Holiday Inn

This Irving Berlin musical boasts the teaming of Bing Crosby who sings and Fred Astaire who dances and they both seem to always go after the same girl. It's also the film that introduced the song, "White Christmas" which has since become a perennial classic. It's not a great musical, nor is it distinctly a Christmas movie, though that's what it's most commonly associated with. It's a likeable enough film, but not really a good one. There's even one musical number done in "black face" which isn't particularly offensive (it certainly isn't meant to be), but it certainly wouldn't go over well today. I'm in no hurry to make this one of my holiday regulars.