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Release Date:
15 June 1938 (USA)
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So daring -- so tender -- so human -- so true -- that everyone in love will want to see it! more
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Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. When her family, with...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Holiday Movies: What's on Tonight? (12/6/09)
(From ReelzChannel. 5 December 2009, 6:04 PM, PST)
Jacques Tati and French film comedy
(From The Guardian - Film News. 4 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
(From ReelzChannel. 5 December 2009, 6:04 PM, PST)
Jacques Tati and French film comedy
(From The Guardian - Film News. 4 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
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A playful look at wealth and its obligations....
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Katharine Hepburn | ... | Linda Seton |
 | Cary Grant | ... | John 'Johnny' Case |
 | Doris Nolan | ... | Julia Seton |
| Lew Ayres | ... | Edward 'Ned' Seton |
 | Edward Everett Horton | ... | Professor Nick Potter |
| Henry Kolker | ... | Edward Seton |
| Binnie Barnes | ... | Mrs. Laura 'The Witch' Cram |
| Jean Dixon | ... | Mrs. Susan Elliott Potter |
| Henry Daniell | ... | Seton 'Dopey' Cram |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Harry Allen | ... | Scotchman (scenes deleted) |
| Frank Benson | ... | Scotchman (scenes deleted) |
| Aileen Carlyle | ... | Farm Girl (scenes deleted) |
| Edward Cooper | ... | Scotchman (scenes deleted) |
| Robert Hale | ... | Scotchman (scenes deleted) |
| Margaret McWade | ... | Farmer's Wife (scenes deleted) |
| Frank Shannon | ... | Farmer (scenes deleted) |
| Charles Trowbridge | ... | Banker (scenes deleted) |
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95 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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South Korea:12 |
Australia:G |
Finland:S |
Germany:o.Al. |
Portugal:M/6 |
UK:U |
USA:Approved (PCA #4269)
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Eighteen months before Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind (1939), Katharine Hepburn says "damned" in a Production Code-approved Hollywood movie. The occurrence isn't gratuitous: She's recounting her experience in amateur theatrics and, in camp style, performs a fragment of Lady MacBeth's "Out damned spot" sleepwalking line from Shakespeare.
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Continuity: When Katherine Hepburn decides to come downstairs to join the New Year's Eve party, her hairstyle in the scene when she begins her descent changes in the next scene as she is descending the stairs.
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Linda Seton:
For the love of Pete... it's the witch and Dopey!
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Referenced in Delphinsommer (2004) (TV)
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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A Note Regarding SpoilersIs "Holiday" based on a book?
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Wit, insight, deft characterization, family misery, and social commentary all play a part in Holiday. The acting and script are superb -- all the characters are sympathetically drawn and interact in the foreground, while wealth and its "privileges" form the background.
Is love a social obligation? Or does it spring from sheer affinity? Should the acquisition of wealth be the summum bonum of experience -- or happen accidently, as the result of hard and honest work? These are the questions that will tease you, as you enjoy the gleaming intelligence of Katherine Hepburn and the polished insouciance of Cary Grant. Both are in top form!!!
What stands out in my recollection of this film is the theme of play. The stars are playful; they get acquainted among the toys in a playroom. The plot revolves around a holiday -- a chance for adults to play. There are plays on words. The Play is the Thing. Holiday is ultimately about the importance of play, in all its connotations: flexibility, acting out, silly behavior, continuous learning, freedom to be.
It is okay for adults to play sometimes, or do adults need "permission" to play?