Knickerbocker Holiday

WHEN TIMES SQUARE WAS FULL OF INDIANS...LITTLE OLD NEW YORK WAS FULL OF FUN!

Categories: Music, Comedy, History
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck, a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven, whose sister Ulda happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin. After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1944-03-17
Run time: 85 minute / 1:25
Director: Harry Joe Brown
Writers: David Boehm, Rowland Leigh, Harold Goldman.
Production Company : Producers Corporation of America
Production Country: United States of America

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Nelson Eddy
as Brom Broeck
Charles Coburn
as Peter Stuyvesant
Constance Dowling
as Tina Tienhoven
Ernest Cossart
as Tienhoven
Shelley Winters
as Ulda Tienhoven
Johnnie Davis
as Tenpin
Percy Kilbride
as Schermerhorn
Otto Kruger
as Roosevelt
Fritz Feld
as Poffenburgh
Richard Hale
as Tammany
Carmen Amaya
as Gypsy Dancer
Irving Bacon
as Peter Van Stoon
Charles Judels
as Renasaler
Ferdinand Munier
as De Pyster
Glenn Strange
as Big Muscle
Percival Vivian
as De Vries
Directing
Harry Joe Brown Director

Sound
Kurt Weill Songs
Kurt Weill Music

Writing
Maxwell Anderson Theatre Play
Maxwell Anderson Writer
Maxwell Anderson Lyricist
Thomas Lennon Adaptation
David Boehm Screenplay
Rowland Leigh Screenplay
Harold Goldman Screenplay

Production
Harry Joe Brown Producer

Sound
Werner R. Heymann Original Music Composer

Camera
Philip Tannura Director of Photography

Art
Bernard Herzbrun Production Design
Julia Heron Set Decoration

Costume & Make-Up
Walter Plunkett Costume Design
Steve Drumm Makeup Artist
Nina Roberts Hairstylist

Production
Sid Brod Production Manager

Directing
Raoul Pagel Assistant Director

Sound
Ben Winkler Sound Recordist

Editing
Walter Hannemann Assistant Editor
John F. Link Sr. Supervising Editor

Sound
Jacques Samossoud Music Director
Jule Styne Songs

Writing
Sammy Cahn Lyricist





















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