Information about Holiday Inn (film)
| Holiday Inn | |
|---|---|
) Holiday Inn | |
| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Produced by | Mark Sandrich |
| Written by | Irving Berlin (idea) Elmer Rice (adaptation) Claude Binyon (screenplay) |
| Starring | Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds |
| Music by | Irving Berlin |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 4, 1942 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
In May 1940, Irving Berlin signed an exclusive contract for Paramount Pictures to write songs for a film musical based on his idea of an inn that opened only on public holidays. The song that would eventually become "White Christmas" was originally conceived by Berlin on the set of the film Top Hat in 1935. He allegedly hummed the melody to Astaire and the film's director Mark Sandrich as a song possibility for a future Astaire-Ginger Rogers vehicle. Astaire loved the tune, but Sandrich passed on it. Berlin's assignment for Paramount was to write a song about each of the major holidays of the year. He found that writing a song about Christmas was the most challenging. When Crosby first heard Berlin play "White Christmas" in 1941 at the first rehearsals, he reassured Berlin that he had created a winner.
Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire were the stars of Holiday Inn with support from Marjorie Reynolds and Virginia Dale. Produced and directed by Mark Sandrich, filming took place between November 1941 and February 1942. Holiday Inn had its premiere at the New York Paramount Theatre in August 1942. It was a runaway success both in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, proving to be the highest grossing film musical up to that time. The big song had been expected to be "Be Careful, It's My Heart." While that song did very well, it was "White Christmas" that topped the charts in October 1942 and stayed there for eleven weeks. The film's success can also still be seen today in the name of the international hotel chain Holiday Inn, which was named after the film.
Crosby and Astaire teamed up again in 1946 in the movie Blue Skies which was another vehicle for Irving Berlin's songs. The success of the song "White Christmas" eventually led to another film based on the song, White Christmas, which was released in 1954 and starred Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
The movie Holiday Inn is not shown very often on either network or cable television, perhaps in part due to the song about Abraham Lincoln, Abraham, which was performed in blackface by Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds (although Turner Classic Movies has left the number intact during their screenings of the film for historical purposes). Some past network broadcasts of the movie have cut this musical number entirely
External links
- Village Inn - the hotel actually featured as the Holiday Inn in the movie.
Mark Sandrich (born August 26, 1900 in New York City, New York – died March 4, 1945 in Hollywood, California) was an American film director, writer and producer.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 2, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American pop baritone and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977.
One of the first multi-media stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales,
..... Click the link for more information.
One of the first multi-media stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales,
..... Click the link for more information.
Fred Astaire
Birth name Frederick Austerlitz Jr.
Born May 10 1899
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died May 22 1987 (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.
Birth name Frederick Austerlitz Jr.
Born May 10 1899
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died May 22 1987 (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.
Marjorie Reynolds (b. August 12 1917, Buhl, Idaho -February 1 1997, Manhattan Beach, California) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films.
Born as Marjorie Goodspeed, she was featured as a child actress in silent films such as
..... Click the link for more information.
Born as Marjorie Goodspeed, she was featured as a child actress in silent films such as
..... Click the link for more information.
Irving Berlin (IPA: /ˈɜrvɪŋ ˈbɜrlɪn/) (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prodigious American songwriters in history.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Subsidiary
Founded Los Angeles, California, USA (1912)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
Key people Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO
Frederick D. Huntsberry, COO
Industry Motion pictures
Revenue $3.
..... Click the link for more information.
Subsidiary
Founded Los Angeles, California, USA (1912)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
Key people Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO
Frederick D. Huntsberry, COO
Industry Motion pictures
Revenue $3.
..... Click the link for more information.
August 4 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
..... Click the link for more information.
Events
- 70 - The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
..... Click the link for more information.
-1942- 1943 1944 1945 1946 . 1947 . 1948 . 1949 . 1950 . 1951 . 1952
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1939 1940 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944 1945
Year 1942 (MCMXLII
..... Click the link for more information.
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1939 1940 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944 1945
Year 1942 (MCMXLII
..... Click the link for more information.
Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 2, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American pop baritone and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977.
One of the first multi-media stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales,
..... Click the link for more information.
One of the first multi-media stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales,
..... Click the link for more information.
