Characters & Themes
Holiday Inn (1942) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 101 mins · English
- Directed by
- Mark Sandrich
- Starring
- Irving Bacon, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Keith Richards, James Bell, Kitty Kelly
Linda Mason falls head‑over‑heels for crooner Jim Hardy, while suave dancer Ted Hanover, rebuffed by capricious Lila Dixon, sets his sights on her as his new dance partner. Their rivalry plays out at Jim’s bustling supper club, Holiday Inn, where Hanover and his manager devise schemes to win Linda’s affection.
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