The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
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Making her first film appearance since 1941, Deanna Durbin plays the title role in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Truth to tell, however, there is no Mrs. Holliday: it's the guise assumed by idealistic missionary Ruth (Durbin) to sneak a group of Chinese war orphans into the US. With the help of ship's steward Timothy (Barry Fitzgerald), Ruth poses as the wife of a wealthy shipping magnate who was lost at sea. This enables her to safely sequester the orphans in the Holliday family mansion until she can cook up her next scheme. But things begin to unravel when Ruth falls in love with her "husband"'s grandson (Edmond O'Brien)-and, of course, when Mr. Holliday (Harry Davenport) himself turns up alive and well. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday was originally intended as Durbin's dramatic debut, and originally directed by Jean Renoir, but Universal insisted upon retakes and added songs. Though virtually all of Renoir's completed footage was retained, final directorial credit was bestowed upon Bruce Manning, the film's producer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Deanna Durbin - Ruth Kirke
- Barry Fitzgerald - Timothy
- Harry Davenport - Commodore
- Frieda Inescort - Karen
- Jonathan Hale - Ferguson
- Gus Schilling - Jeff
- Edmond O'Brien - Tom Holliday
- Arthur Treacher - Henderson
- Grant Mitchell - Edgar
- Elizabeth Risdon - Louise
- Esther Dale - Lucy
- J. Frank Hamilton - Dr. Kirke
- Director(s):
- Bruce Manning
- Writer(s):
- John Jacolby, Hans Jacoby, Frank Ryan
- Producer(s):
- Bruce Manning
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