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Annotated White Christmas: Lisa’s Home Bijou

November 12, 2018 by Lisa Grable 6 Comments

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen take us on a mid-century show biz romp through a Vermont Christmas. Lisa's Home Bijou: The White Christmas (1954)

White Christmas (1954) is a favorite Christmas musical for so many people. This is another classic that doesn’t really need a review. Being over 60 years old, I think it’s time for an annotation for younger viewers. Here’s my take on some of the sayings and culture in White Christmas that might need some explanation….

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1954, Bing Crosby, Christmas movies, classic films, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, holiday films, Irving Berlin, Lisa's Home Bijou, musicals, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, White Christmas

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Carmen Jones

May 2, 2016 by Lisa Grable 2 Comments

Divine Divas Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, and Diahann Carroll go from making parachutes in the South to the high life in Chicago. Harry Belafonte's heart gets broken. Lisa's Home Bijou: Carmen Jones (1954)

Film Festival: Divine Divas The fire and spice of Dorothy Dandridge is preserved for us in Carmen Jones (1954), a modernization of Bizet’s opera. Carmen Jones moves Bizet’s story of Carmen from a cigarette factory in Spain to a parachute factory in the southern United States. Otto Preminger directed the all-black cast, with Bizet’s music…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1954, African American history, Bizet, black actors, black films, black history, Carmen Jones, classic films, Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Lisa's Home Bijou, musicals, Otto Preminger, Pearl Bailey

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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