HOLIDAY
This is the least well-known of three terrific films Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn made together in the 1930s, the other two being (of course) the incomparable 'The Philadelphia Story' and a film I don't enjoy quite as much as some do, 'Bringing Up Baby'. Like the 'The Philadelphia Story' this film is directed by George Cukor and based on a play by Philip Barry. Barry pursued a writing career despite efforts to make him work in the family business, which suggests that 'Holiday' is somewhat autobiographical in that the main question posed here is whether it is better to follow one's dreams than to pursue a conventional life seeking material reward. This rather dry-sounding question is brought to dramatic life by making Cary Grant's character Johnny have to choose between marrying the somewhat dull Julia (and thereby condemning himself to a life of luxury working at her father's bank) or Julia's unconventional sister Linda who u...