Holiday Inn (film)
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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]
Holiday Inn | |
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Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
Screenplay by | Claude Binyon Elmer Rice (adaptation) |
Story by | Irving Berlin |
Produced by | Mark Sandrich |
Starring | |
Cinematography | David Abel |
Edited by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
Music by | Irving Berlin |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.75 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1] |
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]