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2 days ago · According to the supplemental info on the White Christmas DVD, Clooney coveted the role of Betty Haynes because she wanted to perform with Bing Crosby. The decision kicked off a lifelong...
- Asher Fogle
The film hinges on the “sister act” being viewed by the famous Wallace & Davis, and the two show up because of a letter from an old army buddy, Benny Haynes—who just happens to be the ...
- The song "White Christmas" was already a hit. Though the film didn’t come along until 1954, the story of White Christmas actually began more than a decade earlier, when Irving Berlin composed the future holiday classic that would become the title track.
- White Christmas was originally set to co-star Fred Astaire. By the late 1940s, Irving Berlin and executives at Paramount Pictures were working on piecing together White Christmas as a movie musical with the title song as its centerpiece, and they had big plans for the film’s stars.
- Bing Crosby almost passed on White Christmas. While most of the casting drama surrounding the film was tied to the Phil Davis character, there was also a point during pre-production on White Christmas that the film almost had to go searching for a new Bob Wallace.
- Danny Kaye was cast at the last-minute. With Fred Astaire out of the picture, Paramount had to search for a new star to play Phil Davis to Bing Crosby’s Bob Wallace, and settled on Donald O’Connor, who was fresh off the success of Singin’ in the Rain.
The photo Vera-Ellen shows of her brother Benny (the one Phil refers to as "Freckle-faced Haynes, the dog-faced boy") is actually a photo of Carl Switzer, who played Alfalfa in the Our Gang film series, in an army field jacket and jeep cap.
- The song White Christmas was a hit before the movie was produced. Walk into any shop at Christmastime and you just might hear Bing Crosby crooning out "White Christmas," the titular song from the famous film.
- Fred Astaire was originally meant to appear in White Christmas. The song "White Christmas" wasn't the only thing the film borrowed from the earlier movie "Holiday Inn."
- The actors who played Betty and Bob had a big age difference. One of the central couples in "White Christmas" is Betty and Bob. Played by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, this couple has a classic enemies-to-lovers arc, as they initially bicker and then eventually fall in love.
- Some moments in the film were unscripted. Did you know that parts of "White Christmas" were actually improvised? While most of the film is carefully choreographed, in a few scenes, the director let the actors do their own thing.
The very important reason that I ask is because if the character isn't named, I can proceed with the headcanon that the character is Benny "Freckleface" Haynes, The Dog-Faced Boy, Switzer's character ( seen in a picture) from White Christmas.
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