After leaving the Army after W.W.II, Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful girls, the Haynes sisters, Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy (Vera-Ellen), who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly (Dean Jagger), is the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.
Trivia Question for Today: Danny Kaye was a last-minute replacement for Phil Davis in White Christmas. Who was originally cast to play this part?
Trivia Answer for Previous Post: In The Bishop's Wife, there was a change in the cast part way through the filming. Cary Grant was originally cast as the bishop and David Niven was cast as the angel. When original director William A. Seiter left the film, Henry Koster replaced him and viewed what had been shot so far. He realized that the two were in the wrong roles. It took some convincing because Grant wanted the title role of the Bishop. He soon accepted the change and his role as the angel was one of the most widely praised of his career.
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