Holiday Inn (1942)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Mark Sandrich

Escritores:

Irving Berlin (idea)
Elmer Rice (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

4 abril 1943 (Sweden)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for...

Plot Keywords:

Holiday | Inn | Christmas | Dance | Minstrel Show

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Holiday Inn - Truly Classic

Reparto

Bing Crosby	...	Jim Hardy
Fred Astaire	...	Ted Hanover
Marjorie Reynolds	...	Linda Mason
Virginia Dale	...	Lila Dixon
Walter Abel	...	Danny Reed
Louise Beavers	...	Mamie
Irving Bacon	...	Gus
Marek Windheim	...	François
James Bell	...	Dunbar
John Gallaudet	...	Parker
Shelby Bacon	...	Vanderbilt
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Joan Arnold	...	Daphne

Duración:

100 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Australia:G

Locaciones de Filmación:

Holiday Inn, Monte Rio, California, USA

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

For the "drunk" dance, Fred Astaire had two drinks of bourbon before the first take and one before each succeeding take. The seventh (last) take was used in the film.

Errores:

Continuidad: Jim leaves his jacket in Ted's room before the first wedding. Although he doesn't pick it up, he has it when he goes into the studio.

Citas:

Lila Dixon: [about Jim] He gets a look.
Ted Hanover: He always has that look! It doesn't mean anything emotionally. It has something to do with his... liver.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en A Hollywood Christmas (1996) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

You're Easy to Dance With

Holiday Inn - Truly Classic

I always feel that a true classic is either a film or a song that within a few feet of film or a few bars of a tune, you know exactly what the song or film is and in most cases the cast or artist who was involved with it.

This film, in my opinion, is no exception. The casting of this film (Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy and Fred Astaire as Ted Hanover) is pure genius. Both stars were really at their professional peaks at the time and they show it in this movie musical.

Both Marjorie Reynolds as Linda Mason and Virginia Dale as Lila Dixon were not as well known, but I feel they both more than proved themselves in holding their own against the talents of Astaire & Crosby.

The supporting cast were fine too. Louise Beavers as well as Walter Abel gave some comedic relief in their roles as Mamie & as Danny Reid.

The firecracker dance sequence with Astaire is well worth the price of admission alone! I also enjoyed the dancing sequence between Astaire & Dale during the "Your Easy to Dance With" number and between Astaire & Reynolds during the "Be Careful Its My Heart" number.

Truly a wonderful film despite the controversy surrounding the "Abraham" black face routine.

When I first saw this film, I never thought about it as being filmed to offend anyone, I just considered it was the only way to explain in the plot why Ted & Danny don't recognize Linda since Jim has been hiding her from them. I have never changed my feelings on this and still feel the same way some 35 years later after my original viewing.