Knickerbocker Holiday (film)

Knickerbocker Holiday
Directed by	Harry Joe Brown
Written by	Maxwell Anderson (play) Kurt Weill (play) Thomas Lennon David Boehm Rowland Leigh Harold Goldman
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Nelson Eddy Charles Coburn Constance Dowling
Cinematography	Philip Tannura
Edited by	John F. Link Sr.
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Production company	Producers Corporation of America
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	March 17, 1944 (1944-03-17) (United States)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Knickerbocker Holiday is a 1944 American musical film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn and Constance Dowling. It is based on the musical play of the same title set in the 17th century colony of New Amsterdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bernard Herzbrun. The music by Werner R. Heymann was nominated for an Oscar for best motion picture score.

Cast

• Nelson Eddy as Brom Broeck
• Charles Coburn as Peter Stuyvesant
• Constance Dowling as Tina Tienhoven
• Ernest Cossart as Tienhoven
• Shelley Winters as Ulda Tienhoven
• Johnnie Davis as Tenpin
• Percy Kilbride as Schermerhorn
• Otto Kruger as Roosevelt
• Fritz Feld as Poffenburgh
• Richard Hale as Tammany
• Carmen Amaya as Gypsy Dancer
• Chester Conklin as Town Trumpeter (uncredited)

Bibliography

• May, Lary. The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way. University of Chicago Press, 2002.

External links

• Knickerbocker Holiday at IMDb