Wednesday November, 3. AMSunday December, 1. PMThursday December, 2. PMSaturday December, 2. PMFilms in BOLD will Air on TCM * . Though Holiday Affair has hardly achieved the cult status of the other film, it continues to charm audiences with its tale of a war widow (Janet Leigh) torn between her button- down fiance (Wendell Corey) and a free spirit (Robert Mitchum). Mitchum may have seemed odd casting at the time for a whimsical family story. The tabloids were still abuzz with his 1. But RKO's owner, aviation tycoon Howard Hughes, had faith in him and refused to drop him from contract. Classic Christmas romantic comedy stars Janet Leigh ('Psycho,' Touch of Evil') as a poor young widow torn between a boring successful businessman and a. A disarming little trifle, Holiday Affair has in the years since its original release become a Yuletide perennial on television. War widow Janet Leigh hasn't the.
In fact, just before filming started on Holiday Affair, RKO paid $4. Mitchum's contract from independent producer David O. Selznick, who had shared the contract with RKO. Like many who worked with Mitchum, co- star Janet Leigh was quick to discover that his devil- may- care image masked a dedicated actor who put a lot more into his craft than most people suspected. Mitchum loved to play practical jokes on her, but they always had a purpose. During a tense dinner scene, he and co- star Wendell Corey each slipped a hand onto her knee under the table. She started fidgeting in response, which turned out to be the perfect reaction for the scene. Later, when she and Mitchum shared their first kiss, he really kissed her, again getting just the right reaction for the scene. Leigh wasn't as happy about her relationship with Hughes, who had arranged to borrow her from MGM for a series of pictures starting with Holiday Affair. But that didn't prevent a very strange encounter when he summoned her for a private meeting toward the end of production. Hughes presented her with a private eye's report on her activities, claiming her current boyfriend, Arthur Loew, Jr., had ordered the investigation out of jealousy. Leigh saw through the ruse at once - all of the people she was linked to in the report were members of Loew's family. Clearly Hughes had ordered the investigation himself. She informed him that their future meetings would be strictly business if he wanted her to keep making films at RKO. Weaver (story Christmas Gift) Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner. Editor: Harry Marker. Art Direction: Carroll Clark, Albert S. D'Agostino. Music: Roy Webb. Cast: Robert Mitchum (Steve Mason), Janet Leigh (Connie Ennis), Wendell Corey (Carl Davis), Gordon Gebert (Timmy Ennis), Griff Barnett (Mr.
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