tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post6365765246525334203..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Films I Love #31: Holiday (George Cukor, 1938)Ed Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-47110927834614689102009-05-18T09:47:00.000-04:002009-05-18T09:47:00.000-04:00Excellent point about the foreshadowing, J. Ayres ...Excellent point about the foreshadowing, J. Ayres is great here, and his character is a vision of what happens to those unable to escape from this family. He's a free spirit like Grant and Hepburn, but hasn't had the courage to break free, so instead he retreats inward and becomes a drunk. It's a really affecting performance. He's another good example of how rich this film is, where each Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-38769946557653949232009-05-18T09:38:00.000-04:002009-05-18T09:38:00.000-04:00What has always affected me the most about this wo...What has always affected me the most about this wonderful film is Lew Ayres's performance as Hepburn's drunken brother. His presence really explicates the tragic undercurrents that Cukor is insinuating here and provides the necessary foreshadowing of what Grant's character might become if he gives in to his fiancee's upper-class way of living.<br /><br />- J. NyhuisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-33800294054137861002009-05-18T00:34:00.000-04:002009-05-18T00:34:00.000-04:00Yes, Horton was great in this. They're small parts...Yes, Horton was great in this. They're small parts but he and Jean Dixon are a lot of fun to watch here, and they help provide some welcome context for Grant's character. By seeing what his friends are like and how uncomfortably they fit in with the upper-class society he's marrying into, it helps solidify the class issues at the story's core.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-43629793614258289822009-05-16T06:23:00.000-04:002009-05-16T06:23:00.000-04:00I can add myself as someone who loves this film de...I can add myself as someone who loves this film dearly. I need to mention Edward Everett Horton who was always such a wonderful supporting actor in any film.Classic Maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06452165665779363139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-58683773940966464812009-05-15T11:15:00.000-04:002009-05-15T11:15:00.000-04:00It's gratifying to see so much love for this film,...It's gratifying to see so much love for this film, which I think is one of the best classic Hollywood had to offer (along with another great Cary Grant movie, <I>Only Angels Have Wings</I>). Anagramsci, I somewhat agree about the Doris Nolan role, but I don't think it's a terrible problem -- the audience is aware from the very beginning that Grant and Hepburn are meant to be together, so Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-57988680861223384542009-05-15T00:01:00.000-04:002009-05-15T00:01:00.000-04:00I've never seen this, it's on my DVR, and ...I've never seen this, it's on my DVR, and I've been itching to watch it for a while now. Haven't had the time unfortunately, and won't for at least another week & a half now. But when I do take a crack at that lineup, this will probably be the first thing I go to.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-81426328282348793662009-05-14T15:28:00.000-04:002009-05-14T15:28:00.000-04:00I love it too--have probably watched it more than ...I love it too--have probably watched it more than 20 times in my life... absolutely the only thing I can say against it is that they probably should have tried to cast someone a little more potent than Doris Nolan as Julia. In the 1930 version--also excellent, but not even close to this one overall--she's played by Mary Astor... they should have tried to get her again (after all, they let Horton Expos 1983 Blog https://www.blogger.com/profile/10798243137456349089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-65066897690536875732009-05-14T11:08:00.000-04:002009-05-14T11:08:00.000-04:00'The film is a moving, joyous parable about the im...'The film is a moving, joyous parable about the importance of finding your own place in life, of not only marching to the beat of your own drummer, but of pounding out the beat with your own two hands."<br /><br />Indeed Ed, beautifully stated! It does contain one of Grant's greatest performances, and that New Year's party is surely the centerpiece. Great capsule of this beloved film which Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-59616875355294551172009-05-14T10:18:00.000-04:002009-05-14T10:18:00.000-04:00AFB: Totally agreed! That's one of my favorite sce...AFB: Totally agreed! That's one of my favorite scenes, it's just so much fun, and perfectly captures the joy these characters find in life.<br /><br />Ryan: I still have lots more Cukor to see, and he's a director I really like, but so far this does seem to be his best and most fully realized film. I love the treatment of class in this film, though this isn't the only Cukor film to deal with Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-20937157631292552512009-05-13T21:50:00.000-04:002009-05-13T21:50:00.000-04:00How nice of you to write up something I've seen! I...How nice of you to write up something I've seen! I agree, wonderful film and Grant and Hepburn are simply dynamite in it, but their chemistry had been proved long before they made this picture. I do love Cukor but this is a lot richer than some of his other work--- I'd call it a big improvement over films like <I>The Women</I>, <I>Dinner at Eight</I>, and <I>The Philadelphia Story</I> (all of Ryan Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054550377681273142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-64873100948064004412009-05-13T17:31:00.000-04:002009-05-13T17:31:00.000-04:00That extended sequence in the playroom is among th...That extended sequence in the playroom is among the grandest and warmest moments in all of cinema.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com