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.
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Genres - Crime, Drama, Family |
Sub-Genres - Christmas Film, Film Noir |
Release Date - Jun 28, 1944 |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - TV-PG
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Academy Award, Airplane, Best Musical Score, Film Based On Literature, Flashback, Hans, Holiday, Murder, New Orleans, Reporter, William Somerset Maugham
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Narrative Location: New Orleans
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Christmas Holiday
GB, US
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DE
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BR
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HU
Luz en el alma
AR, MX, ES
Luz na Alma
PT
Tha s' agapo pantoteina
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Tuli ja tuhka
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Vacances de Noël
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Vacanţă de Crăciun
RO
Vacanze a Natale
IT
W. Somerset Maugham's Christmas Holiday
AU, US
Weihnachtsurlaub
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Рождественские каникулы
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クリスマスの休暇
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