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
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (1993), "Donnie Brasco" (1997), "Almost Famous" (2000), "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" (2016) and "The Fate of the Furious" (2017). The Chipmunks performed a smooth jazz version of the song with Kenny G on the saxophone for their 1994 album "A Very Merry Chipmunk". They also performed a duet version with Jaci Velasquez for her 2001 album "Christmas" in which Alvin tries to flirt with Jaci in Spanish and changes the lyric "I want a hula hoop" to "I want a date with you." On a Christmas episode of "The King of Queens", the character Doug Heffernan says it's his favorite Christmas