In the following conversation, recorded in September 2019, film critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker and distributor Michael Schlesinger discuss three versions of HOLIDAY: Philip Barry’s 1928 play and the 1930 and 1938 screen adaptations of it.
In the following audio excerpt from an oral history recorded for the American Film Institute in 1971 and ’72, director George Cukor discusses HOLIDAY with author and screenwriter Gavin Lambert.
Directed by Edward H. Griffith • 1930 • United States
Starring Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Robert Ames
The first filmed version of Philip Barry’s 1928 play “Holiday” was released in 1930 and directed by Edward H. Griffith. This pre-Code HOLIDAY stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, and Robert Ames, as wel...
