equal force. |
| TIME MagazineStaffA big fat yam of a picture richly candied with VistaVision (Paramount's answer to CinemaScope), Technicolor, tunes by Irving Berlin, massive production numbers, and big stars. Unfortunately, the yam is still a yam. |
| The SpectatorVirginia GrahamHowever, between the painful alpha and omega of this film there is a lot of extremely pleasant entertainment. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeWhite Christmas is the cinema equivalent of an inappropriate festive snog under the mistletoe -- you know you probably shouldn't enjoy it but you just can't help yourself. |
| Radio TimesTony SlomanKaye is superb, especially in his knockout dance routine with Vera-Ellen, and the direction from veteran Michael Curtiz rightly embraces the sentiment rather than keeping it at bay. |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterAlthough it's really only peripherally about the Christmas season, White Christmas is still a holiday classic. And deservedly so. |