- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win.
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Ann Harding | ... |
Linda Seton
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Mary Astor | ... |
Julia Seton
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Robert Ames | ... |
Johnny Case
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Hallam Cooley | ... |
Seton Cram
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Creighton Hale | ... |
Pete Hedges
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Elizabeth Forrester | ... |
Laura Cram
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Edward Everett Horton | ... |
Nick Potter
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Hedda Hopper | ... |
Susan Potter
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William Holden | ... |
Edward Seton
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Mabel Forrest | ... |
Mary Jessup
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Monroe Owsley | ... |
Ned Seton
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Wilson Benge | ... |
Butler (uncredited)
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Neal Dodd | ... |
Minister (uncredited)
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Mary Forbes | ... |
Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
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Al Hill | ... |
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Paul Power | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Phillips Smalley | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Ellinor Vanderveer | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Directed by
Edward H. Griffith |
Written by
Philip Barry | ... | (from the play by) |
Horace Jackson | ... | (photoplay by) |
Produced by
E.B. Derr | ... | producer (produced by) |
Music by
Josiah Zuro | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
Norbert Brodine | ... | (photographer) |
Editing by
Daniel Mandell |
Art Direction by
Carroll Clark |
Makeup Department
Walter Hermann | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Jones | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Glenn Cravath | ... | poster artist (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Denzil A. Cutler | ... | sound engineer (as D.A. Cutler) |
Harold E. Stine | ... | sound engineer (as Harold Stine) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Norman Devol | ... | second camera operator (uncredited) |
Joseph LaShelle | ... | third camera operator (uncredited) |
Clarence Slifer | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Roy Tripp | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
J.O. Williamson | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gwen Wakeling | ... | costumer |
Music Department
Josiah Zuro | ... | musical director |
Additional Crew
C.E. Sullivan | ... | vice-president: Pathé Studios Inc. |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Pathé Exchange (1930) (United States) (theatrical)
- Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC) (1930) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Sony DADC Europe (2019) (United Kingdom) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Max Factor (makeup)
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
- R C A Photophone System (sound recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
After a whirlwind ten day courtship following their meeting while on respective vacations in Lake Placid, socialite Julia Seton and Johnny Case, a happy-go-lucky white-collar working stiff with some business acumen, decide to get married immediately. It isn't until Julia needs to tell her Manhattan-based family - widowed father Edward, brother Ned, and sister Linda - of their engagement that Johnny learns of Julia's upper-crust status. Edward is able to check out Johnny's background before giving his approval, hoping Johnny is like his own father who was self-made. However, free-spirited Linda sees in Johnny the boost of joie de vivre that the Seton family desperately needs. Despite being happy for Julia and her approval of Johnny as a prospective member of the family, Linda laments losing in Julia one of her comrades-in-arms in the battle against the conservative repression within the Seton family, led by their father and their cousins Seton and Laura Cram. Johnny confides in Linda his want to retire temporarily from business life when he is financially able to do so - meaning not off the Seton wealth - so that he can both enjoy life while he's young by taking an extended holiday and so that he can truly find what in life he wants to do, work which he will return to once he's found that thing and his money has run out. He could be able to do so earlier than he expected as some investments are paying off. Linda wholehearted admires Johnny's plan and hopes the best for him in going through with it. When Johnny's plan comes to light within the entire family, it could threaten Johnny and Julia's relationship and fully bring into the open the true kindred souls within this new group. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | An astonishing drama of double life and double love!.. See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | In the 1938 remake, Edward Everett Horton plays the same role (Nick Potter) as he does in this version. See more » |
Goofs | 58 minutes into the film, Ned is very drunk. He reclines on the sofa with a glass in his hand and then drops it onto the floor. Moments later, the glass is back in his hand. See more » |
Movie Connections | Version of Holiday (1938). See more » |
Soundtracks | That Naughty Waltz See more » |
Quotes |
Linda Seton:
Do you realize life walked into this house today? See more » |