Others have approached the question in the form of “What is your favorite musical?” but that was not the question. The question was “What movie do you find yourself watching repeatedly...?” The movie that I watch repeatedly is “Holiday Inn”. As others have stated, I have watched the movie so often, that although I may not be able to doall the dialogue as it happens, I can definitely sing each of the songs as they appear in their correct order.
I watch this movie repeatedly for at least the following reasons and perhaps others:
1. I recall watching it every December, sometimes multiple times from December through January, while growing up. The film therefore is nostalgic for me. I can vividly recall watching it with my family.
2. I also watch it to see if it continues to be edited like it was when I saw it for the first time after moving to Minnesota. The year was 1978, in the winter, likely after Thanksgiving but before the New Year. I noticed that the movie was to be played and sat down eagerly to watch and relive all the scenes. The holiday is Lincoln’s birthday and as was true of every holiday there was a song and dance number. For this particular holiday, Bing Crosby and everyone else was decked out in blackface. This was done in the movie in the hopes of hiding Bing’s newly found dance partner from Fred Astaire. The scene that was cut in this particular edit was that of the maid Mamie (Louise Beaver, I believe) singing to her children. She sings “Who was it set the **** free?” And they response “Abraham”. The entire scene with Mamie and her children was cut from the movie when I viewed it that year. In subsequent viewings sometimes the entire Lincoln’s birthday number is left in, other times the edit was like it was in 1978 and one year the entire Lincoln’s birthday number was deleted.
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Others have approached the question in the form of “What is your favorite musical?” but that was not the question. The question was “What movie do you find yourself watching repeatedly...?” The movie that I watch repeatedly is “Holiday Inn”. As others have stated, I have watched the movie so often, that although I may not be able to doall the dialogue as it happens, I can definitely sing each of the songs as they appear in their correct order.
I watch this movie repeatedly for at least the following reasons and perhaps others:
1. I recall watching it every December, sometimes multiple times from December through January, while growing up. The film therefore is nostalgic for me. I can vividly recall watching it with my family.
2. I also watch it to see if it continues to be edited like it was when I saw it for the first time after moving to Minnesota. The year was 1978, in the winter, likely after Thanksgiving but before the New Year. I noticed that the movie was to be played and sat down eagerly to watch and relive all the scenes. The holiday is Lincoln’s birthday and as was true of every holiday there was a song and dance number. For this particular holiday, Bing Crosby and everyone else was decked out in blackface. This was done in the movie in the hopes of hiding Bing’s newly found dance partner from Fred Astaire. The scene that was cut in this particular edit was that of the maid Mamie (Louise Beaver, I believe) singing to her children. She sings “Who was it set the **** free?” And they response “Abraham”. The entire scene with Mamie and her children was cut from the movie when I viewed it that year. In subsequent viewings sometimes the entire Lincoln’s birthday number is left in, other times the edit was like it was in 1978 and one year the entire Lincoln’s birthday number was deleted.