Holiday Inn

August 28th, 2008



Holiday Inn

Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Release Year: 1942
Country: USA
Runtime: 100
Rating: 7.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Mark Sandrich
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
  • Sex. Mayhem. Whatever.
  • A Heterosexual Film by Gregg Araki.
  • Teen is a four-letter word.
  • Sex. Violence. Whatever.
  • Theyre young, over-sexed and completely f***ed

  • Writing by: Irving Berlin - (idea)
    Elmer Rice - (adaptation)
    Claude Binyon - (screenplay)
    Ben Holmes - contributing writer (uncredited)
    Bert Lawrence - contributing writer (uncredited)
    Zion Myers - contributing writer (uncredited)
    Francis Swann - contributing writer (uncredited)

    Produced by: Mark Sandrich - producer

    Cast: Bing Crosby - Jim Hardy
    Fred Astaire - Ted Hanover
    Marjorie Reynolds - Linda Mason
    Virginia Dale - Lila Dixon
    Walter Abel - Danny Reed
    Louise Beavers - Mamie
    Irving Bacon - Gus
    Marek Windheim - François
    James Bell - Dunbar
    John Gallaudet - Parker
    Shelby Bacon - Vanderbilt

    Music: Peter Nashel
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    Plot Outline: Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for...
    Plot: Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jims supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The musics the thing.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Wild Bill Laczko - Transportation

    Goofs: We know about 7 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: The telegram that Ted Hanover receives from Jim Hardy on Christmas Eve is dated December 25th.

    Trivia: There are 15 entries in the trivia list - like these:
    • Marjorie Reynolds singing was dubbed by Martha Mears.
    • The animated Thanksgiving sequence is a topical reference to President Roosevelts failed attempt to change the date of the holiday.
    • The script originally called for a Labor Day dance number, "This Is a Great Country."


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