Film Dope


Christmas Holiday

1944

Robert Siodmak
Director
Universal Pictures
Studio

Jilted soldier stuck in New Orleans crosses paths with torch singer Durbin, who relates her sordid past married to criminal Kelly.

Excellent, dour noir, buoyed by Durbin and Kelly cast very against type. Durbin said this was her only good film, and she's not wrong.

(Hey, if Die Hard counts as a Christmas film, this one surely does, too!)

Note: Minor Watson is listed in the uncredited role of Townsend, but he does not appear in the final print.

-Dave W.

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by W. Somerset Maugham
(W. Heinemann)

Novel





Christmas Holiday
28th June 1944
Cinema



93 mins
1.37:1

Deanna Durbin
Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin
Gene Kelly
Robert Manette
Richard Whorf
Simon Fenimore
Dean Harens
Lt. Charles Mason
Gladys George
Valerie De Merode
Gale Sondergaard
Mrs. Manette
David Bruce
Gerald Tyler
Clyde Fillmore
Colonel Making Address
Richard Davies
Lieutenant
Eddie Acuff
Steve
Perc Launders
Corporal with Message
Unknown 3408
Co-Pilot
Unknown 3408
Pilot
Louise Currie
Louise, Stewardess
Unknown 3408
Plane Passenger
Unknown 3408
Plane Passenger
Unknown 3408
Plane Passenger
Ralph Montgomery
Plane Passenger
Joe Kirk
Airline Attendant
Frank Marlowe
Bellhop
Edwin Stanley
Hotel Desk Clerk
Joseph Crehan
Steve, Bar Waiter
William H. O'Brien
Maison Lafitte Waiter
John Berkes
Maison Lafitte Waiter with Note
Unknown 3408
Joe, Maison Lafitte Waiter
Unknown 3408
Bill, Maison Lafitte Waiter
Robert Homans
Policeman Calling at Manette's
Ruth Cherrington
Concertgoer
(not 100% sure)
Unknown 3408
Impatient Concertgoer
Unknown 3408
Fat Concertgoer
James Conaty
Concertgoer
(not 100% sure)
John Barton
Concertgoer
Harry Mayo
Concertgoer
Paul Russell
Concertgoer
Cy Kendall
Teddy Jordan
Neal Dodd
Minister
Eric Mayne
Wedding Guest
Vangie Beilby
Wedding Guest
Eddie Dunn
Jim, Detective
Charles Cane
Joe, Detective
Unknown 3408
Baliff
George Irving
Judge
John Hamilton
Jury Foreman
Heinie Conklin
Juror
Cyril Ring
Juror
Frank Austin
Juror
Jack C. Smith
Juror
Jim Farley
Juror
Arthur Stuart Hull
Juror
Charles Meakin
Juror
Oliver Blake
Defense Attorney
Unknown 3408
Clerk of Court
Larry Steers
Courtroom Attendant
Robert Milasch
Courtroom Spectator
Ellinor Vanderveer
Courtroom Spectator
Katherine Yorke
Information Desk Clerk
Unknown 3408
Hotel Counterwoman
James Flavin
Policeman
Fred Aldrich
Bartender
Charles Jordan
Baliff
Lash La Rue
Man
Charles McMurphy
Policeman
Minor Watson
Townsend
(see note)

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