Reply #12: No, not a remake [View All]

In Holiday Inn, the Bing Crosby character is buying an inn in Vermont (I think) and is going to open it only for holidays. And that's where you had all of those beautiful songs. Fred Astaire is his former partner in a cabaret act who is in the habit of stealing any woman after which the Crosby character longs.

The woman that he loves, who sings in all the performances is then being whisked to Hollywood to start in a "White Christmas" movie and the Fred Astaire character is ready to marry her, even though she loves Crosby.

Crosby does go to Hollywood, manages to sneak into the stage where the last scene is being filmed and get the girl. sniff sniff.

In White Christmas, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye are old buddies with their own cabaret show, again. They hear that their former commander who is having an inn is hurting and are planning to get their former unit to celebrate Christmas there, and are planning to broadcast their show live from the inn to promote it. There are some misunderstanding and a way to help the old general without it appears as charity.

Rosemary Clooney - the late aunt of George, and Vera Allen provide the two female voices for the quartet.

Both are great movies and both with Bing Crosby but they are not remake of each other.