Holiday Inn

19421942
PassedPassed
1h 40min

7.4/10

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.

7.4/10

14K

Directors
- Mark Sandrich
- Robert Allen(animation sequences)
Writers
- Claude Binyon(screenplay)
- Elmer Rice(adaptation)
- Irving Berlin(based on an idea by)
Stars

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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, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)

Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)

Bing Crosby and Louise Beavers in Holiday Inn (1942)

Directors
- Mark Sandrich
- Robert Allen(animation sequences) (uncredited)
Writers
- Claude Binyon(screenplay)
- Elmer Rice(adaptation)
- Irving Berlin(based on an idea by)
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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. —Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>

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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: Episode dated 10 November 1970 (1970)

Soundtracks
I'll Capture Your Heart Singing
(1942) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics 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 with these three and Marjorie Reynolds

Top review

A wonderful film!

I am most certainly under 70 and I absolutely adore this movie! Fred and Bing are great together. The songs are some of Irving Berlin's best. With Bing's voice together with Fred's dancing...it is a first class classic! My sister & I always looked forward to watching this at the holiday season.

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