Knickerbocker Holiday 1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
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 (Charles Coburn) 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 (Nelson Eddy), 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 (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
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 (Charles Coburn) 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 (Nelson Eddy), 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 (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
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Full Cast & Crew... Brom Broeck
... Peter Stuyvesant
... Tina Tienhoven
... Tienhoven
... Ulda Tienhoven
... Tenpin
Release Date:
Mar 17, 1944 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 25`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Knickerbocker Holiday
Directors & Credit Writers
RP
Raoul Pagel... Assistant Director
HJB
Harry Joe Brown... Director
Cast
... Brom Broeck
... Peter Stuyvesant
... Tina Tienhoven
... Tienhoven
... Ulda Tienhoven
... Tenpin
... Schermerhorn
... Roosevelt
... Poffenburgh
... Tammany
CA
Carmen Amaya... Gypsy Dancer
... Gypsy Dancer
... Peter Van Stoon
... Renasaler
... De Pyster
... Big Muscle
... De Vries
Produced By
SB
Sid Brod... Production Manager
HJB
Harry Joe Brown... Producer