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Holiday Inn Blu-ray Movie United States

75th Anniversary Edition | Plus Holiday Inn: The Broadway Musical - Live / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1942 | 2 Movies | 101 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2017

Holiday Inn (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

7.5
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer4.0 of 54.0
Overall4.0 of 54.0

Overview

Holiday Inn (1942)

A retiring show song and dancer leaves showbiz to start up a New England country inn with the unique idea of being open only on national holidays. Conflicts arise when his former partner shows up and they fall for the same woman, and sparks fly -as do their feet - in a variety of inventive, holiday themed song-and-dance productions.

Comedy100%
Musical90%
Romance86%
Holiday79%
DramaInsignificant

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
    Video resolution: 1080p
    Aspect ratio: 1.35:1
    Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1

  • Audio

    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, French, Spanish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Two-disc set (2 BDs)
    UV digital copy

  • Packaging

    Slipcover in original pressing

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie4.0 of 54.0
Video4.0 of 54.0
Audio4.0 of 54.0
Extras3.5 of 53.5
Overall4.0 of 54.0

Holiday Inn Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 26, 2021

Holiday Inn is sometimes less remembered than White Christmas, the film which purloined its title from Holiday Inn's legendary (and Academy Award winning) Irving Berlin song. For those who might need a reminder, Universal has re-released the film, bundling it this time with the appealing but rather radically reimagined stage musical that was developed based on the film.


Universal previously released the original film (in both black and white and a "new, improved" colorized version) in 2014. That disc is simply repackaged here, so I refer you to my Holiday Inn Blu-ray review of that original release for a plot recap, a listing of supplements and my assessment of the technical merits of the presentation. This release also includes the stage musical, as mentioned above, and for my thoughts on that version, please head on over to my Holiday Inn: The New Irving Berlin Musical - Live on Broadway Blu-ray review.


Holiday Inn Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.0 of 5

Video quality of each disc is assessed in the above linked reviews. There are more screenshots of both the black and white and colorized versions of the feature film in my original Holiday Inn Blu-ray review, and more screenshots of the Broadway musical version in my Holiday Inn: The New Irving Berlin Musical - Live on Broadway Blu-ray review.


Holiday Inn Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.0 of 5

Audio quality of each disc is assessed in the above linked reviews.


Holiday Inn Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  3.5 of 5

Supplements on the film version are detailed in my Holiday Inn Blu- ray review. The stage version has no supplements and in fact doesn't even really have a Main Menu, simply booting to the show after a preview and then starting over after the final curtain.


Holiday Inn Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  4.0 of 5

If you already sprang for Holiday Inn a few years ago when it was first released on Blu-ray, the allure of this re-release will come down to whether or not you care about seeing the stage version. For those who never got the first release, this might be the way to go, since you're getting a "bonus" disc in the process. Recommended.