Holiday1938
Holiday (1938)
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Cast
as Linda Seton
as Johnny Case
as Julia Seton
as Ned Seton
as Nick Potter
as Edward Seton
as Laura Cram
as Susan Potter
as Seton Cram
as Banker
as Henry
as Thayer
as Jennings
as Edgar
as Scotchman
as Grandmother
as Man in Church
as Woman in Church
as Farmer's Wife
as Farmer
as Farm Girl
as Taxi Driver
as Steward
as Mrs. Jennings
as Mrs. Thayer
as Grandfather
as Dorothy's Party Guest
as Telegraph Boy
as Maid
Critic Reviews for Holiday
All Critics (22) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)
George Cukor brings out the best from all the players.
One of Cukor's best films.
There are a thousand nonconformist comedies, but only one Holiday.
Before they made The Philadelphia Story, George Cukor, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn teamed up for this decidedly less flattering look at the life of the upper class.
Character dramas are often at their best when exploring inside worlds and not running free outside.
Starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in top form, George Cukor's serio comedy is the second and best version of the play.
Audience Reviews for Holiday
Ahead of its time, this romantic comedy suggests that happiness may be found in freedom, away from the pernicious wealth of high society - but it is also a bit naive, reducing the complexity of its themes to matters of right and wrong while ending with an easy, predictable resolution.
Super Reviewer
A self-made man is engaged to an upper class lady, but will the impending marriage cause him to betray his dreams? Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn have never been more delightful. Their performances, in that quick and lively manner of old cinema, flies off their tongues. The plot and "message" of the film is that one should always "follow one's dreams," and while that's not a new story, it will never be old. Overall, this is a wonderful time at the movies, and Grant and Hepburn are in top form.
Super Reviewer
Cary Grant plays an up and coming self-made man who falls in love with a girl who unbeknownst to him, is a debutante and member of one of the wealthiest families in the country. Combining romance, sparkling dialogue and social commentary, it comes as no surprise that Holiday was created by much of the same team who brought us Philadelphia Story two years later. With the same director, writer and the star power of Hepburn and Grant, there's much common ground between the two films but although it's not quite in the same league as the later film there's still much to admire about it. Hepburn has never been more vivacious as the rebellious would-be sister in law of a charming and carefree Grant who finds in her a kindred spirit which causes complications in this stuffy social environment. They are aided by a fine supporting cast including Lew Ayres who provides comic relief as her soused but perceptive brother and Binny Barnes and Henry Daniell as the awful socialites who represent the kind of people Grant is seemingly being strong armed into marry into. Breezy, charming and full of enjoyable dialogue and likeable characters, Holiday may not be as well known as some of the other comedies of manners of the golden age but is certainly worth looking up if it's a genre you enjoy.
Super Reviewer
Holiday Quotes
| Linda Seton: | And if, when he comes back, he wants to sell peanuts, oh, how I'll believe in those peanuts! |
| Johnny Case: | [upon seeing the mansion for the first time] Judas! |
| Maid: | I beg your pardon? |
| Johnny Case: | Er, I just said Judas. It didn't mean anything. |
| Johnny Case: | When I find myself in a position like this, I ask myself what would General Motors do? And then I do the opposite! |