Holiday (1938)
Country: US
Technical: bw 93m
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Daniell
Synopsis:
A promising but unconnected young businessman has dreams of getting enough together to take a long break from the world of work and find out what really matters to him in life. His plans are temporarily threatened by his engagement to the daughter of a rich and controlling financier, but neither reckons on the oxygen provided by her wacky and alternative sister.
Review:
One of those delightful concoctions it is pleasant to bring out at Christmas, against which backdrop it is set. There is something very contrived about the whole setup from the get go, but also irresistible, especially when the star chemistry is as fresh as it is here, the script as crackling and the direction just standbackish enough to let the supporting performances sing (rarely have so many three-shots counted for so much). The fourth floor play room idea is a winner, guaranteed to get the audience rooting, and the pairing of the Potters (Horton and Jean Dixon) as much a hit as Charters and Caldicott was the same year.
Country: US
Technical: bw 93m
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Daniell
Synopsis:
A promising but unconnected young businessman has dreams of getting enough together to take a long break from the world of work and find out what really matters to him in life. His plans are temporarily threatened by his engagement to the daughter of a rich and controlling financier, but neither reckons on the oxygen provided by her wacky and alternative sister.
Review:
One of those delightful concoctions it is pleasant to bring out at Christmas, against which backdrop it is set. There is something very contrived about the whole setup from the get go, but also irresistible, especially when the star chemistry is as fresh as it is here, the script as crackling and the direction just standbackish enough to let the supporting performances sing (rarely have so many three-shots counted for so much). The fourth floor play room idea is a winner, guaranteed to get the audience rooting, and the pairing of the Potters (Horton and Jean Dixon) as much a hit as Charters and Caldicott was the same year.
Country: US
Technical: bw 93m
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Daniell
Synopsis:
A promising but unconnected young businessman has dreams of getting enough together to take a long break from the world of work and find out what really matters to him in life. His plans are temporarily threatened by his engagement to the daughter of a rich and controlling financier, but neither reckons on the oxygen provided by her wacky and alternative sister.
Review:
One of those delightful concoctions it is pleasant to bring out at Christmas, against which backdrop it is set. There is something very contrived about the whole setup from the get go, but also irresistible, especially when the star chemistry is as fresh as it is here, the script as crackling and the direction just standbackish enough to let the supporting performances sing (rarely have so many three-shots counted for so much). The fourth floor play room idea is a winner, guaranteed to get the audience rooting, and the pairing of the Potters (Horton and Jean Dixon) as much a hit as Charters and Caldicott was the same year.