---
title: 'Holiday Inn (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mark Sandrich'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/holiday-inn-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034862/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Holiday Inn (1942)

1942 · 100 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

Holiday Inn is a 1942 American Christmas musical comedy-drama film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel. It was directed by Mark Sandrich with music by Irving Berlin. The composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas". The film features a complete reuse of the song "Easter Parade", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue As Thousands Cheer and used as a highlight of the 1948 film Easter Parade, starring Astaire and Judy Garland. The film's choreography was by Danny Dare.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Bing Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bing-crosby), [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire), [Elmer Rice](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-rice)
- **Director:** [Mark Sandrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-sandrich)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Irving Berlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-berlin)
- **Producer:** [Mark Sandrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-sandrich)
- **Editor:** [Ellsworth Hoagland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellsworth-hoagland)

## Cast

- [Virginia Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-dale)
- [Mildred Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-harris)
- [Donald Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-brown)
- [Louise Beavers](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-beavers)
- [James Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bell)
- [Marjorie Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-reynolds)
- [Walter Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-abel)
- [Douglas MacArthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-macarthur)
- [Julia Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-faye)
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-delano-roosevelt)
- [Leon Belasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-belasco)
- [Bing Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bing-crosby)
- [Irving Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-bacon)
- [Fred Astaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-astaire)
- [Bud Jamison](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-jamison)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/holiday-inn-1942
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