Holiday Inn (film)

Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Screenplay by	Claude Binyon; Elmer Rice (adaptation)
Story by	Irving Berlin
Produced by	Mark Sandrich
Starring	Bing Crosby; Fred Astaire; Marjorie Reynolds; Virginia Dale; Walter Abel;
Cinematography	David Abel
Edited by	Ellsworth Hoagland
Music by	Irving Berlin
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 4, 1942;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3.75 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)

Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel.^[2] It was directed by Mark Sandrich with music by Irving Berlin. The composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas". The film features a complete reuse of the song "Easter Parade", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue As Thousands Cheer and used as a highlight of the 1948 film Easter Parade, starring Astaire and Judy Garland. The film's choreography was by Danny Dare.^[3]

The film received a 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song (Berlin's "White Christmas"), as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Robert Emmett Dolan) and Best Original Story (Irving Berlin).^[4]

^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
^ "Holiday Inn". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
^ Bookbinder 1977, p. 125.
^ "Awards for Holiday Inn". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 3, 2012.