Holiday is a 1930 romantic comedy film which tells the story of a playboy who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. It stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames and Hedda Hopper. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Ann Harding (August 7, 1901 - September 1, 1981) was an American actress. ... Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. ... Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 - September 29, 1970) was an American actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. ... Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist. ...

The movie was adapted by Horace Jackson from the play by Philip Barry. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith. Philip Barry (June 18, 1896 - 1949) was an American dramatist known for his comedies about manners. ...

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ann Harding) and Best Writing, Adaptation. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

Holiday was also remade in 1938, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres and Edward Everett Horton (playing the same role he had played in the 1930 version). It was adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart and Sidney Buchman, and was directed by George Cukor. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. In film, a remake is a newer version of a previously released film or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ... -1... Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic star of American film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... Cary Grant Archibald (Archie) Alexander Leach, known by his screen name Cary Grant, (January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986), was a British-born actor who starred in American films. ... publicity photo for Ayres Lew Ayres (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor. ... Sidney Buchman (27 March 1902 – 23 August 1975) was a film writer and producer who worked on 38 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. ... George Cukor George Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ...