Holiday Inn (Special Edition) [1942] [DVD]

Nostalgia at its best

This is a great movie and a joy to watch. It may not have all the fast action of todays movies, but it is just a good bit of entertainment from a different era. Makes you feel good inside for a while.

A great watch for the festive season.

Two of the very best at what they do, teaming up in a slight but enjoyable story that is basically ashowcase for their talents and some Irving Berlin songs, one of which is the perennial "White Christmas". This issue contains a colourized version that is perfectly suited to the material. Crosby and Astaireonly made a couple of films together, so this is a welcome reminder of the enjoyment their famoustalents could offer- and not just at Christmas! Years later, they made an LP of songs together here inLondon UK - referred to in the "extras" Ken Barnes interview with Astaire's daughter. I have a copy andthey had lost little of their ability to entertain. I recall that Irving Bedrlin thought that Astaire wasthe perfect interpreter of his songs- no mean compliment when considering that vocalizing washardly his main claim to fame. Crosby must have known and respected that particular viewpoint!

Loved all the songs, and if you love old Hollywood films and Lees, right up your street! There is one uncomfortable part where the characters wear black face which I did have to skip, but I know that was acceptable at that time, but I felt very uncomfortable watching it so I just skipped that section but I’m still giving it five stars because it was still a really good movie.

What an amazing job done i this great movie to make it colour from black & white, you would never know it was recoloured at all , was thinking about the 4k disc but that doesn’t come woith the colour version so bought the dvd and don’t regret it one bit

If as a purist you have been discouraged from watching colourized versions of black and white films, I urge you to buy this! The colourization effects in "Holiday Inn" are quite simply breathtaking, the range of colours employed is consisitently impressive and of 100% realistic nature. The quality of the image is crystal clear, there is no colour "bleed" and in each frame everything is perfect. The early attempts at colourization were quite frankly pretty appalling, but this is something else.So - do buy this - you won't be sorry - and if on occasion you prefer to watch it in b&w, you can still do so - this is a two disc set.I've no idea how much it costs to colourize a film to this standard, but it makes you wish more could be done! Not film noirs obviously, but some 30s/40s films that screamed for technicolour and were yet filmed in b&w - The Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn, Betty Grable and Alice Faye in Tin Pan Alley, even King's Row possibly - we could all suggest our favourites. Not all of these are even available on DVD. Imagining them coloured to this standard would be truly marvellous.

I bought this as a gift for a relative, so I have not tried it myself, but it seems to be in good condition and was a reasonable price.

Gostei do filme , e dos grandes Bing Crosby e Fred Astaire e as músicas também

Colorizing black and white films became popular in the mid 80s, early 1990s in order to appeal to the Generation X-ers and beyond. Interestingly, colorization began in 1902 with the film short "A Trip To The Moon." But in 1902, colorization was an arduous process. With computers, colorization is much easier.I was a bit disappointed with the colorized version of "Holiday Inn" because the colors seemed faded; at times the color it wasn't noticeable. However, with the tools and software they had at the time "Holiday Inn" was colorized, it was still nicely done. And the computer technicians were avoiding mistakes of earlier colorized films from mid 80s, such as the 1986 colorized "It's a Wonderful Life", where the skin tones were garish and even the teeth and whites of the eyes were skin-toned because the process hadn't been perfected to mask out the teeth and eyes. The computer techs also did extensive research with "Holiday Inn" in order to get correct coloring for costumes and even eye color. The colorized DVD has an fascinating documentary on the colorization process for "Holiday Inn" as an extra.With the advent of AI, I would love to see "Holiday Inn" colorized using that technology. It would be interesting to see the results. I believe it might be much closer to a color film, because amazing things are done with old black and white photos (see the photo of Abraham Lincoln).The colorized version of "Holiday Inn" reminds me of old black and white photos that were hand-tinted from the 1940s and 50s. In the 1930s-1950s, black and white photos were the norm; in the 1960s, color appeared, but were reserved for special portraits or occasions, since processing color photos were still expensive. I've included screenshots of both the colorized and black and white versions, so you can decide for yourself if you prefer colorized or original of "Holiday Inn." What's great about this set is that both versions are included. The black and white version also has interesting commentary from film historian Ken Barnes, the theatrical trailer and two related short documentaries, one about Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby.Both versions are uncut and does include the blackface number, "Abraham." The only highlight of this section is Louise Beavers singing to her kids--she had a beautiful voice. When I first saw this film on TV, I was 6 years old. The "Abraham" number seemed so discordant, because I wondered why everybody wore such clownish makeup. I didn't realize at the time what black face was. Marjorie Reynold's makeup was the worse, and as a 6-year-old, I knew that Black women did not have platinum blonde hair with jiggly braids that stuck out all over the head. My little friends did not have braids like that. I also was confused as how the director and choreographer had the backup actors dance to "Abraham", standing still and moving in bouncy circular motions, like the old hula dolls people stuck on their car dashboards. Having seen Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and The Nicholas Brothers in movies, I knew Black people did not move or dance that way.Doing "Abraham" in blackface was part of the plot line to avoid Astaire's character Ted Hanover recognizing Jim Hardy's (Crosby) love interest Linda Mason (Reynolds) and steal her from Jim, like he did with Lila Dixon. Blackface was still acceptable in films of the 1930s and 1940s, so "Holiday Inn" was a product of its time. Thankfully it was eliminated from film by the time Irving Berlin filmed "White Christmas" in 1954, supposedly an "updated" version of "Holiday Inn." The song "Abraham" was transformed into a super fast instrumental, which featured an energetic tap number by Vera-Ellen and John Brascia.If you find the number "Abraham" highly offensive in "Holiday Inn", fast forward the DVD or record "Holiday Inn" on cable TV to your DVD recorder (if you still use cable instead of streaming services), since the "Abraham" number is usually cut from TV broadcasts. I'm not sure what streaming service is doing with "Abraham", since I've only watched "Holiday Inn" on cable or on DVD. I still recommend this DVD because you can view the movie in its original black and white or colorized, and because there are so many interesting extras. There's also a version on Amazon of "Holiday Inn" which features a documentary that explores the "Abraham" number and its impact on today's audiences, so you can purchase that version of the film as well as this one.

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Il film è famoso per la canzone natalizia " White Christmas " cantata da Bing Crosby. Ma non ha solo questo pregio, ne ha molti altri, tra i quali la magia della musica di Irving Berlin , la voce di Bing Crosby e le coreografie dei balli di Fred Astaire. Sono rimasto molto contento di questa edizione perchè il film l'avevo in vhs versione italiana, ma nell'edizione italiana erano stati tagliati alcuni dialoghi e alcune scene , peraltro importanti, come una scena di ballo con Fred Astaire!!! Purtroppo questa pratica italiana di diminuire il minutaggio dei film è famosa e ha rovinato un sacco di film classici dell'epoca. Per fortuna che sono arrivati i supporti digitali che hanno reso giustizia alle scempiaggini italiane. Anche un film innocente come questo ha incontrato le forbici "censorie"! In questa edizione lo vedrete completo e potrete sentire i dialoghi originali con le bellissime musiche ed i balletti interpretati da Fred Astaire. Per gli amanti dei musical hollywoodiani è un film imprescindibile.

ningún problema.