Holiday (1938 film)
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Produced by | Everett Riskin |
| Screenplay by |
Donald Ogden Stewart Sidney Buchman |
| Based on |
Holiday (1928 play) by Philip Barry |
| Starring |
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant |
| Music by | Sidney Cutner |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Edited by | Al Clark Otto Meyer |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Holiday is a 1938 film directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name. The film is a romantic comedy that tells of a man who has risen from humble beginnings only to be torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. The movie was adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart and Sidney Buchman from the play by Philip Barry and stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and features Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, and Edward Everett Horton, who reprised his role as Professor Nick Potter from the 1930 version.
Although Hepburn had been Hope Williams' understudy in the original production of the play on Broadway, she only played the part for one performance. Screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart had also appeared in the original stage version as Nick Potter.
Johnny Case (Cary Grant), a self-made man who has worked all of his life, is about to marry Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), whom he met while on holiday in Lake Placid, New York. He knows very little about his bride-to-be, and is flabbergasted to learn that she is from an extremely wealthy family, the daughter of banker Edward Seton (Henry Kolker). He meets Julia's vivacious sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn), to whom he confides his plan to take a long holiday from work to find the meaning of life, and also meets the sisters' alcoholic brother Ned (Lew Ayres), whose spirit has been broken by subservience to their father. At first, the father is stunned when Julia tells him about her plan to marry Johnny, but he is appeased after meeting him and looking into his work history. Julia makes plans for an elaborate New Year's Eve engagement party, even though she promised Linda that Linda could throw Johnny and Julia a smaller, more personal affair that would include only close friends.
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