Product: Holiday (1938)
Rating: 5.0
utterly charming
Yet another breezy comedy delight from playwright Philip Barry, HOLIDAY features stunning performances from Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant with fine direction from George Cukor. Call me a complete nut, but I actually like HOLIDAY a little more than the Barry-Hepburn-Grant-Cukor PHILADELPHIA STORY.HOLIDAY details what happens when a young man called Johnny Case (Cary Grant) becomes engaged to rich New York society debutante Julia Seton (Doris Nolan). Finding himself at odds with the Seton family and their `money is all that matters' attitude, Johnny tries to fit amongst them without success. Julia's sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn) likewise is growing wearing of the suffocating Seton household. A hilarious and touching comedy. Fine support is provided by Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon as Johnny's down-to-earth best friends. With Henry Daniell, Lew Ayres and Binnie Barnes.Based on Philip Barry's acclaimed play which was previously-filmed in 1930. Katharine Hepburn was the understudy for the role of Linda in the original Broadway run of HOLIDAY.HOLIDAY has been released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Australia (from Sony Pictures) so hopefully an American release of the film is coming soon.