The Devil's Holiday

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Movie
Original title The Devil's Holiday
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1930
length 80 minutes
Rod
Director Edmund Goulding
script Edmund Goulding
music Edmund Goulding
camera Harry Fischbeck ,
Enzo Riccioni
cut George Nichols Junior
occupation

The Devil's Holiday is an American drama from 1930. The screenplay is based on a story by director Edmund Goulding.

action

Hallie Hobart hates men. She works as a manicure in a hotel and earns something on the side with small businesses with farm machines. Charlie Thorne orchestrated these deals. In one of these businesses she meets David Stone, the son of the wealthy wheat farmer Ezra Stone. She makes David fall in love with her. His brother Mark comes to town to uncover her intrigues and thus protect his brother from her.

Hallie, angry at being portrayed as a schemer, swears revenge. When the unsuspecting David proposes to her, she agrees. At the farm, Ezra rebukes Mark; he should be peaceful with Hallie. But over time, Ezra realizes that Hallie doesn't love her son. Hallie sets a price that she would leave the farm for.

Ezra visits Hallie at her hotel, where she is holding a farewell party. Hallie begins to regret her intrigues. David begins to suffer from mental exhaustion. The Viennese psychiatrist Dr. Have Reynolds help him. Hallie gives the money back. She asks his forgiveness. Soon after, David and Hallie are reunited.

background

The film is one of over 700 Paramount Pictures productions shot between 1929 and 1949, the television rights of which were sold to Universal Pictures in 1958 . The premiere took place on May 9, 1930.

The film was shot simultaneously in several versions : German ( Sunday of the life of Leo Mittler with Camilla Horn ); Swedish ( En kvinnas morgondag by Gustaf Bergman with Vera Schmidterlöw); French ( Les Vacances du Diable by Alberto Cavalcanti with Marcelle Chantal); Italian ( La vacanza del diavolo by Jack Salvatori with Carmen Boni); Spanish ( La fiesta del diablo by Adelqui Migliar with Carmen Larrabeiti). All versions were filmed at Paramount Studios in Joinville-le-Pont , France .

criticism

Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times found the film had a number of interesting scenes that were well staged and acted out, but also scenes that were more laughable. The actors are consistently good, especially Paul Lukas is excellent.

Awards

At the third Academy Awards in 1930 , Nancy Carroll was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review of the New York Times (English)