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| Christmas Holiday | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
| Screenplay by | Herman J. Mankiewicz |
| Based on | Christmas Holiday by W. Somerset Maugham |
| Produced by | Felix Jackson |
| Starring | Deanna Durbin Gene Kelly |
| Cinematography | Woody Bredell |
| Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | over $2 million[1] |
Christmas Holiday is a 1944 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly.[2] Based on the 1939 novel of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham, the film is about a woman who marries a Southern aristocrat who inherited his family's streak of violence and instability and soon drags the woman into a life of misery. After he is arrested, the woman runs away from her husband's family, changes her name, and finds work as a singer in a New Orleans dive.[3] The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score for Hans J. Salter.
- ^ Kennedy, Paul P (30 July 1944). "NOTES ON A 'FIRST LADY': Ireland's Geraldine Fitzgerald Talks of Her Role as Mrs. Wilson -- Other Items on the Ginema Scene". New York Times. p. X3.
- ^ "Christmas Holiday (1944)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2012). "Christmas Holiday Review Summary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.