[NFBofSC] Special Presentation

[Steve Cook]

Hi All, 

 

By special request! We will be showing the movie Holiday Inn on Friday,
December 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM Eastern. We hope you will join us using the
below Zoom platform. You can read more about the movie below the Zoom
information. 

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09

 

Meeting ID: 803 254 3777

Passcode: 124578

One tap mobile

+19292056099,,8032543777# US (New York)

 


Holiday Inn


 

Jim Hardy, Ted Hanover, and Lila Dixon have a popular New York City song and
dance act. On Christmas Eve, Jim prepares for his final performance before
marrying Lila and retiring on a farm in Connecticut. Lila tells Jim she has
fallen in love with the notorious charmer Ted instead; heartbroken, Jim bids
them goodbye.

 

He tries to make a go of working the farm, but ends up in a sanatorium
instead. The following Christmas Eve, Jim is back in New York City with
plans to turn his farm into "Holiday Inn," an entertainment venue open only
on holidays, to the amusement of Ted and his agent Danny Reed. In a flower
shop, Danny is pitched by sales girl and aspiring performer Linda Mason; he
steers her to Holiday Inn and Ted's club. Later that night, Linda and Jim
accidentally meet at a performance by Ted and Lila. Jim pretends to own a
rival club, while Linda postures as a celebrity friend of Ted's, only to
flee when Ted and Lila approach.

 

On Christmas Day, Linda arrives at Holiday Inn and meets Jim, the pair
immediately realizing their deception. Jim sings her his new song, "White
Christmas".

 

On New Year's Eve, Holiday Inn opens to a packed house. Back in New York
City, Ted learns that Lila is leaving him for a Texas millionaire. Drinking
heavily, he arrives at Holiday Inn at midnight and literally stumbles into
Linda. They dance and bring down the house, which believes it all to be a
polished act. Danny arrives and is ecstatic that Ted has found a new
partner, but in the morning, Ted does not remember Linda. Jim hides her,
afraid Ted will steal her away.

 

On Lincoln's Birthday, Ted and Danny search for Linda, but Jim convinces
Linda to play the minstrel show number "Abraham" in blackface together to
foil them. While applying Linda's makeup, Jim asks her to stay there with
him between holidays, which she interprets as a proposal. He affirms it but
equivocates that only when he can afford to. Leaving empty-handed, Ted and
Danny plan to return.

 

Rehearsing for Valentine's Day, Jim presents Linda with a new song, "Be
Careful, It's My Heart". Ted arrives and launches into an impromptu dance
with Linda. Recognizing her from New Year's Eve, he demands that Jim prepare
them a number to perform in the next show.

 

On Washington's Birthday, Ted and Linda dance in elaborate 18th-century
period costumes, with Jim sabotaging their tempo from a minuet to jazz
throughout. Linda refuses Ted's offer to become his dance partner, saying
that she and Jim are to be married. When Ted asks him about the engagement,
Jim plays it off, but Ted is unconvinced.

 

At Easter, romance blossoms between Jim and Linda. They are met by Ted, who
asks to remain in Jim's shows to experience "the true happiness" they have
found. Linda is charmed, but Jim is suspicious.

 

Jim's apprehensions are confirmed on Independence Day, when he overhears Ted
and Danny's bringing a pair of Hollywood representatives to audition Ted and
Linda for motion pictures from that night's show. Jim bribes teamster Gus to
stall Linda, who ends up driving the pair into a creek. Linda gets picked up
on the roadside by Lila. Having left the penniless "millionaire", she crows
that she will be Ted's partner that night for the studio tryout. Assuming
that Jim made the switch to keep her from leaving, Linda directs Lila into
the creek.

 

At the inn, Ted is forced to improvise a solo, a fireworks-studded tap dance
routine. Linda arrives, irritated that Jim did not trust her to make her own
decision. She joins Ted, Hollywood-bound. Jim reluctantly agrees to let the
eager producers make a film about Holiday Inn, but vows not to leave the
Inn.

 

Thanksgiving finds the Inn closed, and Jim wallowing in self-pity. As he
prepares to mail his new song, his housekeeper Mamie implores him to fight
to win Linda back.

 

Jim arrives in California on Christmas Eve, just as Ted and Linda plan to
marry. Jim confronts Ted in his dressing room, gets locked in, then turns
the table on Ted and Danny. On the set of Linda's movie, a meticulous
recreation of Holiday Inn, Jim leaves his pipe on the piano and hides as
Linda enters and performs "White Christmas". Reflexively ringing tiny bells
with it as he did, she falters, then continues waveringly as Jim's voice
joins her. Jim appears and Linda runs to him.

 

Back at Holiday Inn on New Year's Eve, Ted is reunited with Lila. Jim and
Linda sing a duet, affirming their love.

 

Cast

Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy

Fred Astaire as Ted Hanover

Marjorie Reynolds as Linda Mason

Walter Abel as Danny Reed

Virginia Dale as Lila Dixon

Louise Beavers as Mamie

Irving Bacon as Gus

Leon Belasco as flower store manager

Marek Windheim as François

James Bell as Dunbar (from Hollywood)

John Gallaudet as Parker (from Hollywood)

Shelby Bacon as Vanderbilt

Joan Arnold as Daphne

Harry Barris as musician

Bud Jamison as Sidewalk Santa Claus; opening scene

Noel Neill as dancer in "Abraham" number

 

Steve Cook

You are invited to join us on the 1st and 2nd Friday of each month at 8:00
PM Eastern for audio described movies using the below Zoom platform! 

 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09>
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09

Meeting ID: 803 254 3777

Passcode: 124578

 

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