Holiday Affair (1950)

Directed by

Don Hartman

Genre

romantic comedy, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young widow and her son meet a department store clerk who disrupts their quiet holiday season. Two men compete for her affection, forcing a decision about love and loyalty.

lightheartedromanticcozybittersweetgentlenostalgicwarm

What happens

Holiday Affair is a 1949 American Christmas romantic comedy film produced and directed by Don Hartman and starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, and Wendell Corey, with Gordon Gebert. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart is based on John D. Weaver's story Christmas Gift, which was also the film's working title. The film allowed Mitchum to briefly depart from his typical roles in film noir, Western films and war films, and his casting was intended to help rehabilitate his image following a notorious marijuana bust. A made-for-television remake, also titled Holiday Affair, was released in 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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