Thursday, December 17, 2009

Christmas Special - Holiday Inn (1942) with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire (both black and white and colourised versions)

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 101 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034862/

Cast

Bing Crosby ... Jim Hardy
Fred Astaire ... Ted Hanover
Marjorie Reynolds ... Linda Mason
Virginia Dale ... Lila Dixon
Walter Abel ... Danny Reed
Louise Beavers ... Mamie
Irving Bacon ... Gus

Description: Jim Hardy and Ted Hanover have been vaudeville partners for many years but when Ted announces that he and Jim's girlfriend, dancer Lila Dixon, are going to set off on their own, Jim decides the time has come to retire. He buys himself a farmhouse in New England and settles into the country life but soon realizes that he has an opportunity to do something special. He decides to open his inn to the public, but only on major holidays. Things are going well for him until his old partner Ted shows up and sets his sights on Jim's new friend, Linda Mason. The film introduced the song White Christmas

Screens:

Colourised

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Black and white

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WeEwQs_H25dwy5lBZDwNK9es3eQXmC2T


Video and audio information:

Colourised

Video : 1.34 GB, 1890 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x544 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 47 MB, 65 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR

Black and white

Video : 1.77 GB, 1890 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 778x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 324/47 MB (main/commentary), 448/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/VORBIS, CBR/VBR


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Ken Barnes. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)