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Holiday Affair

- IT HAPPENS IN DECEMBER...BUT IT'S HOTTER THAN JULY!

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

Release Date : 1949-12-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Steve Mason

Original Name : Robert Mitchum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Connie Ennis

Original Name : Janet Leigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carl Davis

Original Name : Wendell Corey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Ennis

Original Name : Griff Barnett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Ennis

Original Name : Esther Dale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Crowley

Original Name : Henry O'Neill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Lieutenant

Original Name : Harry Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainclothesman

Original Name : Larry J. Blake

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emily

Original Name : Helen Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Timmy Ennis

Original Name : Gordon Gebert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saleswoman (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Barton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Saleswoman (uncredited)

Original Name : Genevieve Bell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Melinda Casey

Gender : Female

Character Name : New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)

Original Name : Chick Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Chefe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Entering Nightclub (uncredited)

Original Name : James Conaty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : Yvonne Crossley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Michka Egan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : George Eldredge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : Louise Franklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)

Original Name : James Griffith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Patricia Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Leaving Phone Booth (uncredited)

Original Name : Don Hartman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in Park (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Hawkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Mame Henderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Henry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy Looking at Crowley's Trains (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Hunt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Santa Claus (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk on Train (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Genevieve Kendall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Lally

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Lyden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Gow (uncredited)

Original Name : Allen Mathews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bum in Park (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Mills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary (uncredited)

Original Name : Frances Morris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Train Conductor (uncredited)

Original Name : Philip Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

Original Name : William J. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Theodore Rand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Joey Ray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl at Drinking Fountain (uncredited)

Original Name : Paula Raymond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Regan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Rhein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Sammy Shack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Department Store Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Carl Sklover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry (uncredited)

Original Name : Bert Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Harmon Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Stewart

Gender : Female

Character Name : Park Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Sullivan

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

All anybody wants is for you to live in the present and not be afraid of the future. Directed by Don Hartman and written by Isobel Lennart and John D. Weaver, Holiday Affair stars Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh and Wendell Corey. Story finds Leigh as Connie, a widower with a young son still trying to get over the death of her husband. Semi-courting the safe and reliable Carl (Corey), Connie's head is spun when she meets the more macho and up-front Steve (Mitchum). This is all she needs at Christmas time! A lovely Christmas Cracker of a movie, Holiday Affair never over eggs the eggnog with the love triangle axis beating at the core story. The spectre of grief is a prominent character here, where thankfully the writers have come up with a smart and respectful screenplay that's blessed with quality actors able to make the script have resonance. The seasonal staging is delightful, especially when involving a white coated Central Park. Comedy is also rife, none more so than during a court hearing sequence when Harry Morgan pops in to add his delightful wry skills. The wonder of toys and trees, of snow and ice, of families and love, all come together in a seasonal film that should be on every movie lovers list of Xmas films to see. 8/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-27

This is one of Janet Leigh's more endearing roles - sandwiched, as she is, between the rather dull but reliable attorney "Carl" (Wendell Corey) and the slightly enigmatic "Mason" (Robert Mitchum). It starts when she, "Connie", engaged as a sort of modern day secret shopper, is unmasked in a department store by salesman who instead of dobbing her in, keeps quiet and gets fired for his troubles. The pair go on a date, he meets her young son "Timmy" (Gordon Gebert) and soon she has another man in her life... The film looks at her tussle between the safe and the unknown - and also takes a little look at her own character (previously widowed and reluctant to take the plunge again!). The star of the show, for me anyway, is the young boy. A natural in front of a camera, working well with two experienced stars in a fashion that I found most engaging. His are the last few scenes that gently deliver the common sense that we have long since all to easily guessed will prevail. The ending's a bit rushed, I thought - but a good quick-fire scene from an incredulous police lieutenant Harry Morgan and some fun with a train set make this a better than average Christmas feel-good drama.