The “White Christmas” set was a well-liked one for guests, with celebrities and even royalty stopping by to soak up the musical spectacle that was happening. Nonetheless, this grew to become a little bit of an inconvenience for forged and crew, particularly when it got here to the finale. Within the documentary brief “‘White Christmas’: A Look Again with Rosemary Clooney,” she mentioned how a shock go to from royalty required director Michael Curtiz to reset and reshoot the complete sequence once more. But it surely would not really be filmed. Clooney recalled:
“We had completed it, ? It was within the can. The finale was completed, and it was big and cumbersome. After which ‘Might All Your Christmases Be White’ had been mentioned, and that was earlier than lunch. And so simply as he – earlier than he dismissed us for lunch, Mike Curtiz mentioned, ‘Now the King and Queen of Greece are coming to go to the set, and I wish to faux that we’re taking pictures this over once more.’ And we have been going to faux to shoot this entire factor over once more, as a result of it is great. It is the tip. It’s going to be one thing great for them to recollect.”
Contemplating how visually impactful the finale scene is in “White Christmas,” who can blame Curtiz or the studio for prompting reshoots to occur. Curtiz and the crew pretending to reshoot the ultimate scene was a smart move. What had already been wrapped would not be compromised and cash was saved by not losing movie. However not everybody was gung-ho concerning the reshoot.
