In the 1942 film Holiday Inn, which song was first performed on screen by Bing Crosby?

“White Christmas” was first performed on screen by Bing Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.

Crosby sings the song in the film as Jim Hardy, a performer who runs a Connecticut inn open only on holidays. Irving Berlin wrote the song, and its simple melody and nostalgic lyrics quickly made it one of the most successful Christmas standards ever recorded.

The film also stars Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds. Crosby's recording became a huge wartime-era hit, resonating with listeners during a period when many people were separated from home and family.

“White Christmas” is sometimes associated primarily with the later 1954 film of the same name. However, its film debut came earlier, in Holiday Inn, and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1942.