The Amazing Mrs. Holiday Movie Review 1943

Pleasant Durbin outing finds the star playing the daughter of missionaries working in China. Ruth accompanies a group of Chinese orphans aboard a ship bound for San Francisco, aided by steward Timothy (Fitzgerald). She wants the children to stay together, so Timothy passes Ruth off as the wife of a shipping magnate, who's been lost at sea. Ruth admits her deception to the man's grandson Tom (O'Brien) and convinces him that it's okay that she and the children stay in the family mansion.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Childhood Visions, Adoption & Orphans, San Francisco, Not-So-True Identity

Screenplay

Frank Ryan, John Jacoby

Cast

Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher, Harry Davenport, Grant Mitchell, Frieda Inescort, Elisabeth Risdon

Cinematography

Elwood "Woody" Bredell

Director

Bruce Manning

Music

Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter

Producer

Universal Pictures