Holiday Inn

Name: Holiday Inn
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music, Musical
Released: September 4, 1942
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Irving Bacon, James Bell, John Gallaudet

1942

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: September 4, 1942 | Passed

Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Irving Bacon, James Bell, John Gallaudet, Louise Beavers, Marek Windheim, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel

Summary: At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.

Director: Mark Sandrich and Robert Allen

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music, Musical

Rating: Passed

Runtime: 100 min

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The Telegraph Staff (Not Credited)

Mark Sandrich's musical, written and scored by Irving Berlin, is a stone-cold festive classic. [07 Dec 2018, p.35]

Staff (Not Credited)

Loaded with a wealth of songs, it's meaty, not too kaleidoscopic and yet closely knit for a compact 100 minutes of tiptop filmusical entertainment. The idea is a natural, and Irving Berlin has fashioned some peach songs to fit the highlight holidays. Read full review

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Mark Sandrich, director and producer, has taken the inevitable melange of plot and production numbers and so deftly pulled them together that one hardly knows where the story ends and a song begins—a neat trick if you can do it. Read full review

Christopher Varney

Call it old-fashioned or old Hollywood fluff, Holiday Inn is a sweet, pleasant slice of another time in pop entertainment. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire costar in this 1942 musical—which is closer to a revue, without much plot but with loads of Irving Berlin tunes. Read full review

Empire Angie Errigo

C'mon, it's Fred and Bing! Depending on your disposition, you can take that as a recommendation or a warning. Read full review

Ali Barclay

Music is definitely the key here, as the plot is distinctly thin, and the pairing of Crosby and Astaire, does not work as well as it could have. Read full review

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