White Christmas (film) but it was not used in the final film. Their recording of the song survives, however, and can be found on the Bear Family Records 7-CD set called "Come On-A My House". "White Christmas" was intended to reunite Crosby and Fred Astaire for their third Irving Berlin showcase musical. Crosby and Astaire had previously co-starred in "Holiday Inn" (1942) – where the song "White Christmas" first appeared – and "Blue Skies" (1946). Astaire declined the project after reading the script and asked to be released from his contract with Paramount. Crosby also left the project shortly thereafter, to spend more
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) who had first seen him on-screen in the film identify him most strongly with this role. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" received positive reviews from critics, was the second highest-grossing film of the year (behind "White Christmas"), earning $8 million in box office attendance in North America and has become a notable classic film of the Disney corporation. Modern-day film critic Steve Biodrowski said that the film is "far superior to the majority of genre efforts from the period (or any period, for that matter), with production design and technical effects that have dated hardly at all." Biodrowski also added