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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: Holiday Inn

January 4, 2016 by Lisa Grable 11 Comments

Bing Crosby introduces White Christmas, and with Fred Astaire, sings and dances through 11 Irving Berlin holiday numbers. Lisa's Home Bijou: Holiday Inn

Film Festival: The Holidays One of America’s most-beloved Christmas songs is White Christmas. Written by Irving Berlin during World War II, it served as a reminder of home and hearth for many GIs. Bing Crosby introduces the song in the musical, Holiday Inn (1942), a film that is about a lot more than just Christmas….

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1942, Bing Crosby, classic films, Fred Astaire, holiday films, Holiday Inn, Irving Berlin, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical films, White Christmas

Lisa’s Home Bijou: “Birth of the Blues”

June 29, 2015 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

birth of the blues martin and crosby

Film Festival: Summertime Blues ONE OF THE HOMES OF JAZZ AND THE BLUES is Basin Street in New Orleans, the setting for this 1941 musical starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin. Let’s get one thing straight to begin with: Bing Crosby did not invent the blues. With apologies to real New Orleans bluesmen like Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, and Jelly Roll…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1940s, Bing Crosby, Birth of the Blues, blues, classic films, Dixieland, Jack Teagarden, Lisa's Home Bijou, Mary Martin, New Orleans, summertime

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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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