Review – Holiday Inn

One of the classics of Hollywood holiday cinema, this movie is famous for giving us “White Christmas.” Of course, it also gave us the racist spectacle of “Abraham,” the black-face tribute to Lincoln’s Birthday (which I note has “disappeared” from the version of this movie cablecast during the holidays). Highs and lows aside, for the most part this is your standard, run-of-the-mill Bing Crosby / Fred Astaire picture, a lot of Irving Berlin numbers loosely woven together with something that vaguely passes for a plot. In other words, if you like musicals from the 40s you’ll probably like this one. Mildly amusing