Movie Description
Knickerbocker Holiday
(1944)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Harry Joe Brown
- Producer : Harry Joe Brown
- Writer : Maxwell Anderson
- Cast : Nelson Eddy,Charles Coburn,Constance Dowling,Ernest Cossart,Shelley Winters,Johnnie Davis,Percy Kilbride,Otto Kruger,Fritz Feld,Richard Hale,Carmen Amaya,Irving Bacon,Charles Judels,Ferdinand Munier,Glenn Strange,Percival Vivian
Cast
Brom Broeck
Peter Stuyvesant
Tina Tienhoven
Tienhoven
Ulda Tienhoven
Tenpin
Schermerhorn
Roosevelt
Poffenburgh
Tammany
Gypsy Dancer
Peter Van Stoon
Renasaler
De Pyster
Big Muscle
De Vries
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Facts
Original TitleKnickerbocker Holiday
Status Released
Release Information
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1944-03-17
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 25m
Production CompaniesProducers Corporation of America
Genres
- Music
- Comedy
- History
