A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general. /// As in Holiday Inn, musicians bring Irving Berlin's lyrics to a New England lodge, this time in Vermont. (The story is not a remake, however.)
Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1961)
Tinseltown's famous parade of stars down Hollywood Boulevard, circling back along Sunset Boulevard, takes place yearly on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, a tradition since 1928. That was the year Hollywood merchants transformed a one-mile stretch of Hollywood Boulevard into "Santa Claus Lane" as a marketing ploy. It worked and what was originally called the Santa Claus Lane Parade was born. The Parade was suspended from 1942 to 1944 out of respect for our troops fghting World War II but returned the first Christmas after war's end in 1945 to record attendance. Celebrities among its participants include Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid Duncan Renaldo, Ty Hardin, Clint Eastwood and the Rawhide cast (westerns were all the rage on TV and in movies in 1960), Soupy Sales, Ray Corrigan with the Corriganville truck and trailer and many more celebrities like Don DeFore, Bozo, and Pinky the Rollerskating Donkey.
Korean Kittens sing 'What'd I Say'. Vic Damone sings 'More' and 'Strangers in the Night' for wounded soldier. Bob Hope and Joey Heatherton do a song and dance. Joey sings Spanish Flea. Billy Graham gives pep talk to soldiers. Diane Shelton does acrobatic act. Appearances by Johnny Grant, Diane McBain. Tippi Hedren makes a short appearance. Skit with girls protesting Hope's treatment of them. Anita Bryant sings 'Silent Night'. Troupe visits wounded. Hope asks General Leo Wald why we must win. Other participants are Rita Feria (Miss World), Les Brown and his Band of Reknown, Phyllis Diller.
It's about the Christmas celebrations in Hollywood and the company "Dr. Christmas" that does favors for celebrities, like delivering tons of snow and decorating the Hilton's home with Christmas decorations, Christmas tree etc.
