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Holiday

1938 ★ 92 min
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres
Director: George Cukor
Writer: Sidney Buchman, Donald Ogden Stewart, Philip Barry
Producer: Everett Riskin

Holiday (released in the United Kingdom as Free to Live) is a 1938 American romantic screwball comedy film directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name. The film tells of a man who has risen from humble beginnings only to be torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.

Trivia

  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design.
  • In 1936, Columbia Pictures purchased a group of scripts, including the script for Holiday, from RKO for $80,000.
  • Joan Bennett and Ginger Rogers were considered to play Hepburn's role, and Rita Hayworth was tested for the role of Julia.
  • The character of Linda Seton, played by Hepburn, was loosely based on socialite Gertrude Sanford Legendre.

Filming Locations

  • A scene that was to come before what is now the first scene of the film was set in the snows of Lake Placid, New York, but it was filmed in Bishop, California.

Previous Showings

17 Runs • 11 Festivals

Original Billings: 2 runs (October 11, 1930 - July 10, 1938)

Original Run: October 11, 1930 (Saturday)

All runs on record (17):

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