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Holiday Inn

  • 1942
  • Passed
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
16K
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Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Virginia Dale, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)
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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.

  • Directors
    • Mark Sandrich
    • Robert Allen
  • Writers
    • Claude Binyon
    • Elmer Rice
    • Irving Berlin
  • Stars
    • Bing Crosby
    • Fred Astaire
    • Marjorie Reynolds
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    16K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Mark Sandrich
      • Robert Allen
    • Writers
      • Claude Binyon
      • Elmer Rice
      • Irving Berlin
    • Stars
      • Bing Crosby
      • Fred Astaire
      • Marjorie Reynolds
    • 145User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Virginia Dale, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Virginia Dale, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Virginia Dale, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire in Holiday Inn (1942)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)

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    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Jim Hardy
    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Ted Hanover
    Marjorie Reynolds
    Marjorie Reynolds
    • Linda Mason
    Virginia Dale
    Virginia Dale
    • Lila Dixon
    Walter Abel
    Walter Abel
    • Danny Reed
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • Mamie
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Gus
    Marek Windheim
    • François
    James Bell
    James Bell
    • Dunbar
    John Gallaudet
    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
    Harry Barris
    • Midnight Club Orchestra Leader
    • (uncredited)
    Patsy Bedell
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Mark Sandrich
      • Robert Allen(animation sequences) (uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Claude Binyon(screen play by)
      • Elmer Rice(adaptation by)
      • Irving Berlin(based on an idea by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      When Irving Berlin won an Oscar for his song "White Christmas" from this movie, he became the first artist to present himself with an Academy Award.
    • 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.

    • Alternate versions
      In 2008, the film was restored and colorized by Legend Films.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Dick Cavett Show: Fred Astaire (1970)
    • 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

    User reviews145

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    The World as it was in 1942
    It is amazing how much the world has changed in the last 58 years. 58 years? Yes!

    Reviewers who fault this movie for it's patriotism and display of martial force in the midst of a "holiday" movie are obviously too young to know what the world was like when this was made. It was a time of greater innocence, greater danger and greater racial discrimination. The innocence was that of the children and the general public who could take a "standard Hollywood plot" at face value. It was a time of danger, not necessarily from within society itself (as now when crime makes streets unsafe) but from the outside with dictators killing millions while they battle for world domination. Those tanks and planes WERE freedom. Without them we would be yelling "Seig Heil" today and would not have the right to critique a simple movie. The State would have made it for you and "you Will like it"!

    As the "black face" routine was showing I turned to my family and said that I was sure that despite the "classic" status of this film there were probably a lot of people wincing as they watched Bing Crosby with burnt cork all over him.

    I'm sure that before he died Bing too winced a little bit at that number, but taken in the context of history it was to be expected. Al Jolson made a career of blackface and never regretted it for a minute. Most of the American population accepted that that's "the way it is". Only in the last 40 years have we learned that's NOT the way it is.

    Things change and it's understandable that after almost 60 years certain depictions of society as it existed then would be out of place today. 20 years ago the movie was popular but the music was certainly out of style. With the resurgence of the "big band sound" in the last 5-10 years people are noticing that Bob Crosby and the Bobcats were participants. No doubt a certain amount of nepotism existed, but Bob Crosby was not Billy Carter to Bing's Jimmy Carter. (Anyone under 20 can now run and look up Jimmy and Billy Carter.) Bob Crosby achieved a certain amount of star status with some of his recordings. He had 4 chart topping hits and led bands for almost 50 years. He was always eclipsed by his older brother, but then Bing Crosby was THE biggest star of that time, at least among singers.

    Bob's music was a Dixieland style and it lent a lightness to the big band orchestrations of Irving Berlin's songs that might have otherwise made the music ponderous, too much so for this light comedy at least.

    Remember, finally that when Holiday Inn came out we were losing WW2. The Pacific was a Japanese ocean, the Atlantic was virtually controlled by German U-Boats and Allied ships were being sunk within sight of American cities. The Axis also controlled all of Europe and the Russians were being rolled back into their own homeland.

    Holiday Inn was escapist entertainment from this bleak reality and it is understandable if some martial patriotism was included to hearten the home front.

    For 90% of the U.S., snow at Christmas is the exception rather than the rule, but the emotions expressed by the song White Christmas hit exactly the feelings of millions of soldiers taken from their homes to fight a war. If Holiday Inn did nothing else, it gave Americans something to believe in and remember when things were at their darkest.

    "May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be White."
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    • Dec 25, 2000

    FAQ4

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn
    • Filming locations
      • Monte Rio, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $3,200,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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