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Knickerbocker Holiday is a 1944 American musical film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn and Constance Dowling. It is based on the musical play of the same title set in the 17th century colony of New Amsterdam .
Knickerbocker Holiday. It's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publisher is arrested for printing advanced opinions on the undemocratic rule of Governor "Peg-Leg" Stuyvesant. While Brom is in prison, old "Peg-Leg" goes on the make for Brom's sweetheart.
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- Comedy, History, Musical
- Harry Joe Brown
- 1944-03-17
Knickerbocker Holiday is a 1938 musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics); based loosely on Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York about life in 17th-century New Netherland (old New York).
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Knickerbocker Holiday is a 1944 American musical film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn and Constance Dowling. It is based on the musical play of the same title set in the 17th century colony of New Amsterdam.
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.
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The 1938 stageplay Knickerbocker Holiday was a romantic musical comedy by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill. Set in 17th century New Amsterdam, it lampooned big government as corrupt and dictatorial and took potshots at the Roosevelt Administration (Anderson despised FDR and the New Deal).
