The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (DVD) (*)

$32.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1943 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bruce Manning

Written By:
Boris Ingster
Hans Jacoby

Actors:
Deanna Durbin ..... Ruth Kirke Holliday
Edmond O'Brien ..... Tom Holliday
Barry Fitzgerald ..... Timothy Blake
Arthur Treacher ..... Henderson
Harry Davenport ..... Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday
Grant Mitchell ..... Edgar Holliday
Frieda Inescort ..... Karen Holliday
Elisabeth Risdon ..... Louise Holliday
Jonathan Hale ..... Ferguson
Esther Dale ..... Lucy
Gus Schilling ..... Jeff Adams
John F. Hamilton ..... Dr. Kirke (as J. Frank Hamilton)
Christopher Severn ..... Orphan
Vido Rich ..... Orphan
Mila Rich ..... Child

Synopsis:

Making her first film appearance since 1941, Deanna Durbin plays the title role in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Truth to tell, however, there is no Mrs. Holliday: it's the guise assumed by idealistic missionary Ruth (Durbin) to sneak a group of Chinese war orphans into the US. With the help of ship's steward Timothy (Barry Fitzgerald), Ruth poses as the wife of a wealthy shipping magnate who was lost at sea. This enables her to safely sequester the orphans in the Holliday family mansion until she can cook up her next scheme. But things begin to unravel when Ruth falls in love with her "husband"'s grandson (Edmond O'Brien)-and, of course, when Mr. Holliday (Harry Davenport) himself turns up alive and well. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday was originally intended as Durbin's dramatic debut, and originally directed by Jean Renoir, but Universal insisted upon retakes and added songs. Though virtually all of Renoir's completed footage was retained, final directorial credit was bestowed upon Bruce Manning, the film's producer.

Girl reaches San Francisco with eight orphaned children from Chinese Mission School. Difficulties with immigration officials and ship commander's family eventually overcome.

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 12 February, 2010.

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