The Danny Kaye Show

Stories, rare images, and other curiosities beyond the amazing material in the amazing book "Danny Kaye: King of Jesters"

Monday, December 24, 2012

The Twelve Days of “White Christmas”... Number 1. And a Snowstorm on the Cutting Room Floor

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Okay, it’s time to wrap this series up and go unwrap some presents! So, let’s finish by looking at what was supposed to be the final sho...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

The Twelve Days of “White Christmas”... Number 2. Two Trademark Tunes

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Early drafts of White Christmas began on the theater circuit, at a performance of song-and-dance team Wallace and Davis. It was producer...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Twelve Days of “White Christmas”... Number 3. Eight from the Trunk

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Considering White Christmas: The Motion Picture was based on a song Irving Berlin had written more then a decade earlier for another mo...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

The Twelve Days of “White Christmas”... Number 4. Do You Have a “White Christmas” TV Under Your Tree?

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For as long as I can remember, movies have been projected on screens nearly twice as wide as they are deep, unlike television shows, whi...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Twelve Days of “White Christmas”... Number 5. Five Illustrated Clooneys

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A flood wall painting in Maysville, Ky., features five images of Rosemary Clooney, including  (lower right)  the leads of her most famo...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The Twelve Days of “White Christmas”... Number 6. One Big Fat Contract

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Danny Kaye really had no interest in appearing in White Christmas . He simply did not care for supporting roles. A few years earlier, he...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Twelve Days of “White Christmas”… Number 7. Six Names a-Changin’

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Rosemary Clooney's character and her nightclub both got name changes. After each screenplay draft of White Christmas w...
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