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White Christmas (1954)

★ 7.2 · 577 ratings on TMDB

THE MOST FABULOUS MUSIC-AND-MIRTH SHOW IN MOTION PICTURE HISTORY!

White Christmas poster★ 7.2

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

DirectorMichael Curtiz
CastAnne Whitfield, Bea Allen, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Frank Baker
GenresComedy, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

White Christmas keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing love, family, tradition, war, media.

zero-distanceUSlovefamilytraditionwarmedia
Also inFilms about warFilms about loveFilms about family
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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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