Durbin... In her most dramatic glory.

as Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin

as Robert Manette

as Simon Fenimore

as Charles Mason

as Valerie de Merode

as Mrs. Manette

as Gerald Tyler

as Steve (uncredited)

as Bartender (uncredited)

as Jury Member (uncredited)
John Chard
Dec 27, 2014
Christmas Holiday (1944) Vacationing with the troubled and the forlorn. Christmas Holiday is directed by Robert Siodmak and adapted to screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz from the novel of the same name written by W. Somerset Maugham. It stars Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens, Gale Sondergaard and Gladys George. Music is b…
CinemaSerf
Apr 9, 2026
Frank Loesser, Irving Berlin, Gene Kelly and a film called 'Christmas Holiday' does lead you to expect a decent doze of cheesy, breezy, snow-capped seasonal romance. Instead, we get something altogether different and I was pleasantly surprised. It all starts rather brutally as the loved-up 'Lt. Mason' (Dean Harens) is unceremoniously dumped by his …