Holiday Inn

1942
Approved
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

18K

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Holiday Comedy Holiday Romance Comedy Drama Holiday Music Musical Romance

At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

18K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,970

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Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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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

Marek Windheim

François

James Bell

Dunbar

John Gallaudet

Parker

Shelby Bacon

Vanderbilt

Joan Arnold

Daphne

Bob Crosby Orchestra

Orchestra
(as Bob Crosby's Band)

Edward Arnold Jr.

Second Dancer Ted Bumps Into
(uncredited)

Loretta Barnett

Dancer
(uncredited)

Muriel Barr

Dancer
(uncredited)

Harry Barris

Midnight Club Orchestra Leader
(uncredited)

Patsy Bedell

Dancer
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The Connecticut inn set for this film was reused by Paramount 12 years later as a Vermont inn for the musical White Christmas (1954), also starring Bing Crosby, and again with songs composed by Irving Berlin.

Goofs
The telegram that Ted Hanover receives from Jim Hardy on Christmas Eve is dated December 25th.

Quotes
Linda Mason: My father was a lot like you, just a man with a family. Never amounted to much, didn't care. But as long as he was alive, we always had plenty to eat and clothes to keep us warm.
Jim Hardy: Were you happy?
Linda Mason: Yes.
Jim Hardy: Then your father was a very successful man.

Crazy credits
In the opening titles the main credits for Irving Berlin as composer and lyricist, and Mark Sandrich as producer and director, are each facsimiles of their genuine signatures.

Alternate versions
In 2008, the film was restored and colorized by Legend Films.

Connections
Featured in Concept (1964)

Soundtracks
I'll Capture Your Heart Singing
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Played by the Bob Crosby Orchestra
Performed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and Virginia Dale at the nightclub
Reprised at the end at the Holiday Inn with these three and Marjorie Reynolds

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Featured review

7/10

Stylish, funny romantic musical

They don't get much better than this: Astaire with the drop dead dancing cool, and Crosby with the honey crooning, both competing for the same gal. Crosby decides to let it all go and settle in the country, then on a whim realizes he can open his country house as a club open on holidays only. The girl he ends up drafting for the floor shows ends up being the love of his life, and the dancing partner Astaire has always been searching for.

Astaire, Crosby, and Reynolds have great chemistry together: I thought it quite convincing how Crosby's overprotective zeal scared Reynolds away for a while, and Astaire was very cool and believable as a kind of an inoffensive opportunist who exploits Crosby's passionate responses to whatever threat he perceives in Astaire.

Top it off with many of Irving Berlin's best classic tunes, performed in interesting interpretations, and you have a very good musical film.