Holiday Inn [75th Anniversary Edition] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Mark Sandrich Mark Sandrich

Overview

In this film, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star as a popular nightclub song-and-dance team. When his heart is broken, Crosby decides to retire from the hustle-bustle of big-city showbiz. He turns a rustic New England farm into an inn, which he opens to the public only on holidays.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/24/2017
UPC:	0191329036716
Original Release:	1942
Rating:	NR
Source:	Universal Studios
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00

Special Features

A Couple of Song-and-Dance Men: An intimate retrospective of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire featuring an interview with Ava Astaire McKenzie; All-Singing, All-Dancing: Experience the making of the unforgettable song and dance numbers; Coloring a Classic: Learn how the film was color-designed to transform the black-and-white classic; Feature Commentary by Film Historian Ken Barnes, including Archive Audio Commentaries from Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and John cott Trotter; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bing Crosby	Jim Hardy
Fred Astaire	Ted Hanover
Marjorie Reynolds	Linda
Virginia Dale	Lila
Walter Abel	Danny Reid
Louise Beavers	Mamie
John Gallaudet	Parker
James Bell	Dunbar
Irving Bacon	Gus,Vanderbilt
Leon Belasco	Flower Shop Owner
Harry Barris	Bandleader
Judith Gibson	Cigarette Girl
Joann Arnold	Daphne
Karin Booth	Hatcheck Girl
Marek Windheim	Francois
Jacques Vanaire	Waiter
Edward Arnold Jr.	Man
Oscar G. Hendrian	Doorman
Reed Porter	Director
Laurie Douglas	Girl
June Ealey	Specialty dancer
Lynda Grey	Girl
Bud Jamison	Santa Claus
Kitty Kelly	Drunk
Lora Michel	Girl
Barbara Slater	Girl
David Tihmar	Specialty dancer
Robert Homans	Pop
Louise LaPlanche	Girl
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	Orchestra leader
Bob Locke Lorraine	Dancer
Irving Berlin	Composer
Robert Dolan	Composer

Technical Credits

Claude Binyon

Elmer Rice

Mark Sandrich	Director,Producer
Claude Binyon	Screenwriter
Elmer Rice	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Holiday Inn has one of the more ludicrous plots in a 1940s musical, but the Irving Berlin songs are first-rate, and it's tough to beat Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire for music-and-dance star power. Berlin is perhaps the film's real headliner: his "White Christmas" and "Easter Parade" would become cultural standards, and each song would inspire its own eponymous motion picture. Though the production numbers don't quite match the splendor of say, Busby Berkeley's, most are well-staged. The film's best moment is its simplest -- Crosby singing "White Christmas" sans accompaniment. Berlin won a songwriting Oscar for "White Christmas," and the film was also nominated for Best Original Story.