Besides there are certain moments in the show that transcend holidays. Case in point: the song Sisters, Sisters. It’s wonderful when Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen sing it. Then it’s a stitch when Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye take a turn at it…All in the effort to give the girls time to escape the police.
Danny Kaye plays the classic foil in Phil Davis… the perfect role for him. Davis was injured in WWII saving Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) from a falling wall. Throughout the movie that moment comes up repeatedly as a way to get Wallace to do things he doesn’t want to do.
There are wonderful scenes paying tribute to those who served in the war…but the best is when the sing White Christmas. Is there any way to beat Bing Crosby crooning those words? I don’t think so.
If you’ve never seen the movie, you can start with the trailer here. They even highlight Sisters in the trailer. This one was nominated for an Oscar for best music/original song for the song Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep, but did not win.
So pull up a comfy chair, build a nice fire, and curl up with a blanket and your honey. White Christmas is a great one to get your into the holiday mood.
In celebration of the release of Stars in the Night, I’m running a giveaway for a copy of the book as well as the winner’s choice of two of the movies I review. You can enter through January 31, 2022. Good luck!
Here’s more about Stars in the Night: Hollywood 1942. When attorney Audra Schaeffer’s sister disappears, Audra flies to Hollywood to find her but instead must identify her body. Determined to bring the killer to justice, Audra takes a job with the second Hollywood Victory Caravan. Together with Robert Garfield and other stars, she crisscrosses the southern United States in a campaign to sell war bonds. When two other women are found dead on the train, Audra knows the deaths are tied to that of her sister. Could the killer be the man with whom she’s falling in love?