

Holiday Inn
WHAT A HOLIDAY!
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $3.8M
- Language
- English
- new year's eve
- dancing
- holiday
- show business
- musical
- connecticut
- singing
- inn
- song and dance
- dance team
- christmas
- romantic rival
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRNew York City, New York4 Aug 1942
- TheatricalNR4 Sept 1942
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU10 Jul 1942
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical26 Dec 1942
- PhysicalGDVD1 Jan 2014
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL25 Dec 1942
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTTU1 Sept 2010
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16 Dec 1947
HungaryHU
- Theatrical122 Apr 1947
JapanJP
- TheatricalG18 Jun 1947
NetherlandsNL
- Physical9Blu-ray15 Oct 2014
SwedenSE
- TheatricalBtl4 Apr 1943
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Holiday Inn was released on 10 July 1942.
Audience reviews
3- J5/10
John Chard
11/7/2019
Safe and amiable enough... Jim Hardy retires from show business to become a farmer in New England. Once set up he finds that it's a life that is somewhat more demanding than he had first thought. Hitting on an idea that should make his life more fulfilling, he turns the farm into an Inn that only opens on public holidays. But things get complicated when Jim's old partner, Ted, turns up and sets his sights on Lind…
- P6/10
Peter McGinn
12/12/2021
A mildly entertaining movie if you don’t mind watching classics. There are witty and funny moments, but the romantic aspects aren’t very convincing. Perhaps this is how romance is with celebrities— no passion? No, I doubt that. The dance numbers aren’t up to Fed Astaire’s usual imaginative standard and a few of the songs about lesser holidays are rather lame. The sets are unconvincing- would a farmhouse really be…
- R8/10
Rob
5/9/2023
Simply a must-watch at Christmas time. An Irving Berlin musical made in the forties. Yes, please!
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