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Holiday Inn (1942)

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

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Complete credited cast:
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Jim Hardy
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Ted Hanover
Marjorie Reynolds ...
Linda Mason
Virginia Dale ...
Lila Dixon
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Danny Reed
Louise Beavers ...
Mamie
Irving Bacon ...
Gus
Marek Windheim ...
François
James Bell ...
Dunbar
John Gallaudet ...
Parker
Shelby Bacon ...
Vanderbilt
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan Arnold ...
Daphne
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra ...
Themselves
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Storyline

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. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The music's the thing. Written by Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>

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holiday | inn | christmas | dance | tap dance | See more »


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26 November 1942 (Mexico)  »

Also Known As:

15 Dias de Prazer  »

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$3,200,000 (estimated)
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(Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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1.37 : 1
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Bing Crosby's original "Rhythm Boys" partner Harry Barris plays the orchestra leader in the nightclub scenes. See more »

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

Quotes

Linda Mason: You better go inside, it's cold and you don't have a coat...
[gently pushes him]
Linda Mason: Go on.
Jim Hardy: [kisses her, moves back] Well I don't need a coat anymore.
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Soundtracks

"I Can't Tell a Lie"
(1942)
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Played by the Bob Crosby Orchestra and sung at the Holiday Inn by Fred Astaire and danced by Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds on Washington's Birthday
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Stylish, funny romantic musical
3 August 2003 | by (Oakland CA) – See all my reviews

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.


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