No song evokes holiday season nostalgia like 'White Christmas.' With more than 100 million copies sold, Bing Crosby is almost as synonymous with Christmas as Santa. But the star of such film classics as Holiday Inn (1942) and White Christmas (1954) didn't make the first of his seasonal television specials until 1961 ... all major productions available for
the first time since their original broadcast. In this two-DVD/one-CD collector s set, enjoy four of these glittering holiday extravaganzas (1961-1977), carefully restored from the original masters. In what became a family affair with wife Kathryn and children Harry, Nathaniel and Mary Frances Crosby is also joined by a musical who s who, including Bob Hope, Robert Goulet, Mary Martin, Andre Previn, opera star Mary Costa, Terry Thomas, Ron Moody, David Bowie and more.
Bonus CD - Selections from the Bing Crosby Archive series (Collectors Choice Music), including 'Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town,' 'Jingle Bells,'
'Silent Night' and 'Peace On Earth /
The Little Drummer Boy,' a duet with
David Bowie. Also several otherwise
unavailable tracks, including a
'White Christmas' duet with Ella
Fitzgerald and rare alternate takes of
'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer'
'Sleigh Ride' and 'The Christmas Song.'
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 5.58 ounces
- Media Format : NTSC
- Run time : 4 hours and 28 minutes
- Release date : November 16, 2010
- Actors : Bing Crosby, Kathryn Crosby, Bob Hope, Robert Goulet, Mary Martin
- Studio : Infinity Entertainment/Hepcat
- Number of discs : 3
