Holiday George Cukor Digital Life DVD

Holiday
starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton
directed by: George Cukor

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396114166
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: December 05, 2006
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 5384
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 1938

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Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant team up in this classic George Cukor comedy about love that finally finds its mark. Johnny (Grant) has just met the girl of his dreams so he proposes; she happily accepts. However he soon discovers that his lovely bride-to-be Julia (Doris Nolan) comes from a wealthy Park Avenue family with a father who likes to make all the decisions and to whom she seems incapable of defying. Her unconventional sister Linda (Hepburn) knows she wants something different from a mapped-out life; she also discovers she's falling in love with Johnny. Grant's effervescent performance is timeless and his onscreen chemistry with Hepburn electric. Based on the 1928 play by Philip Barry and the second time the story was adapted to the screen this version established the rules for intelligent romantic comedies and provided a template from which the deft Cukor could further expand.System Requirements:Run Time: 96 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 043396114166 Manufacturer No: 11416

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This absolutely charming, wholly engaging romantic comedy is the hidden gem of the four collaborations of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Most everyone's seen The Philadelphia Story, but few know of this unorthodox, hilarious comedy of life among the rich and privileged, though both were Broadway hits by playwright Philip Barry. Grant plays the happy-go-lucky Johnny Case, a self-made man with a dream in his heart of making just enough money to retire on and then traveling around the world. Johnny proposes to the lovely Julia (Doris Nolan) in Lake Placid, but it isn't until he comes to pay her a visit in New York that he discovers she's the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Although his nonconformity ruffles the feathers of Julia's stuffy father, he's soon won over the whole family--most notably, Julia's rebellious sister Linda (Hepburn), who in becoming Johnny's greatest advocate finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. There's more going on here than a spiffy, surface romance, with Johnny's free-spirit determination going up against rock-hard establishment values, and director George Cukor plays up the social politics of the story just as well as the wonderful, exquisite romance. Hepburn and Grant, as always, are perfectly paired, and given able support by Lew Ayres as the black sheep of Hepburn's family, and Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon as Grant's longtime pals. Filmed previously in 1930; Hepburn understudied the role of Linda on Broadway and used a scene from the play in her first screen test. --Mark Englehart

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This absolutely charming, wholly engaging romantic comedy is the hidden gem of the four collaborations of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Most everyone's seen The Philadelphia Story, but few know of this unorthodox, hilarious comedy of life among the rich and privileged, though both were Broadway hits by playwright Philip Barry. Grant plays the happy-go-lucky Johnny Case, a self-made man with a dream in his heart of making just enough money to retire on and then traveling around the world. Johnny proposes to the lovely Julia (Doris Nolan) in Lake Placid, but it isn't until he comes to pay her a visit in New York that he discovers she's the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Although his nonconformity ruffles the feathers of Julia's stuffy father, he's soon won over the whole family--most notably, Julia's rebellious sister Linda (Hepburn), who in becoming Johnny's greatest advocate finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. There's more going on here than a spiffy, surface romance, with Johnny's free-spirit determination going up against rock-hard establishment values, and director George Cukor plays up the social politics of the story just as well as the wonderful, exquisite romance. Hepburn and Grant, as always, are perfectly paired, and given able support by Lew Ayres as the black sheep of Hepburn's family, and Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon as Grant's longtime pals. Filmed previously in 1930; Hepburn understudied the role of Linda on Broadway and used a scene from the play in her first screen test. --Mark Englehart

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Rating: - Not just a holiday, but a way of life
For a film that just turned 70 years old, "Holiday" is remarkably timely. The question of what to do with your life, whether there's more to it than just making money & accruing power & status, resonates all the more in contemporary times. Everywhere the emphasis is on getting more, More, MORE!

And for what?

That's what Johnny Case (a young Cary Grant at his most charming & energetic) is wondering as the story begins. Not averse to hard work & making enough to live on, he's thinking beyond that, wanting to use his money as the means to an end, rather than as an end in itself. And he assumes that his brand-new fiancée Julia (Doris Nolan), with whom he's head over heels in love, feels the same way ... until he meets her family, which just happens to be one of the richest in America. He soon discovers that something more mainstream is expected of someone with his financial ... Read More

Rating: - holiday
this is one of my favorite hepburn/grant movie...they are comic time sets up the rest of their on screen chemistry

Rating: - Wonderful Movie
This is a surprising movie...the emotions you feel in this is surprising...after watching this for the first time several years ago I knew I had to have this --- so will anyone who sees this movie..a must have!

Rating: - My favorite movie of all time.
It's a love story, a comedy, a drama all wrapped into one. Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn had a terrific chemistry. I will not go into the plot since I see other reviews have already, but buy this movie! You will not be disappointed. Truly a classic to watch over and over.

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