The Music Plays On — Irving Berlin White Christmas

Bing Crosby singing for the troops in 1944

Most people today associate the song White Christmas with the 1954 eponymous hit film, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it was also the first film to be filmed in VistaVision, a technique developed by Paramount Pictures that doubled the surface area on 35mm film, creating far superior prints. It was the top grossing film of 1954 and it still…

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Music Director of the California Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic

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Donato Cabrera

Music Director of the California Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic