Holiday (1938)

Director:

George Cukor

Writers:

Philip Barry (play)
Donald Ogden Stewart (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

15 June 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

So daring -- so tender -- so human -- so true -- that everyone in love will want to see it!

Plot:

Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. When her family, with...

Plot Keywords:

Holiday | Engagement | Free Spirit | Family Relationships | Playroom

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Katharine Hepburn	...	Linda Seton
Cary Grant	...	John 'Johnny' Case
Doris Nolan	...	Julia Seton
Lew Ayres	...	Edward 'Ned' Seton
Edward Everett Horton	...	Professor Nick Potter
Henry Kolker	...	Edward Seton
Binnie Barnes	...	Mrs. Laura 'The Witch' Cram
Jean Dixon	...	Mrs. Susan Elliott Potter
Henry Daniell	...	Seton 'Dopey' Cram
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Allen	...	Scotchman (scenes deleted)
Frank Benson	...	Scotchman (scenes deleted)
Aileen Carlyle	...	Farm Girl (scenes deleted)
Edward Cooper	...	Scotchman (scenes deleted)
Robert Hale	...	Scotchman (scenes deleted)
Margaret McWade	...	Farmer's Wife (scenes deleted)
Frank Shannon	...	Farmer (scenes deleted)
Charles Trowbridge	...	Banker (scenes deleted)
Marion Ballou	...	Portrait of Grandmother Seton (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn	...	Maid (uncredited)
Thomas Braidon	...	Downstairs Butler Admitting Johnny (uncredited)
Maurice Brierre	...	Ship's Steward (uncredited)
Leonard Carey	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Mabel Colcord	...	Setons' Cook (uncredited)
Luke Cosgrave	...	Portrait of Grandfather Seton (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis	...	Maid (uncredited)
Ann Doran	...	Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald	...	Edgar, Butler at Party (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Dorothy, Party Guest on Staircase (uncredited)
Mitchell Harris	...	Jennings (uncredited)
George Hickman	...	Telegraph Boy (uncredited)
Howard C. Hickman	...	Man In Church (uncredited)
Maude Hume	...	Maid (uncredited)
Raymond Largay	...	Man (uncredited)
Raymond Lawrence	...	Butler at Party (uncredited)
Tom McGuire	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Matt McHugh	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
George Pauncefort	...	Henry, Setons' Primary Butler (uncredited)
Esther Peck	...	Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright	...	Marjorie, Woman in Church (uncredited)
Charles Richman	...	Thayer (uncredited)
Lillian West	...	Mrs. Thayer (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	...	Party Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
George Cukor

Writing credits
Philip Barry		(play)
Donald Ogden Stewart		(screenplay) &
Sidney Buchman		(screenplay)

Produced by
Everett Riskin	....	producer

Original Music by
Sidney Cutner		(uncredited)
Paul Mertz		(uncredited)
Joseph Nussbaum		(uncredited)
Ben Oakland		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Franz Planer

Film Editing by
Al Clark
Otto Meyer

Art Direction by
Stephen Goosson		(as Stephen Goossón)

Costume Design by
Robert Kalloch		(gowns) (as Kalloch)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cliff P. Broughton	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Lionel Banks	....	associate art director
Babs Johnstone	....	interior decorator

Sound Department
Lodge Cunningham	....	sound (uncredited)

Music Department
Morris Stoloff	....	musical director

Other crew
Paul Flato	....	jeweller

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1938) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Columbia Pictures Television (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Free to Live (UK)
Unconventional Linda (UK) (reissue title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Australia:G | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/6 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #4269)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Katharine Hepburn understudied the role of Linda Seton (played by Hope Williams) in the original Broadway play. She also performed a scene from Holiday for her first screen test, which led to her first film role.

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount eaten from the apple between shots When Johnny is in the playroom with the bitten apple in his hand.

Quotes:

Linda Seton: What's the use of having all this jack around if it can't get us a superior kind of man?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Two Can Play That Game (2001)

Soundtrack:

Tales from the Vienna Woods

One of Grant's and Hepburn's greatest!

What can you say when the young, dashing, up and coming lawyer,the extraordinarily handsome and highly unconventional Cary Grant, falls in love with one of the richest women in New York, thinking she's a private secretary and he should use the mansion's service entrance? Well, when her sister is Catherine Hepburn you can say there's bound to be a more interesting ending than he-obligingly-goes-to-work-at-daddy's-bank and counts-money-happily-ever-after. The stars are at their peak with great chemistry, and Lew Ayres and Edward Everett Horton give extremely fine supporting performances. This film has always been one of my anthems, and Johnny Case something of an alter ego; showed it last night to my 28-year old daughter, who loved Johnny Case and now has a better impression of her old man. A real treat of a movie, on a par with Grant's and Hepburn's best.