Holiday Inn (1942)

Directed by

Mark Sandrich

Genre

musical film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 226 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A song-and-dance man wants to retire from show business. He opens a hotel that only operates on holidays. The movie follows his romantic troubles and his rivalry with a fellow performer.

feel-goodlightheartedromanticwhimsicalbouncynostalgiccheerfuleasygoingclassic

What happens

Holiday Inn is a 1942 American Christmas musical comedy-drama film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel. It was directed by Mark Sandrich with music by Irving Berlin. The composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas". The film features a complete reuse of the song "Easter Parade", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue As Thousands Cheer and used as a highlight of the 1948 film Easter Parade, starring Astaire and Judy Garland. The film's choreography was by Danny Dare. The film received a 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song (Berlin's "White Christmas"), as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Robert Emmett Dolan) and Best Original Story (Irving Berlin). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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