Christmas Holiday (1944) DVD Gene Kelly and Deanna Durbin
Christmas Holiday (1944) DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Black & White. Beautifully re-mastered. Approx. 88 min. Starring: Gene Kelly, Deanna Durbin, Gladys George, Dean Harens. Based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Produced by Felix Jackson. Directed by Robert Siodmak A very grown up Deanna Durbin gives a bravura performance as a sleazy nightclub singer in this intense Film Noir Hollywood classic. An Army Lieutenant (Dean Harens), recently jilted by his finacee, finds himself introduced to a New Orleans bordello by a drinking buddy. Here he meets singer Jackie Lamont (Deanna Durbin) - a woman with a dark past and an even darker secret. Her real name is Abigail Manette and her husband Robert Manette (Gene Kelly) is a convicted murderer serving life in prison - or so she believes. Unknown to her, Robert has broken out of jail and is intent on tracking her down. He's consumed with jealousy, obsessed with the idea she's been unfaithful to