Two song and dance men leave showbusiness to open a Connecticut inn, but conflict arises when they fall for the same woman. Genre: Musicals Rating: NR Release Date: 10-OCT-2006 Media Type: DVD
In 1942, Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby teamed up at Der Bingle's Paramount Pictures for Holiday Inn, a black-and-white musical that proves more entertaining than Crosby's color semi-remake White Christmas in 1954. Astaire and Crosby play partner/rival song-and-dance men who compete for the hand of their performing partner, played by Virginia Dale. After Crosby loses, he moves to the Connecticut countryside where he creates a resort that is only open on holidays and puts on the shows with the help of Marjorie Reynolds. Dumped by Dale, Astaire makes a drunken arrival at the inn on New Year's Eve and dances with Reynolds. He decides she'll be his new partner, but doesn't remember what she looks like, setting off a frenzied search at every subsequent show while the once-bitten Crosby does his best to steer him off track. The theme gives Irving Berlin an excuse to craft or recycle a number of holiday-themed songs, such as (in the former category) "Washington's Birthday" or (in the latter) "Easter Parade." The most famous of the new material, of course, is "White Christmas," which became one of the bestselling songs of all time and the title song of Crosby's 1954 film. Astaire and Crosby also team up for "I'll Capture Her Heart," which playfully contrasts the stars' specialties, and Astaire's "It's So Easy to Dance with You" became one of the signature songs of his post-Ginger Rogers career. Astaire and Crosby teamed up again for Blue Skies in 1946. --David Horiuchi
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Holiday Inn - one of our Christmas favorites!:
One of our favorite Christmas classics; we watch this every year. A great family film with great values, we can now watch year round.
Must have seasonal movies:
Holiday Inn ,Christmas in Connecticut and White Christmas are three great movies to watch around Christmas and New years. All three are great additions to any movie collection.
HOLIDAY INN:
Great Movie, excellant resolution. Marjorie Reynolds is beautiful and was a very talented actress. Most people probably remember her as William Bendix's wife in "The Life of Riley" on television in the 50's and 60's when her hair was brunette and she was older, of course. The music is wonderful, especially "White Christmas" which was heard for the first time in this movie and was thought that it would not become the hit it did. Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire were at their usual best. I would highly... more info
A Very Good Movie:
This movie is one of my wife's favorites.They just do not know how to make movies like this any more. The timing between Bing Crosbey and Danny Kay is right on.