Fred Astaire
Birth name Frederick Austerlitz Jr.
Born May 10 1899
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died May 22 1987 (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.
Birth name Frederick Austerlitz Jr.
Born May 10 1899
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died May 22 1987 (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.
Irving Berlin (IPA: /ˈɜrvɪŋ ˈbɜrlɪn/) (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prodigious American songwriters in history.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1937 1938 1939 - 1940 - 1941 1942 1943
Year 1940 (MCMXL
..... Click the link for more information.
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1937 1938 1939 - 1940 - 1941 1942 1943
Year 1940 (MCMXL
..... Click the link for more information.
Irving Berlin (IPA: /ˈɜrvɪŋ ˈbɜrlɪn/) (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prodigious American songwriters in history.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Subsidiary
Founded Los Angeles, California, USA (1912)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
Key people Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO
Frederick D. Huntsberry, COO
Industry Motion pictures
Revenue $3.
..... Click the link for more information.
Subsidiary
Founded Los Angeles, California, USA (1912)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
Key people Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO
Frederick D. Huntsberry, COO
Industry Motion pictures
Revenue $3.
..... Click the link for more information.
The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. The songs are used to advance the plot or develop the film's characters.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
The initials INN may stand for:
..... Click the link for more information.
- INN World Report
- InterNetNews news server
- International Nonproprietary Name
- The IATA airport code for Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport
- Israel National News, a department of Arutz Sheva
- ImagiNation Network
..... Click the link for more information.
The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. A contraction of holy and day, holidays originally represented special religious days. This word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day of rest (as opposed to regular days of rest such
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song whose lyrics reminisce about White Christmases. The morning after he wrote the song — Berlin usually stayed up all night writing — the songwriter went to his office and told his musical secretary, "Grab your pen and
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
top hat or top-hat (sometimes also known by the nickname "topper") is a tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat worn by men throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s
1932 1933 1934 - 1935 - 1936 1937 1938
Year 1935 (MCMXXXV
..... Click the link for more information.
1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s
1932 1933 1934 - 1935 - 1936 1937 1938
Year 1935 (MCMXXXV
..... Click the link for more information.
Mark Sandrich (born August 26, 1900 in New York City, New York – died March 4, 1945 in Hollywood, California) was an American film director, writer and producer.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
Birth name Virginia Katherine McMath
Born July 16 1911
Independence, Missouri, U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.
Ginger Rogers
Birth name Virginia Katherine McMath
Born July 16 1911
Independence, Missouri, U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.
Christianity
Foundations
Jesus Christ
Church Theology
New Covenant Supersessionism
Dispensationalism
Apostles Kingdom Gospel
History of Christianity Timeline
Bible
Old Testament New Testament
Books Canon Apocrypha
..... Click the link for more information.
Foundations
Jesus Christ
Church Theology
New Covenant Supersessionism
Dispensationalism
Apostles Kingdom Gospel
History of Christianity Timeline
Bible
Old Testament New Testament
Books Canon Apocrypha
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1938 1939 1940 - 1941 - 1942 1943 1944
Year 1941 (MCMXLI
..... Click the link for more information.
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1938 1939 1940 - 1941 - 1942 1943 1944
Year 1941 (MCMXLI
..... Click the link for more information.
Marjorie Reynolds (b. August 12 1917, Buhl, Idaho -February 1 1997, Manhattan Beach, California) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films.
Born as Marjorie Goodspeed, she was featured as a child actress in silent films such as
..... Click the link for more information.
Born as Marjorie Goodspeed, she was featured as a child actress in silent films such as
..... Click the link for more information.
Virginia Dale (July 1, 1917–October 3, 1994) was an American film actress.
She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, and became particularly associated with musicals.
..... Click the link for more information.
She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, and became particularly associated with musicals.
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1938 1939 1940 - 1941 - 1942 1943 1944
Year 1941 (MCMXLI
..... Click the link for more information.
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1938 1939 1940 - 1941 - 1942 1943 1944
Year 1941 (MCMXLI
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1939 1940 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944 1945
Year 1942 (MCMXLII
..... Click the link for more information.
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1939 1940 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944 1945
Year 1942 (MCMXLII
..... Click the link for more information.
This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus
