Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn

By Mark Sandrich

  • Genre: Musicals
  • Release Date: 1942-08-04
  • Advisory Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: Mark Sandrich
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 14.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7/10
7
From 184 Ratings

Description

This perennial, Christmas-season favorite teams screen legends Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a true showcase for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners, while Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" becomes a movie touchstone (and winner of the Oscar for Best Song)! DISCLAIMER: This program includes racial and cultural depictions that are outdated and offensive. Although these depictions do not represent the values of NBCUniversal, they have not been removed in the interest of presenting the original content and preserving history. This program is reflective of the time when it was made and serves as a reminder of the racism and prejudice that was once considered acceptable.

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  • Historically Important Movie

    4
    By Binaryspiral
    The Ambraham scene is one of the most racist scenes I have seen in a movie celebrated as a time honored film, however I think it's worth keeping it in place and recognizing that it is offensive to many people. The movie was made in a time that this was acceptable - but just barely. As we, as a society, have evolved - blackface and the sterotypes in this film that protray black people as lower or less than whites is even less acceptable. To delete the scene and pretend it never happend would be the easy way out. It is the way this film gets broadcast on commercial funded channels - no advertiser in their right mind would want to be around that scene. However, it allowed me to have a very honest discussion with my children about this scene and many other things in the world that were once ok but now are not. It's not an easy scene for me to watch, it goes against my upbringing and I'm whiter than wonder bread. On the whole, the movie was above average but nothing earth shattering. Without it we wouldn't have White Christmas - which in my opinion is a much better film.
  • Where is the 4K upgrade? RIPOFF

    1
    By Em_dee_aitch
    Tim Cook personally promised 4K upgrades to prior purchasers of movies in the iTunes Store. Here is yet another case of prior purchasers being denied the upgrade. Ripoff. Apple, fix this! Studios, fix this!
  • Great film

    5
    By Penguin2222
    There is much to love about this movie! Ignore one scene and enjoy the rest!
  • WARNING- Racist Scene

    1
    By tardisifa
    This movie has not been altered from it's original form that contains a racist scene of actors in black face.
  • Buyer Beware

    1
    By Desert Casa
    This movie has a pre-movie warning that states some scenes of the movie may be considered racist today, but the scenes have not been removed to keep the movie intact. The scenes, that some may find offensive, are where the lead characters dress up in black face.
  • Love

    5
    By Hearts28
    One of my favorite Holiday.

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