Holiday (1938)
Australian Premiere - 4K Restoration
“For sparkling wit and ineffable melancholy, Holiday…is simply nonpareil.” – Justin Chang, the Los Angeles Times
“I love it not just for its wit and its tenderness, but for its ruthlessness.” – Stephanie Zacharek
A nonconformist society girl finds a kindred spirit in her sister’s fiancé in George Cukor’s wistful and wonderful romantic comedy, now restored in 4K. Johnny Case (Cary Grant), a self-made man who has laboured since early childhood, intends to take an extended sabbatical following his marriage to the upper-class Julia Seton (Doris Nolan). While Johnny is emphatically supported by Julia’s eccentric older sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn) and downtrodden brother Ned (Lew Ayres), his plan conflicts with the ambitions of the siblings’ tyrannical banker father (Henry Kolker).
In the same year the two actors were paired in Howard Hawks’ definitive screwball Bringing Up Baby, and two years before they would reunite with Cukor for The Philadelphia Story, Hepburn and Grant showcased their peerless chemistry and physicality in what is arguably their finest collaboration, and one of the greatest films of the 1930s.
Introduced by CJ Johnson at Ritz Cinemas and by Philippa Hawker at Lido Cinemas.
Rating
G
Duration
95 min
Country
United States
Language
English
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, Doris Nolan, Edward Everett Horton
Director
George Cukor
