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The Devil's Holiday

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  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
207
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POPULARITY
69,844
4,306
Nancy Carroll in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
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A savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart.A savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart.A savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
207
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
69,844
4,306
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Edmund Goulding
    • Writer
      • Edmund Goulding(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Nancy Carroll
      • Phillips Holmes
      • James Kirkwood
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Edmund Goulding
    • Writer
      • Edmund Goulding(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Nancy Carroll
      • Phillips Holmes
      • James Kirkwood
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    • 9User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll and Morgan Farley in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll and Ned Sparks in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll and Ned Sparks in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll in The Devil's Holiday (1930)
    Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, and Jed Prouty in The Devil's Holiday (1930)

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    Nancy Carroll
    Nancy Carroll
    • Hallie Hobart
    Phillips Holmes
    Phillips Holmes
    • David Stone
    James Kirkwood
    James Kirkwood
    • Mark Stone
    Hobart Bosworth
    Hobart Bosworth
    • Ezra Stone
    Paul Lukas
    Paul Lukas
    • Doctor Reynolds
    Ned Sparks
    Ned Sparks
    • Charlie Thorne
    Morgan Farley
    Morgan Farley
    • Monkey McConnell
    Jed Prouty
    Jed Prouty
    • Kent Carr
    Guy Oliver
    Guy Oliver
    • Hammond
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    • Ethel
    Wade Boteler
    Wade Boteler
    • House Detective
    Morton Downey
    Morton Downey
    • Freddie
    Laura La Varnie
    Laura La Varnie
    • Madame Bernstein
    • (as Laura Le Vernie)
    Jessie Pringle
    • Aunt Betty
    Jimmy Aubrey
    Jimmy Aubrey
    • Drunk
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edmund Goulding
    • Writer
      • Edmund Goulding(screenplay) (story)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Features Nancy Carroll's only Oscar nominated performance.
    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of En kvinnas morgondag (1931)
    • Soundtracks
      You Are a Song
      Lyrics by Leo Robin

      Music by Edmund Goulding

    User reviews9

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    Top review
    6/10
    Nothing memorable
    Yesterday night I watched 'The Devil's Holiday'. It says a lot about the quality of the film that this morning I am struggling to remember enough of it to jot down a few brief impressions. Nancy Carroll definitely looks nice and plays (mostly) well, at least she is putting in a lot of effort. Hobart Bosworth (who plays the father of the man she marries) and James Kirkwood (the older brother) are likewise doing well. I found Phillip Holmes (as Carroll's husband) annoying: He is overacting and all in all unconvincing. The storyline is alright, but director Edmund Goulding wastes several chances for making more of the plot and giving it some wit and sparkle. The dialogues are somwhere between uninspired and awful - awful especially toward the end of the film, which has an irritating sickly-sentimental quality that I found offputting. All in all nothing memorable, I am afraid.
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    • Philipp_Flersheim
    • May 26, 2022

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Diabelskie wakacje
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.20 : 1

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