Holiday Inn (film)

Holiday Inn
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMark Sandrich
Screenplay byClaude Binyon
Elmer Rice (adaptation)
Story byIrving Berlin
Produced byMark Sandrich
Starring
CinematographyDavid Abel
Edited byEllsworth Hoagland
Music byIrving Berlin
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 4, 1942 (1942-08-04)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.75 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel.[2] It was directed by Mark Sandrich with music by Irving Berlin. The composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas". The film features a complete reuse of the song "Easter Parade", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue As Thousands Cheer and used as a highlight of the 1948 film Easter Parade, starring Astaire and Judy Garland. The film's choreography was by Danny Dare.[3]

The film received a 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song (Berlin's "White Christmas"), as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Robert Emmett Dolan) and Best Original Story (Irving Berlin).[4]

  1. ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
  2. ^ "Holiday Inn". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Bookbinder 1977, p. 125.
  4. ^ "Awards for Holiday Inn". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 3, 2012.