Holiday Inn (Special Edition)
by Mark Sandrich
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Actor: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter AbelDirector: Mark Sandrich
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Holiday Inn (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Charming musical in solid gold package
Summary: 5 Stars
"Holiday Inn", a charming Paramount musical released in 1942, has been given solid gold treatment in this superb anniversary edition. The merits of the film are well known: the great Irving Berlin score featuring the ever popular "White Christmas"; Fred Astaire, charming and ebullient, with a matchless fire cracker number; Bing Crosby, always galvanised into a better performer when paired with a peerless co-star; 2 easy going leading ladies and excellent production values. Particular highlights for me are the bright song and dance for Astaire and Virginia Dale to "Easy to Dance with" and the romantic "Be Careful, It's my heart"
What makes this DVD so special though are that the print is perfect and the extras are lush:
- a featurette about the advent of song and dance with the coming of talkies and how the technicians constructed and polished the performances.
- a featurette about the careers of Astaire and Crosby and their interaction over many years. Astaire's charming daughter Ava appears with some delightful personal anecdotes about her father.
- a comprehensive commentary delivered in an easygoing low key style and chock full of information about the making of the film as well as interpolations from Astaire and Crosby themselves.
- the orginal trailer, production notes and profiles of those who made the film.
This is one of the most lovingly produced DVD editions of all. Even the menu selection is special with cuts from the film and moving scene selections. The package is outstanding value.
Summary of Holiday Inn (Special Edition)
Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance their way into your heart in the sensational musical comedy Holiday Inn. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards this special edition features 13 holiday songs by famed composer Irving Berlin including White Christmas one of the biggest-selling recordings in music history!Crosby plays a song and dance man who leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. Astaire plays his former partner and rival in love. Follow the two talented pals as they find themselves competing for the affections of the same lovely lady (Marjorie Reynolds). This classic features an all-new digitally remastered picture and never-before-seen bonus material. Tis the season for one of the most enjoyable films of all time!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS UPC: 025192148422 Manufacturer No: 21484This perennial, Christmas-season favorite from 1942 teamed Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story, and Astaire's frequent director Mark Sandrich (Top Hat, Shall We Dance?) doesn't let us down. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners. Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" is a movie touchstone. --Tom Keogh
In 1942, Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby teamed up at Der Bingle's Paramount Pictures for Holiday Inn, a black-and-white musical that proves more entertaining than Crosby's color semi-remake White Christmas in 1954. Astaire and Crosby play partner/rival song-and-dance men who compete for the hand of their performing partner, played by Virginia Dale. After Crosby loses, he moves to the Connecticut countryside where he creates a resort that is only open on holidays and puts on the shows with the help of Marjorie Reynolds. Dumped by Dale, Astaire makes a drunken arrival at the inn on New Year's Eve and dances with Reynolds. He decides she'll be his new partner, but doesn't remember what she looks like, setting off a frenzied search at every subsequent show while the once-bitten Crosby does his best to steer him off track. The theme gives Irving Berlin an excuse to craft or recycle a number of holiday-themed songs, such as (in the former category) "Washington's Birthday" or (in the latter) "Easter Parade." The most famous of the new material, of course, is "White Christmas," which became one of the bestselling songs of all time and the title song of Crosby's 1954 film. Astaire and Crosby also team up for "I'll Capture Her Heart," which playfully contrasts the stars' specialties, and Astaire's "It's So Easy to Dance with You" became one of the signature songs of his post-Ginger Rogers career. Astaire and Crosby teamed up again for Blue Skies in 1946. --David Horiuchi
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