''The Devil's Holiday'' is a 1930 American

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film starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr., Hobart Bosworth, and Ned Sparks. The movie was adapted by Edmund Goulding from his story, directed by Goulding, and released by

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.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''The Devil's Holiday''
/ref> The film was nominated for

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(Nancy Carroll).

Plot

A golddigger marries a young man for his money, but finds that she really loves him and wants to keep him despite his family's disapproval.

Cast

* Nancy Carroll - Hallie Hobart * Phillips Holmes - David Stone * James Kirkwood - Mark Stone * Hobart Bosworth - Ezra Stone * Ned Sparks - Charlie Thorne * Morgan Farley - Monkey McConnell * Jed Prouty - Kent Carr * Paul Lukas - Dr. Reynolds * ZaSu Pitts - Ethel * Morton Downey - Freddie, the tenor * Guy Oliver - Hammond * Wade Boteler - House Detective * Laura La Varnie - Madame Bernstein (*billed Laura Le Vernie)

References

External links

''The Devil's Holiday at IMDB''
1930 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Edmund Goulding 1930 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American multilingual films 1930 multilingual films Paramount Pictures films 1930s American films English-language romantic drama films {{1930s-romantic-drama-film-stub