Holiday
by George Cukor
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Actor: Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Edward Everett Horton, Katharine Hepburn, Lew AyresDirector: George Cukor
Brand: HEPBURN,KATHARINE
Cinematographer: Franz Planer
Editor: Al Clark
Editor: Otto Meyer
Producer: Everett Riskin
Writer: Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer: Philip Barry
Writer: Sidney Buchman
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Holiday
DVD Review: Terrific
Summary: 5 Stars
This is absolutely one of the best movies ever made, IMHO. The perfect romantic comedy; stands up to repeat viewings. All the characters and acting are first rate. Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon steal the show as Grant's pals.DVD Review: Cary Grant Movie Rarely Disappoint Me
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie great. As usual Cary Grant was superb. Katherine Hepburn was as well. I loved her character because although she was rich, she was down to earth and liked simple things. As with Cary Grant's character and so with her character money did not mean happiness to them.
I strongly recommend this to anyone who loves Cary Grant.
DVD Review: Stars sparkle in pedestrian story
Summary: 4 Stars
Grant and Hepburn sparkle in this "screwball comedy" which is definitely worth seeing but which does not reach the heights the same two would scale in "The Philadelphia Story." Grant is a successfgul young broker who has made his own fortune through charm and hard work but who yearns to get away and discover who he really is. On a skiing trip, he meets Julia, a fabulously wealthy heiress. The two persuade each other they are in love -- but of course it is the elder sister played by Hepburn who is Grant's real match.
Julia's family inhabit a mansion worthy of J.P Morgan. The family is headed by a tyrannical old banker. The son is a drunk. Mother is dead. One wouldn't think this movie was made in 1938. The Great Depression is nowhere mentioned; neither is the swiftly gathering storm in Europe (except in one comment made by a guest at Grant's engagement party.)
The dialogue, from a stage play, is a bit wordy and old-fashioned. oddly, the best moment in this movie comes in a piece of physical comedy when Hepburn climbs on Grant's shoulders and does a graceful dive, ending in the two of them somersaulting across the floor.
Well it all ends as it should and they sail off to France (which will soon be occupied by the Nazis). It's all harmless fun and escapism. Very good but not great.
DVD Review: Classic and Well Balanced
Summary: 5 Stars
This was one of those Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn movies I had never seen and I'm sorry I'd missed it. It is indeed an overlooked classic and considering it is Grant and Hepburn teamed with George Cukor that surprises me. Grant and Hepburn are in great form, each playing into the romantic comedy nature of the picture with full commitment. But don't get me wrong, this isn't some zany, screwball romantic comedy. There is some wonderful depth. When it needs to be charming, it does so brilliantly. When it needs to get a laugh, it does. But underlying it all, there is real human emotion here, and when it needs to turn serious, it does so well and with great ease. So yes, it is a romantic comedy, but it is one that is most often played quite real.
Unsung in this movie also is the magnificent Lew Ayers who I almost didn't recognize. He, together with Hepburn, show us in lovely detail how a life ruled by money can be suffocating and demoralizing. It never gets preachy and it does end with a happily-ever-after, but this really is so much more than a "romance."
DVD Review: Marvelously relevant for today
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a marvelous film with two of Hollywood's greatest, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. It's also a classic, Depression-era film in its focus on dysfunctional lives of the very rich, with much of it shot in a NYC home whose immensity is astonishing. Grant, as Johnny Case, demonstrates that, having made a small fortune on the stock market, he has no need for more. He wants to travel and enjoy life. For those caught up in the grind of typical Depression-era jobs, this 1938 film provided a marvelous escape.
There are parallels to today. Given the high taxes the New Deal placed on financial success, Case's urge to wander rather than labor for the IRS made a lot of sense. Those he disagreed with are portrayed as greedy. They might have been better portrayed as stupid. Recent research at UCLA says that FDR's policies, hostile as they were to innovation and success, added seven years to the Depression. His current heir in the White House seems intent on following a similar path, one that could turn a recession plus credit crunch into a full-fledged depression and serve as an excuse to engage in an FDR-like expansion in the scope of government. [...]
The "forgotten man" of the title is the working man who gets shafted when a politician agrees to provide money to someone in exchange for their vote--people for instance, who borrowed more than they could afford for a home. And many of today's forgotten men, those who've been careful not to buy too much home for their income, are thinking of adopting Cary's Grant's solution, paying less in taxes by earning less and enjoying the time they save. And without their hard work and innovation, the US economy could go downhill quite fast. It's what we get when we elect a president who, like FDR, has never held a real job and who thinks words are realities.
Description of Holiday
Johnny Case (Cary Grant), a free-thinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams ' Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire ' and she's agreed to marry him! But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fianc?e has other plans - she wants Johnny to work in her father's bank! As he tries to decide whether to follow his head or his heart, Johnny can rely on at least one Seton in his corner. She's Linda Seton (Katherine Hepburn), the down-to-earth younger sister of his soon-to-be-wife, and she likes Johnny just the way he is.This absolutely charming, wholly engaging romantic comedy is the hidden gem of the four collaborations of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Most everyone's seen The Philadelphia Story, but few know of this unorthodox, hilarious comedy of life among the rich and privileged, though both were Broadway hits by playwright Philip Barry. Grant plays the happy-go-lucky Johnny Case, a self-made man with a dream in his heart of making just enough money to retire on and then traveling around the world. Johnny proposes to the lovely Julia (Doris Nolan) in Lake Placid, but it isn't until he comes to pay her a visit in New York that he discovers she's the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Although his nonconformity ruffles the feathers of Julia's stuffy father, he's soon won over the whole family--most notably, Julia's rebellious sister Linda (Hepburn), who in becoming Johnny's greatest advocate finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. There's more going on here than a spiffy, surface romance, with Johnny's free-spirit determination going up against rock-hard establishment values, and director George Cukor plays up the social politics of the story just as well as the wonderful, exquisite romance. Hepburn and Grant, as always, are perfectly paired, and given able support by Lew Ayres as the black sheep of Hepburn's family, and Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon as Grant's longtime pals. Filmed previously in 1930; Hepburn understudied the role of Linda on Broadway and used a scene from the play in her first screen test. --Mark Englehart
This absolutely charming, wholly engaging romantic comedy is the hidden gem of the four collaborations of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Most everyone's seen The Philadelphia Story, but few know of this unorthodox, hilarious comedy of life among the rich and privileged, though both were Broadway hits by playwright Philip Barry. Grant plays the happy-go-lucky Johnny Case, a self-made man with a dream in his heart of making just enough money to retire on and then traveling around the world. Johnny proposes to the lovely Julia (Doris Nolan) in Lake Placid, but it isn't until he comes to pay her a visit in New York that he discovers she's the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Although his nonconformity ruffles the feathers of Julia's stuffy father, he's soon won over the whole family--most notably, Julia's rebellious sister Linda (Hepburn), who in becoming Johnny's greatest advocate finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. There's more going on here than a spiffy, surface romance, with Johnny's free-spirit determination going up against rock-hard establishment values, and director George Cukor plays up the social politics of the story just as well as the wonderful, exquisite romance. Hepburn and Grant, as always, are perfectly paired, and given able support by Lew Ayres as the black sheep of Hepburn's family, and Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon as Grant's longtime pals. Filmed previously in 1930; Hepburn understudied the role of Linda on Broadway and used a scene from the play in her first screen test. --Mark Englehart Stills from Holiday (click for larger image)
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