Summary
Screen legends Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance in one of the most timeless holiday classics of all time. Featuring the Academy Award-winning song, "White Christmas", Crosby plays a song and dance man who leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. Astaire plays his former partner and rival in love. Follow the two talented pals as they find themselves competing for the affections of the same lovely lady.Additional Information
Subjects |
Taverns (Inns)
-- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama. Holidays -- Drama. Hotelkeepers -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Fiction films. Feature films. Musical films. Christmas films. Romance films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Pictures Home Entertainment,2017 |
Edition | 75th anniversary edition; Widescreen and full screen. |
Other Titles | Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn |
Contributors |
Binyon, Claude,
1905-1978, screenwriter. Sandrich, Mark, 1900-1945, film producer, film director. Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, actor. Astaire, Fred, actor. Reynolds, Marjorie, 1917-1997, actor. Dale, Virginia, 1917-1994, actor. Abel, Walter, 1898-1987, actor. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, composer. Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company. Universal Pictures (Firm), production company. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
Participants/Performers |
Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel. |
Other Contributors |
Words and music, Irving Berlin. |
Language |
English French Spanish In English, with optional French and Spanish subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
Notes |
Title from container. At head of title: Irving Berlin's. Featuring the Academy Award-winning' song "White Christmas." Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. Special features: "A couple of song and dance men": an intimate retrospective of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire; "All singing - all dancing": the making-of 'Holiday Inn'; Audio commentary by film historian Ken Barnes; Theatrical trailer. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentations; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 101 min.) : color, black & white, sound ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other | Classic View |