# Mad Holiday

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***Mad Holiday*** is a 1936 American [comedy](/source/Comedy_film) [mystery film](/source/Mystery_film) directed by [George B. Seitz](/source/George_B._Seitz) and written by [Florence Ryerson](/source/Florence_Ryerson) and [Edgar Allan Woolf](/source/Edgar_Allan_Woolf). The film stars [Edmund Lowe](/source/Edmund_Lowe), [Elissa Landi](/source/Elissa_Landi), [ZaSu Pitts](/source/ZaSu_Pitts), [Ted Healy](/source/Ted_Healy), [Edmund Gwenn](/source/Edmund_Gwenn) and [Edgar Kennedy](/source/Edgar_Kennedy). The film was released on November 13, 1936, by [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).[1][2]

## Plot

Philip Trent, the star of a series of Hollywood mystery films, is tired of their receptiveness and goes on an ocean cruise to get away from it. However, on board an apparent murder takes place, only for it to turn out to be an invention of the author of the novels on which his films are based. Things take another turn when a real body is discovered on the ship.

## Cast

- [Edmund Lowe](/source/Edmund_Lowe) as Philip Trent
- [Elissa Landi](/source/Elissa_Landi) as Peter Dean
- [ZaSu Pitts](/source/ZaSu_Pitts) as Mrs. Faye Kinney
- [Ted Healy](/source/Ted_Healy) as Mert Morgan
- [Edmund Gwenn](/source/Edmund_Gwenn) as Williams
- [Edgar Kennedy](/source/Edgar_Kennedy) as Donovan
- [Soo Yong](/source/Soo_Yong) as Li Tai
- [Walter Kingsford](/source/Walter_Kingsford) as Ben Kelvin
- [Herbert Rawlinson](/source/Herbert_Rawlinson) as Captain Bromley
- [Raymond Hatton](/source/Raymond_Hatton) as Cokey Joe Ferris
- [Rafaela Ottiano](/source/Rafaela_Ottiano) as Ning
- [Harlan Briggs](/source/Harlan_Briggs) as Mr. Bertie Kinney
- [Gustav von Seyffertitz](/source/Gustav_von_Seyffertitz) as Hendrick Van Mier

## References

1. ["Mad Holiday (1936) - Overview - TCM.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130503154917/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2028/Mad-Holiday/). *Turner Classic Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2028/mad-holiday) on May 3, 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

1. ["Mad Holiday"](http://movies.tvguide.com/mad-holiday/105058). *TV Guide*. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

## External links

- [Mad Holiday](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027923/) at IMDb

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