Mad Holiday (1936)
The overlong but absorbing MGM "B" melodrama Mad Holiday stars Edmund Lowe as vacationing movie idol Philip Trent. Tired of starring in murder mysteries, Trent discovers he can't escape typecasting even on an ocean voyage: one of the passengers is murdered in our hero's cabin. The killing is tied in with a stolen diamond and a seemingly unending supply of suspects. To avoid being arrested himself, Trent teams up with pretty detective novelist "Peter" Dean (Elissa Landi) to solve the mystery. As Trent's wisecracking press agent Mert Morgan, Ted Healey has a wonderful moment when he stumbles over a corpse and asks nonchalantly, "What's the matter with him, he crocked?" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, (more)
- Director(s):
- George B. Seitz
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Synopsis of Mad Holiday
The overlong but absorbing MGM "B" melodrama Mad Holiday stars Edmund Lowe as vacationing movie idol Philip Trent. Tired of starring in murder mysteries, Trent discovers he can't escape typecasting even on an ocean voyage: one of the passengers is murdered in our hero's cabin. The killing is tied in with a stolen diamond and a seemingly unending supply of suspects. To avoid being arrested himself, Trent teams up with pretty detective novelist "Peter" Dean (Elissa Landi) to solve the mystery. As Trent's wisecracking press agent Mert Morgan, Ted Healey has a wonderful moment when he stumbles over a corpse and asks nonchalantly, "What's the matter with him, he crocked?" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Mad Holiday
- Edmund Lowe - Philip Trent
- ZaSu Pitts - Mrs. Kennedy
- Edmund Gwenn - Williams
- Soo Yong - Li Tai
- Herbert Rawlinson - Capt. Bromley
- Harlan Briggs - Kinney
- Gustav von Seyffertitz - Hendrick Van Mier
- Elissa Landi - Peter Dean
- Ted Healy - Mert Morgan
- Edgar Kennedy - Donovan
- Walter Kingsford - Ben Kelvin
- Raymond Hatton - "Cokey Joe" Ferris
- Rafaela Ottiano - Ning
- Director(s):
- George B. Seitz
- Writer(s):
- Edgar Allan Woolf, Florence Ryerson
- Producer(s):
- Harry Rapf
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