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
White Christmas (song) 1963's, "The Andy Williams Christmas Album", where it reached No. 1 on "Billboard"s special, year-end, weekly Christmas Singles chart. It was released in 1968 as a posthumous single from Otis Redding, and reached No. 12 on the Christmas Singles chart In 1980, Darts's version peaked at No. 48 on the UK singles chart. Michael Bolton performed it on his 1992 non-holiday album, "", where it peaked at No. 73 on "Billboard"s Hot 100 Airplay chart in January 1993. Garth Brooks version included on his first holiday album, "Beyond the Season", peaked at No. 70 on "Billboard"s Hot Country Singles &