The Amazing Mrs. Holiday

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The Amazing Mrs. Holiday ★★½ 1943

Pleasant Durbin outing finds the star playing the daughter of missionaries working in China. Ruth accompanies a group of Chinese orphans aboard a ship bound for San Francisco, aided by steward Timothy (Fitzgerald). She wants the children to stay together, so Timothy passes Ruth off as the wife of a shipping magnate, who's been lost at sea. Ruth admits her deception to the man's grandson Tom (O'Brien) and convinces him that it's okay that she and the children stay in the family mansion. 98m/B VHS . Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher, Harry Davenport, Grant Mitchell, Frieda Inescort, Elisabeth Risdon; D: Bruce Manning; W: Frank Ryan, John Jacoby; C: Elwood “Woody” Bredell; M: Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter.

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