White Christmas
Story of easy-going entertainer's efforts to marry off his partner in order to get some leisure.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Bob Wallace Bing Crosby
- Philip Davis Danny Kaye
- Betty Haynes Rosemary Clooney
- Judy Haynes Vera-ellen
- General Tom Waverly Dean Jagger
- Emma Mary Wickes
- Joe John Brascia
- Susan Anne Whitfield
- [adjutant] Richard Shannon
- [general's guest] Grady Sutton
- [landlord] Sig Ruman
- [Albert] Robert Crosson
- [Novello] Herbert Vigran
- [assistant stage manager] Dick Keene
- [Ed Harrison] Johnny Grant
- [General Harold G. Carlton] Gavin Gordon
- [maître d'] Marcel De La Brosse
- [sheriff] James Parnell
- [train conductor] Percy Helton
- [fat lady] Elizabeth Holmes
- [Doris] Barrie Chase
- [station master] I. Stanford Jolley
- [specialty dancer] George Chakiris
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Michael Curtiz
- Assistant Director John Coonan
Production
- ©/Production Company Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Produced by Robert Emmett Dolan
Writing
- Written for the Screen by Norman Krasna
- Written for the Screen by Norman Panama
- Written for the Screen by Melvin Frank
Photography
- Director of Photography Loyal Griggs
- Technicolor Colour Consultant Richard Mueller
Special Effects
- Special Photographic Effects John P. Fulton
- Process Photography Farciot Edouart
Editing
- Edited by Frank Bracht
Design
- Art Direction Hal Pereira
- Art Direction Roland Anderson
- Set Decoration Sam Comer
- Set Decoration Grace Gregory
Costumes
- Costumes Edith Head
Make-up
- Make-up Supervision Wally Westmore
Music
- Lyrics and Music by Irving Berlin
- Music Associate Troy Sanders
- [Dubbed Vera Ellen's Singing] Trudy Stevens
- Music Direction and Vocal Arrangements b Joseph J. Lilley
- Orchestral Arrangements by Van Cleave
Choreography
- Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Robert Alton
Sound
- Sound Recording by Hugo Grenzbach
- Sound Recording by John Cope