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:
Harold Goldman, David Boehm, Rowland Leigh.
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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 |
| Writing | Maxwell Anderson | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Harold Goldman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Thomas Lennon | Adaptation |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Songs |
| Writing | Maxwell Anderson | Lyricist |
| Writing | David Boehm | Screenplay |
| Sound | Werner R. Heymann | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Rowland Leigh | Screenplay |
| Directing | Raoul Pagel | Assistant Director |
| Production | Harry Joe Brown | Producer |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Music |
| Writing | Maxwell Anderson | Writer |
| Writing | Sammy Cahn | Lyricist |
| Camera | Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Roberts | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Ben Winkler | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jule Styne | Songs |
| Art | Bernard Herzbrun | Production Design |
| Production | Sid Brod | Production Manager |
| Editing | John F. Link Sr. | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | Jacques Samossoud | Music Director |
| Editing | Walter Hannemann | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Drumm | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
