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Holiday (movie)

Holiday is a 1930 romantic comedy film which tells the story of a playboy who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancee's family. It stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor[?], Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames[?] and Hedda Hopper[?].

The movie was adapted by Horace Jackson[?] from the play by Philip Barry[?]. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith[?].

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ann Harding) and Best Writing, Adaptation.

Holiday was remade in 1938, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan[?], Lew Ayres and Edward Everett Horton (playing the same role he had played in the 1930 version). It was adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart[?] and Sidney Buchman[?], and was directed by George Cukor. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

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