Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
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:
David Boehm, Rowland Leigh, Harold Goldman.
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Nelson Eddy as Brom Broeck |
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Charles Coburn as Peter Stuyvesant |
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Constance Dowling as Tina Tienhoven |
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Ernest Cossart as Tienhoven |
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Shelley Winters as Ulda Tienhoven |
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Johnnie Davis as Tenpin |
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Percy Kilbride as Schermerhorn |
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Otto Kruger as Roosevelt |
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Fritz Feld as Poffenburgh |
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Richard Hale as Tammany |
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Carmen Amaya as Gypsy Dancer |
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Irving Bacon as Peter Van Stoon |
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Charles Judels as Renasaler |
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Ferdinand Munier as De Pyster |
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Glenn Strange as Big Muscle |
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Percival Vivian as De Vries |
| Directing | Harry Joe Brown | Director |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Songs |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Music |
| Writing | Maxwell Anderson | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Maxwell Anderson | Writer |
| Writing | Maxwell Anderson | Lyricist |
| Writing | Thomas Lennon | Adaptation |
| Writing | David Boehm | Screenplay |
| Writing | Rowland Leigh | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harold Goldman | Screenplay |
| Production | Harry Joe Brown | Producer |
| Sound | Werner R. Heymann | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Art | Bernard Herzbrun | Production Design |
| Art | Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Drumm | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Roberts | Hairstylist |
| Production | Sid Brod | Production Manager |
| Directing | Raoul Pagel | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ben Winkler | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Walter Hannemann | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | John F. Link Sr. | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | Jacques Samossoud | Music Director |
| Sound | Jule Styne | Songs |
| Writing | Sammy Cahn | Lyricist |
