Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong and Gene Kelly

2 Degrees

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney
in "Mandy, the Minstrel Number" from
White Christmas

Danny Kay to Rosemary Clooney to John Paul II

See the post on Bing Crosby to find Rosemary's connection to Pope John Paul II.  Rosemary Clooney was connected to Danny Kaye through the film White Christmas.  Here's one of the numbers from that film.  Rosemary Clooney is seated by the window on the left as your watch this clip.

Danny gives an extra degree to Louis Armstrong and Gene Kelley who are thus...

 3 degrees from Pope John Paul II.

Click to see "Make 'em laugh," the most awesome routine in the history of musicals on film.  Danny Kaye gets Gene Kelly and Louis Armstrong a degree closer to Pope John Paul II!  We're not only in the month of fools, but the month of April showers.  Why not sing in the rain?  Enjoy!

Bing Crosby

2 Degrees

A story in pictures and glorious video.

Rosemary Clooney starred with
Bing Crosby in the movie.
Here they are in a still shot from the
movie.  Costumes by Edith Head,
they are divine!

Dante DiPaulo was a dancer and choreographer on White Christmas and dozens of other films.  He and Rosemary had a romance that spanned decades.  Horrible events in Rosemary's life led her into a deep depression.  When the depression lifted, there were the open arms of Dante ready to hold her.

Rosemary and her husband Dante DiPaolo at their November 1997
wedding.  They married after a 50 year courtship.  Rosemary certainly did
"count her blessings" after that bout of depression lifted.  

DiPaolo and Clooney went on their honeymoon to Rome and had an audience
with this fellow.  Read all about it on Rosemary's site here.