Holiday Inn

holiday-inn Sure, it’s another predictable 1940’s-era Hollywood holiday movie. The plot of all these movies is to figure out “who is going to marry who?” That’s usually set-up in the very first scene, and predictable by the second scene. Of course, there’s always little more – and in this case it takes the form of a country Inn open only for each US holiday – with a song & dance numberfor each one (unfortunately, they skip Arbor Day).

At least this one has a couple crazy elements to keep it interesting… a black-face number, some fire-cracker tap-dancing, and hey, it’s Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby – if nothing else, it’s interesting to see what made these guys such a big deal.