Product: Holiday (1938)
Rating: 5.0
A Jewel in The Crown of the Grant-Hepburn Movies.
I first saw this on PBS and it has had a special place in my heart ever since. ITs based on a Phillip Barry stage play (same guy who wrote the Philadephia story) but I feel the real strength of the film is acting and chemistry between Grant and Hepburn. Yes, Barry was a good playwright...but is it the writing...or the way Katherine Hepburn says "oh my it's the wicked witch and dopey" when her nasty cousin and wife enter the room?Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon are great supporting actors (they play Grant- Johnny Case - 's older college professor friends) and the 'bad guys' are pretty entertaining too. Everything great about what golden age hollywood was is here, and everything I wish that current hollywood would emulate.A note on this DVD - not a bad, but not the best transfer I have seen. I would be nice to see a 'kino' edition.