Was Holiday Inn originally in black and white?

Whether you are watching the original black & white masterpiece, discovering the new color version, or listening to the timeless Irving Berlin soundtrack featuring “White Christmas,” the 3-disc Holiday Inn Collector's Set is the perfect way to enjoy the holiday season!



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In 2004, the American Film Institute listed White Christmas at No. 5 in its 100 Years... 100 Songs. A colorized version of Holiday Inn was released by Universal on October 14, 2008.

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Holiday Inn was (loosely) remade in color as “White Christmas” in 1954. Bing Crosby starred in the remake, but Fred Astaire chose not to reprise his role (apparently he was fed up of always playing the loser), and it was taken by Danny Kaye instead.

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That famous holiday tune dates back to 1942 — more than a decade before this movie. Crosby first sang “White Christmas” in the movie “Holiday Inn” and again in the 1946 film “Blue Skies.”

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Description. A custom-made full-length fitted evening gown of nude souffle. The gown is constructed of a fitted bodice and full-length sleeves and entirely beaded with minute gold bugle beads and ornamented with a band of rhinestones at neckline.

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The Connecticut inn set for this film was reused by Paramount 12 years later as a Vermont inn for the musical White Christmas (1954), also starring Bing Crosby, and again with songs composed by Irving Berlin.

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Moon performed this stunt in order to celebrate his 21st birthday. The Holiday Inn staff, however, were less impressed by his car show than the other guests. As a result, all of the band members were banned for life from all branches of the Holiday Inn chain.

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In 2007, the Holiday Inn parent company Intercontinental Hotel Groups announced a rebranding of their properties. Their hotels were getting refreshed from top to bottom, and they needed help creating a section on their site to explain the new brand experience.

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It helped that the chain also had a catchy name, credited to the brand's architect Eddie Bluestein, who inscribed “Holiday Inn” onto his design sketches of the first Memphis-based motel. Bluestein was inspired by the 1942 movie musical of the same name starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

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Marriott owns Sheraton, Fairfield, and The Ritz-Carlton; Hilton owns Curio, DoubleTree and Hampton; Intercontinental owns Iberostar, Holiday Inn and Hotel Indigo; the ink is hardly dry on Choice Hotels' $675 million takeover of Radisson Hotel Americas – and that's just for starters.

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Founder of Holiday Inns Kemmons Wilson entered the hotel industry by opening his first Holiday Inn on August 1, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee. He revolutionized the industry by allowing children to stay for free and providing swimming pools, air conditioning, free cribs, telephones, television, ice and free parking.

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Ageless Love. Crosby's love interest in the movie, Rosemary Clooney, was 26; he was 51.

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