Knickerbocker Holiday

Story

Synopsis

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 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, 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, whose sister Ulda happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin. After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.

Director

Harry Joe Brown

Writers

Sammy Cahn, Maxwell Anderson, Thomas Lennon

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

17 March 1944

Ensemble

Cast

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  Nelson Eddy

  Brom Broeck

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  Charles Coburn

  Peter Stuyvesant

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  Constance Dowling

  Tina Tienhoven

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  Ernest Cossart

  Tienhoven

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  Shelley Winters

  Ulda Tienhoven

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  Johnnie Davis

  Tenpin

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  Percy Kilbride

  Schermerhorn

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  Otto Kruger

  Roosevelt

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  Fritz Feld

  Poffenburgh

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  Richard Hale

  Tammany

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  Carmen Amaya

  Gypsy Dancer

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  Irving Bacon

  Peter Van Stoon