Holiday (1938 film)

Holiday
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Cukor
Screenplay byDonald Ogden Stewart
Sidney Buchman
Based onHoliday
1928 play
by Philip Barry
Produced byEverett Riskin
StarringKatharine Hepburn
Cary Grant
CinematographyFranz Planer
Edited byAl Clark
Otto Meyer
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1938 (1938-06-15) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn

Holiday (released in the United Kingdom as Free to Live)[1] is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name.

The film 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 film, adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart and Sidney Buchman from the 1928 play of the same name by Philip Barry, stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and features Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, and Edward Everett Horton. Horton 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 played the part for only one performance.[2] Screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart appeared in the original stage version as Nick Potter.[3]

  1. ^ Collier, Lionel (February 11, 1939). "LIONEL COLLIER'S FILM REVIEWS: Free to Live". Picturegoer. pp. 24–25. ProQuest 1771126595. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Leaming 1995, p. 265.
  3. ^ "Donald Ogden Stewart" on the Internet Broadway Database