Mad Holiday (1936)
1936 · Feature film · 71 min · dir. George B. Seitz
- Mystery
- Comedy
- Romance
Synopsis
Philip Trent is tired of playing film detective Shelby James. He thinks that the stories are tripe and plans a vacation to get away from Hollywood. But on the ship, he meets a mysterious young woman and then finds a body, only to find out that the whole affair was staged by Peter Dean - author of the Shelby James novels. But then Mr. Van Mier is found murdered in the same way and the Dragon diamond is missing. No matter what Philip tries to do, he finds himself involved with the crime and…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- George B. Seitz
- Writer
- Edgar Allan Woolf
- Composer
- William Axt
- Cinematography
- Joseph Ruttenberg
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 1936-11-13
- Running time
- 71 minutes
Cast & crew
George B. Seitz Director
Edmund Lowe
Elissa Landi
Zasu Pitts
Ted Healy
Edmund Gwenn
Edgar Kennedy
Soo Yong
Walter Kingsford
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Mad Holiday, a great, funny, madcap movie · Indigo Moon Jazz · 2023-01-17
Funny murder mystery takes place aboard an ocean liner. Great movie and it shows the old movie stars and what life was like during the 1930s.
