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Release Date:
March 17, 1944
Original Title:
Knickerbocker Holiday
Genres:
Comedy | History | Music
Production Companies:
Producers Corporation of America
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 85
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
Adaptation:
Thomas Lennon
Assistant Director:
Raoul Pagel
Assistant Editor:
Walter Hannemann
Costume Design:
Walter Plunkett
Director:
Harry Joe Brown
Director of Photography:
Philip Tannura
Hairstylist:
Nina Roberts
Lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
Sammy Cahn
Makeup Artist:
Steve Drumm
Music:
Kurt Weill
Music Director:
Jacques Samossoud
Original Music Composer:
Werner R. Heymann
Producer:
Harry Joe Brown
Production Design:
Bernard Herzbrun
Production Manager:
Sid Brod
Screenplay:
David Boehm
Rowland Leigh
Harold Goldman
Set Decoration:
Julia Heron
Songs:
Kurt Weill
Jule Styne
Sound Recordist:
Ben Winkler
Supervising Editor:
John F. Link Sr.
Theatre Play:
Maxwell Anderson
Writer:
Maxwell Anderson
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