Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, White Christmas! I’m gonna be sitting here eating left over mashed potatoes like someone who lives RIGHT.
White Christmas! It’s on Netflix and other places, it’s got an awesome score, and it’s got a fun mixture of campy, comic, and sincere.
At 8am Chicago Time, I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and then we will comment along from there.
And for our ready-to-pop reader Filmikudhi: My sister went into labor while watching a movie long distance over the phone with me! Just saying, long distance watchalongs with Margaret have a proven track record.
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I love how they are unashamedly matchmaking
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Also, I would totally wear Danny Kaye’s jacket today!
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OMG, Vera’s bat matches her hat and her little scarf thing in her pocket!
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My Mom would love Vera’s get up. She LOVES leopard print
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Another great tie on Bing! His tie game is TIGHT
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Aww. General Waverly!
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General Waverly is a TERRIBLE businessman.
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But such a nice guy!!!!
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Why is Rosemary Clooney’s hair SOOO BAD?!?!?! I want to fix it!
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THANK YOU! I thought it was just me! And she stuck with this look for YEARS. I think she’s only 19 in this movie, so she can be forgiven for thinking she looks good. Or maybe they were trying to make her look older?
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Maybe but it just looks like helmet head. It is driving me nuts.
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I think it’s supposed to look like this, soft curls framing the face. But instead they have exactly two curls in the exact place:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F50437998-8bc0-11e9-845f-5fdba6fd3f52.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0
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Oooh I like this much better. If they did that, I wouldn’t hate it so much.
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I love Mrs Waverly! Go on for that kiss!!
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She’s not Mrs. Waverly! She’s the spinster housekeeper who pokes her nose in where it doesn’t belong. My Dad hates her. My Dad gets very emotional baout this movie 🙂
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Aw. Ok I think I missed that part.
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How much is Wow? It is between Ouch and Boiiing – i love it!
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THANK GOODNESS, no blackface.
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The word ‘Minstrel’ and the red gloves are already implication enough so I can’t exactly enjoy this number fully because of it
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Do we love Rosemary’s tail, or hate it?
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Seems useless on the dress. Could have maybe had some short red sleeves or something like it instead
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GEORGE CHAKIRIS!!! Future star of West Side Story, one of the back up dancers.
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He was also in ‘Ladies of Rocherfort’ by Jacques Demy! Love his variety!
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So the chorus girls are just there to wear almost no clothes and stand int he background? They aren’t even dancing? This is the easiest job EVER!
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They are dancing again.
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Thank goodness they brought in a ringer dancer so Vera Ellen could really dance.
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I could watch Vera dance all day. She is mesmerizing!
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Chemistry! Chemistry between Bing and Rosemary!
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Haha! Love how that rhymes! XD
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TENSION IS IN THE AIR
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Oooh! I have Rosemary Clooney’s pajamas in two different colors!
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Now I just need the robe.
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Vera’s costumes are top notch! Love all the Chinese Qipao influence on her comfy night and dressing room costumes
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Ready to go “awwww”? I just looked up Rosemary, she was a singing sensation as a teenager, top career for years, and then in 1968 she was campaigning for her good friend Robert Kennedy and witnessed his assassination which sent her into a spiral of depression and mental illness. That’s not the “Aw” part. The “aw” part is that ten years later when she was finally healthy again, her good friend Bing Crosby gave her a job on one of his shows which started her career back. So ever since this movie, Bing was looking out for little Rosemary! He even wrote the introduction to her autobiography in the 80s.
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Aww. That is very sweet.
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Oh, and Miguel Ferrer is her son. Also known as “cool bodyguard who is Julie Andrew’s love interest in the Princess Diaries”.
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The Best Bodyguard. He is one of the best part of those movies!
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Thank goodness, I was sure I wouldn’t be the only one who had that primary memory of him.
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And one of the best part of Pretty Woman! You should watch it just for him!!!
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My Grandma had a crush on his Dad, Jose Ferrer. Because he did the best Cyrano.
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Wait. I just looked Miguel Ferrer up and he is not in Princess Diaries! We were all thinking of Héctor Elizondo who is Julie Andrew’s love interest in Princess Diaries and the Hotel Manager in Pretty Woman.
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NOOOOO! Now I have to find out where I’ve seen Miguel Ferrer.
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Ooo, look at Bing’s little scarf! I think that is his own style that he invented back int he 30s when he was a cool young singer.
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More Clooney family stories: if you watcht he first season of ER, both Rosemary and Miguel Ferrer do appearances. Rosemary hadn’t acted in decades, it was for sure a favor for her nephew George. And even Miguel was above TV spots at that point. I think it’s cute, everyone pulling together so poor George could finally have a hit show.
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What did I tell you? Central emotional relationship is between general and soldiers! So unusual.
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My father, who has been dragged to many MANY arty dance shows by my mother, LOVES this number.
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Danny is my favourite! He is both making fun about pretentious dancers (also French people) and also SO INTO IT even if its for fun
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The muff! The fascinator hat! I can’t decide which I love better.
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Danny and Vera Ellen actually did a ton of movies together. I think he was her first co-star in Hollywood? I never remember that watching this film because they are so much part of a ensemble, but they’ve played brother and sister and love interests and all kinds of things before this.
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Evil housekeeper! Telling rumors that she has no right to know and spreading misinformation!
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ANOTHER GREAT SKIRT! I have to go buy ten million circle skirts once this movie is over.
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Just TELL HIM WHY YOU ARE ANGRY!!!! These’ people are so stupid.
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EXACTLY! Just tell him!
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Oooo, Rosemary’s skirt has pockets!
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Wow. They are back to Mr. Wallace and Ms Haynes!
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I love that open fire grill!
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Is Vera Ellen really believing this, or is it partly a trick to get Danny?
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Danny Kaye is so dense!
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He is adroable
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Comparing a woman to a dog, always a good thing to do!
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And now General Waverly is throwing them a free party. TERRIBLE BUSINESSMAN!
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Just adoring all of these party costumes. Vera’s glittery white dress looks so comfy!
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Rosemary’s dress looks like chair upholstery.
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Vera Ellen has the same terrible hair as Rosemary! It’s spreading!
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Though I think it looks better on her, it has her own curly twist on it and all
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Agreed! I think it somehow looks better on Vera.
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Awwww, Doris found love!
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Danny’s beginning to feel like it’s real, right? Such a cute romance!
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Velvet, looks great on Christmas parties, but after a couple of hours in a warm room it feels a bit too hot
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I love Danny’s jacket. My husband has one that is similar and it looks great!
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Okay, so if I am following this, Danny wouldn’t kiss Vera Ellen until they were fake engaged because he is a Gentleman. But after one kiss, now he is in love and everything is fine. That makes logical sense, right?
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Emotional sense more likely
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It’s like Indian movies. Sex/Kissing makes everything better.
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Just frickin talk to him, Rosemary!!!!
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Rosemary sleeps in lipstick? They both sleep in lipstick?
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I never put on lipstick but I often don’t take off my makeup before sleeping. It’s basically only eyeliner but still.
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YES! TALK TO ONE ANOTHER!!!!
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Rosemary’s COAT!!!!! Those cinched waist coats are so cool looking.
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