Day 22: White Christmas (1954)
White Christmas is grip-my-heart, this-musical-is-just-the-right-amount-of-cheesy fabulous. It starts metformin weight loss side effects during WWII where Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) are putting on a show to honor their awesome general. “White Christmas” is sung, men being manly and not showing emotions happens, and then they’re under attack. Phil then saves Bob’s life, giving Phil leverage to make his way into Bob’s one-man performance show back at home.
Flash forward/ montage to metformin 1000 mg day them being a huge success. But Phil wants Bob to be happy, so he tries to set him up with dames. Long story short, they end up getting together with a sister act Judy (Vera-Ellen) and Betty Haynes (Rosemary Clooney). Bob falls for Betty, but Betty has some hang-ups about love. And then Phil and Judy hook up as a ruse, but then they really like each other, too. In the middle of all this, there’s a big show to help out the old General’s failing business, and my heart fills with Christmas joy.
What really makes this movie shine is Irving Berlin’s delightful music. (I cannot say the same for Berlin’s Easter Parade–that movie and its music are the worst.) Even though you have to sit through “Sisters” more times then is necessary, at least once it is in drag. Plus, the chemistry between Danny Kaye’s goofiness and Bing Crosby’s old timer professionalism in each musical number is incredibly fun to watch. Any time Crosby lets out a genuine laugh, it makes me smile.
I’ll be enjoying a wet Christmas in the Pacific Northwest this year, but I hope your Christmas at least feels like a white Christmas. Enjoy this sappy closing scene:
Check out the rest of our holiday marathon 25 Days of Christmas.
