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Holiday (1938)

Every day's a holiday... when you're in love.

Genre : Comedy, Romance

Runtime : 1H 37M

Director : George Cukor
Writer : Donald Ogden Stewart, Sidney Buchman

Synopsis

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, 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 fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!

Actors

Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Linda Seton
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Johnny Case
Doris Nolan
Doris Nolan
Julia Seton
Henry Kolker
Henry Kolker
Edward Seton
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Ned Seton
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton
Professor Nick Potter
Jean Dixon
Jean Dixon
Susan Elliott Potter
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
Seton Cram
Binnie Barnes
Binnie Barnes
Laura Cram
Marion Ballou
Marion Ballou
Portrait of Grandmother Seton
Edward Biby
Edward Biby
Churchgoer
Beatrice Blinn
Beatrice Blinn
Maid
Mabel Colcord
Mabel Colcord
Setons' Cook
Luke Cosgrave
Luke Cosgrave
Portrait of Grandfather Seton
Ann Doran
Ann Doran
Kitchen Maid
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
Dorothy - Party Guest
Mitchell Harris
Mitchell Harris
Jennings
Howard Hickman
Howard Hickman
Churchgoer
Leota Lorraine
Leota Lorraine
Churchgoer
Eric Mayne
Eric Mayne
Churchgoer
Tom McGuire
Tom McGuire
Party Guest
Matt McHugh
Matt McHugh
Taxi Driver
Frank McLure
Frank McLure
Churchgoer
Edmund Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer
Bunny - Party Guest
Wedgwood Nowell
Wedgwood Nowell
Party Guest
Louis Payne
Louis Payne
Party Guest
Alexander Pollard
Alexander Pollard
Butler at Party
Fred Rapport
Fred Rapport
Party Guest
Charles Richman
Charles Richman
Thayer
Cyril Ring
Cyril Ring
Churchgoer
Donna Mae Roberts
Donna Mae Roberts
Girl at Party

Crews

George Cukor
George Cukor
Director
Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay
Philip Barry
Philip Barry
Theatre Play
Sidney Buchman
Sidney Buchman
Screenplay
Everett Riskin
Everett Riskin
Producer
Otto Meyer
Otto Meyer
Editor
Al Clark
Al Clark
Editor
Stephen Goosson
Stephen Goosson
Art Direction
Robert Kalloch
Robert Kalloch
Costume Design
Philip Barry
Philip Barry
Writer
Franz Planer
Franz Planer
Director of Photography
Sidney Cutner
Sidney Cutner
Original Music Composer

Trailers and other movies

Michael Schlesinger and Michael Sragow on HOLIDAY
Holiday (1938) - Trailer
Kazuo Ishiguro on Holiday: ‘Screwball comedies were proto-feminist’

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