It wasn't easy to find. I first saw reference to it in the Rosemary Clooney
box set that recently came out, in which she sings songs from White
Christmas, including that one. A little sleuthing uncovered that it was cut
from the movie (I believe this can be read at Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(film)
scroll down to the section called "Songs" and check the notes under the song
listing where it talks of Berlin.). I then found out that the song was on a
"Get Archives" album called White Christmas that was released in the late
90's, I believe. As additional tracks, it also includes some rare Bing
Crosby songs and poetry as well.

I don't know for sure why it was cut from the movie. I assume they decided
to get to the scene with the general as soon as possible, as it sets up much
of the rest of the movie. I have no idea, unfortunately, if any footage
still exists.

At any rate, enjoy. Thought it would make a good Christmas present for this
list!

Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: "phoenixbe" <X-Or@...>
To: <dannykaye@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:43 PM
Subject: [dannykaye] Re: White Christmas


Wow , THX Dan , nice one !
Where did you find it ?
Do you know why this was cut out of the movie ?
Does the footage still exist ?

I recently bought the HMV exclusive 'White Christmas"
DVD box set . It carries the DVD , the soundtrack ,
some exclusive postcards and a scriptbook .
A nice package for a very cheap price ... :o)

Eric


--- In dannykaye@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel E Harden"
<danieleharden@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Eric.
>
> Now here's my contribution. This is a hard-to-find song that I got
hold of
> recently. This song was the one song that was cut out of the movie
White
> Christmas. It actually is a song at the beginning of the movie
that Bing
> and Danny did on stage in their Christmas performance during the
war, before
> Bing sings White Christmas to the servicemen. The song is called
Santa
> Claus.
>
> "cut" White Christmas song with Bing and Danny, called "Santa
Claus":
>
> http://sharebee.com/ff38aee7
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Dan