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Holiday

  • 19301930
  • 1h 31m
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6.4/10
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Mary Astor, Robert Ames, and Ann Harding in Holiday (1930)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Holiday is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's famil... Read allHoliday is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.Holiday is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
529
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  • Director
    • Edward H. Griffith
  • Writers
    • Philip Barry(from the play by)
    • Horace Jackson(photoplay by)
  • Stars
    • Ann Harding
    • Mary Astor
    • Robert Ames
Top credits
  • Director
    • Edward H. Griffith
  • Writers
    • Philip Barry(from the play by)
    • Horace Jackson(photoplay by)
  • Stars
    • Ann Harding
    • Mary Astor
    • Robert Ames
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    • 10User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames, Mabel Forrest, Creighton Hale, Ann Harding, and Hedda Hopper in Holiday (1930)
    Ann Harding in Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor in Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor in Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor, Ann Harding, William Holden, and Monroe Owsley in Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor and Robert Ames in Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor and Ann Harding in Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor and Ann Harding in Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor and Ann Harding in Holiday (1930)
    Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames, and Ann Harding in Holiday (1930)
    Holiday (1930)
    Mary Astor and Ann Harding in Holiday (1930)

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    Ann Harding
    Ann Harding
    • Linda Setonas Linda Seton
    Mary Astor
    Mary Astor
    • Julia Setonas Julia Seton
    Robert Ames
    Robert Ames
    • Johnny Caseas Johnny Case
    Hallam Cooley
    Hallam Cooley
    • Seton Cramas Seton Cram
    Creighton Hale
    Creighton Hale
    • Pete Hedgesas Pete Hedges
    Elizabeth Forrester
    • Laura Cramas Laura Cram
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Nick Potteras Nick Potter
    Hedda Hopper
    Hedda Hopper
    • Susan Potteras Susan Potter
    William Holden
    • Edward Setonas Edward Seton
    Mabel Forrest
    Mabel Forrest
    • Mary Jessupas Mary Jessup
    Monroe Owsley
    Monroe Owsley
    • Ned Setonas Ned Seton
    Wilson Benge
    Wilson Benge
    • Butleras Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Neal Dodd
    • Ministeras Minister
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Mrs. Pritchard Amesas Mrs. Pritchard Ames
    • (uncredited)
    Al Hill
    Al Hill
    • Taxi Driveras Taxi Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Power
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Phillips Smalley
    Phillips Smalley
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Ellinor Vanderveer
    Ellinor Vanderveer
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward H. Griffith
    • Writers
      • Philip Barry(from the play by)
      • Horace Jackson(photoplay by)
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    Storyline

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    After a whirlwind ten day courtship following their meeting while on respective vacations in Lake Placid, socialite Julia Seton and Johnny Case, a happy-go-lucky white collar working stiff with some business acumen, decide to get married immediately. It isn't until Julia needs to tell her Manhattan-based family - widowed father Edward Seton, brother Ned Seton and sister Linda Seton - of their engagement that Johnny learns of Julia's upper crust status. Edward is able to check out Johnny's background before giving his approval, he hoping Johnny is like his own father who was self-made. However, free-spirited Linda sees in Johnny the boost of joie de vivre the Seton family desperately needs. Despite being happy for Julia and her approval of Johnny as a prospective member of the family, Linda laments losing in Julia one of her comrades in arms in the battle against the conservative repression within the Seton family, led by their father, and their cousins Seton and Laura Cram. What Johnny confides in Linda is his want to retire temporarily from business life when he is financially able to do so - meaning not off the Seton wealth - so that he can both enjoy life while he's young by taking an extended holiday and so that he can truly find what in life he wants to do, work which he will return to once he's found that thing and his money has run out. He may be able to do so earlier than he expected as some investments are paying off, he who may be able to quit work before the wedding. Linda wholehearted admires Johnny's plan and hopes the best for him in going through with it. When Johnny's plan comes to light within the entire family, it may threaten Johnny and Julia's relationship, and may fully bring into the open the true kindred souls within this new grouping. —Huggo
    • reference to madison square garden
    • change of heart
    • timeframe 1930s
    • society
    • based on play
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      • An astonishing drama of double life and double love!..
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
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    • Trivia
      In the 1938 remake, Edward Everett Horton plays the same role (Nick Potter) as he does in this version.
    • Goofs
      When Julia goes to the window to look for her father, she says, "Here's father," THEN moves the curtains aside and looks out the window.
    • Quotes

      Linda Seton: Do you realize life walked into this house today?

    • Connections
      Version of Holiday (1938)
    • Soundtracks
      That Naughty Waltz
      Music by Sol P. Levy

      Played on a cabinet-style music box as Linda and Johnny dance

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    7/10
    Quite like the '38, but...
    The 1938 remake benefits from a more assured production and, of course, Cukor's direction. And the two are surprisingly close: Whole swatches of dialog from 1930 are lifted more or less bodily (the 1930 version, most likely, did the same with the stage dialog). And it's a rather stagy early talkie, trying, but not very hard, to move the action around and make it more cinematic. What the early version does have is Ann Harding. She's so lovely, and her playing has, I don't know, a stillness, a contemplation to it; she seems to think very hard about what to say before she says it. It lends a certain gravitas to what is already a fairly serious comedy dealing with rather large issues--how to live one's life, and how one's choices affect those around one. Mary Astor is also miles beyond Doris Nolan, creating a multifaceted, complicated character out of what could come across as just a selfish sister. Robert Ames hasn't Cary Grant's polished comedy playing or looks, but he's credible, and Edward Everett Horton is delightful in the same part he played in 1938. It's a mellow, thoughtful movie, marred but hardly ruined by the primitive movie-making. And we're very lucky to have Ann Harding's Oscar-nominated Linda Seton preserved.
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    • Apr 1, 2014

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    • Release date
      • July 3, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wakacje
    • Production company
      • Pathé Exchange
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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