Christmas Holiday (1944)
1944 · Feature film · 88 min · dir. Robert Siodmak
Durbin... In her most dramatic glory.
- Drama
- film noir
- Christmas film
Synopsis
Christmas Holiday is a 1944 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. 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. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score for Hans J. Salter.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Writer
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Composer
- Hans J. Salter
- Cinematography
- Elwood Bredell
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1944-06-17
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Film Noir, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Robert Siodmak
- Gene Kelly
- Deanna Durbin
Cast & crew
Robert Siodmak Director
Oliver Blake
Joseph Crehan
David Bruce
Richard Whorf
Gladys George
Gene Kelly
Gale Sondergaard
Deanna Durbin
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · an excellent Robert Siodmak film · Arthur Midower · 2022-02-07
This unusual film noir differs greatly from what you might expect from the title and its stars. Robert Siodmak directed this story based on a novel by W Somerset Maugham.
