Holiday Inn (film) Holiday Inn (film) Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. With music by Irving Berlin, the composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas". The film features a complete reuse of the song "Easter Parade", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue "As Thousands Cheer". The film's choreography was by Danny Dare. The film received a 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song (Irving Berlin for "White Christmas"), as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Robert Emmett Dolan) and
Someday at Christmas first appeared on the various artists CD collection, "Christmas in the City"). The title track was covered by The Jackson 5 for "The Jackson 5 Christmas Album" (1970), The Temptations for "The Temptations Christmas Card" (1970), Diana Ross for her "A Very Special Season" album (1994), Mary J. Blige (2000), Jack Johnson for the album "This Warm December" (2008), Pearl Jam for their 2004 holiday single and Justin Bieber covered the song at the White House. The band Remy Zero also covered the song which is featured on their 2001 EP release "A Searchers EP". Diana Ross performed the song