Are Holiday Inn and White Christmas the same movie?
No. In fact the film “Holiday Inn” preceded “White Christmas” by more than 10 years. But “Holiday Inn” made Irving Berlin’s simple song into a huge hit, which kickstarted the entire Christmas popular music industry. Holiday Inn” came out in 1942; “White Christmas” didn’t follow until 1954. Currently watching White Christmas. Released in 1954, 12 years after the song White Christmas debuted in the film Holiday Inn, it stars Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen and Dean Jagger.Both films are about a successful performer in show business who sees that community in a country setting is the better way of life. In Holiday Inn, the hero is retiring from performing. In White Christmas he’s an extremely successful professional performer and producer who helps out a man in need.The film was a smash hit, featuring the music of Irving Berlin, and becoming the highest grossing musical film ever released at that point. The stand-out song “White Christmas” became one of the highest selling musical singles of all time. The film also inspired the name of the Holiday Inn hotel chain.
Is Holiday Inn worth watching?
A True Classic. This is truly one of the great musicals to ever grace the silver screen. Between the great song, the dance numbers and the chemistry between Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, this film really is one of the the all time classics. Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire are so different from one another that I think they both can exist without one being considered better than the other. Gene’s dancing was more athletic and focused more on tap; whereas Fred’s was more graceful and was almost more ballroom like.The funny thing about Fred Astaire, his sister was his BEST dance partner. But when they auditioned for Hollywood, he was told they wanted HIM not her. He declined.
Which is older, Holiday Inn or White Christmas?
White Christmas, which premiered in 1954, is far superior to Holiday Inn, the original black and white 1942 film from which it sprang. According to IMDB, the set for General Waverly’s inn in White Christmas was a remodeled version of the set used for the inn in Holiday Inn.