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Movie
German title Music music
Original title Holiday Inn
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1942
length 100 minutes
Rod
Director Mark Sandrich
script Claude Binyon
production Mark Sandrich
music Irving Berlin
camera David Abel
cut Ellsworth Hoagland
occupation

Musik, Musik (Original Title: Holiday Inn ) is a dance film from 1942 . Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire play the two main male roles . The evergreen White Christmas , sung for the first time in this film , received an Oscar for Best Song .

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Jim Hardy, Ted Hanover and Lila Dixon are the standout talents of New York nightlife. In the opening number of their nightclub, the song I'll Capture Your Heart , however, a rivalry between singer Jim and dancer Ted for their singing and dancing partner Lila shows up. On Christmas Eve, Jim explains to Ted that he has been disappointed in show business and has decided to run a farm with Lila Dixon in rural Connecticut. However, Lila is in love with Ted and has no ambitions to leave show business. So she stays in New York and Jim moves to Connecticut alone.

Since farm work is too tiring for Jim, he plans to convert the house into an entertainment venue called the Holiday Inn , which is only open on public holidays. At the same time, Ted's agent Danny Reed meets the saleswoman Linda Mason at the airport, who asks him to let her appear on his show. He recommends her to the Holiday Inn and also gives her a ticket to Ted's Club for the same evening. There she meets Jim, who pretends to own a big club, and she poses as a celebrity. The next day, however, they both meet at the Holiday Inn and admit their lies.

The Holiday Inn opens on New Year's Eve. In New York, Ted learns that Lila left him for a Texan millionaire. He gets drunk and then goes to the Holiday Inn to talk to Jim about it. At midnight, drunk Ted arrives. When Linda recognizes him, they dance together, but the next morning Ted can't remember anything. Jim hides Linda because he is afraid Ted will take her away from him. On Abraham Lincoln's birthday (February 12), Ted and Danny go to the Holiday Inn to find Linda. However, Jim is prepared and decides to do the musical number Abraham with a black make-up so that Linda cannot be recognized by them. While applying makeup to Linda, Jim asks if she wants to stay on the days she doesn't work at the Holiday Inn. Linda understands this as a marriage proposal and accepts with pleasure. The mask trick works, but Ted and Danny don't give up and plan to come back for Valentine's Day.

On this, Jim Linda performed the new song Be Careful, It's My Heart as a Valentine's present. At the rehearsal, however, Ted comes in and dances with Linda. Then Jim grants him that he can appear in a number with Linda on the next holiday. On George Washington's birthday (February 22nd), Ted and Linda perform together with I Can't Tell a Lie . However, Jim tries to sabotage the dance. After the dance, Ted asks Linda to be his new partner. Linda refuses because she wants to stay at the Holiday Inn and become Jim's wife. When Ted tells Jim about this alleged marriage, Jim is surprised, but plays along. Ted is not convinced of Jim's intentions and wants to keep trying with Linda. Ted wants to stay at the Holiday Inn on Easter, so that Jim mistrusts him more and more.

That feeling is confirmed on Independence Day (July 4th) when Jim learns that Hollywood representatives want to see the night show to see if Ted and Linda are fit for the cinema. Jim assigns Gus to make sure Linda doesn't arrive at the Holiday Inn. Gus drives the company car he uses to pick up Linda into a raging stream. While Linda tries to return to the Holiday Inn, Lila takes her away. She tells Linda about the selection and that Lila was chosen as Ted's partner. Linda shows Lila the way to the Holiday Inn, which also leads her into the overflowing river. When Linda finally finds her way to the Inn, she learns that Ted has impressed the studio bosses with his impromptu solo and is given a chance. Annoyed by Jim who didn't trust her, she quits and goes to Hollywood. But the producers want to make a film about the Holiday Inn, to which Jim happily agrees.

The Holiday Inn is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Jim is dejected and doesn't even touch the turkey. He wants to send a recording of his new Thanksgiving song I've Got Plenty to be Thankful For to Hollywood, but he's not yet convinced of the song. Mamie makes him go to California to get Linda back. He arrives at the studio on Christmas Eve when, after the last shoot, Ted is about to go out with Linda to marry her. Jim confronts Ted in the dressing room. Before Linda shoots the final scene of the film about the Holiday Inn, Jim comes on the set and speaks to the director. Jim leaves his pipe on the piano and hides nearby. Linda comes into the snow-covered surroundings in a sleigh and ponders her lost love. She sings White Christmas and notices Jim singing with her. He is now emerging from his hiding place and she runs towards him when the director breaks off. Ted and Danny find out about Jim's plan but are late. Jim and Linda now want to stay together and run the Holiday Inn together. Ted will soon be back with Lila, who left the millionaire.

Production and publication

The film was made in 1942 after an idea by Irving Berlin and directed by Mark Sandrich for Paramount Pictures. The music comes from Irving Berlin, the script was written by Claude Binyon. There are twelve new song numbers in the film; there is also a revival of Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning from 1917.

Two songs were used again in later film musicals: "Easter Parade" in 1948 in "Osterspaziergang", "White Christmas" in 1954 in "White Christmas".

The film was released in the United States on August 4, 1942. The German premiere followed on December 16, 1947.

Awards

The film was nominated for an Oscar in three categories ; Irving Berlin was awarded the prize in the Best Music, Original Song category.

In 2004 the American Film Institute selected the song White Christmas at number 5 in the list of AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs of the 100 Best American Film Songs .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AFI's 100 Years… 100 songs. (PDF; 134 kB) In: afi.com. American Film Institute (AFI), June 22, 2005, accessed August 28, 2015 .