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{{short description|1930 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sin Takes a Holiday
| name = Sin Takes a Holiday
| image = Basil Rathbone and Constance Bennett, Sin Takes a Holiday (1930).jpg
| image = SinTakesAHolidayPoster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Film Poster
| caption = [[Basil Rathbone]] and [[Constance Bennett]] in the film
| director = [[Paul L. Stein]]<br>[[E. J. Babille]] (assistant)
| director = [[Paul L. Stein]]
| producer = [[E. B. Derr]]
| writer = [[Horace Jackson]] (screenplay)<br>[[Robert Milton (director)|Robert Milton]] (story)<br>[[Dorothy Cairns]] (story)
| producer =
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| starring = [[Constance Bennett]]<br>[[Kenneth MacKenna]]<br>[[Basil Rathbone]]
| writer =
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| music = Francis Gromon
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| starring = [[Constance Bennett]]<br>[[Basil Rathbone]]
| cinematography = [[John J. Mescall|John Mescall]]
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| music =
| editing = [[Daniel Mandell]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[Pathé Exchange]]
| distributor = [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]]
| distributor = [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1930|11|10|U.S.|ref1=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12139|title=Sin Takes a Holiday: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=April 16, 2014}}</ref>}}
| released = 1930
| runtime =
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = $450,000<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', ''Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57</ref>
| budget = $450,000<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57</ref>
| gross = $623,000<ref name="rko"/>
| gross = $623,000<ref name="rko"/>
}}
}}
'''''Sin Takes a Holiday''''' is a 1930 [[romantic comedy film]].


'''''Sin Takes a Holiday''''' is a 1930 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[romantic comedy]] film, directed by [[Paul L. Stein]], from a screenplay by [[Horace Jackson]], based on a story by [[Robert Milton (director)|Robert Milton]] and Dorothy Cairns. It starred [[Constance Bennett]], [[Kenneth MacKenna]], and [[Basil Rathbone]]. Originally produced by [[Pathé Exchange]] and released in 1930, it was part of the takeover package when RKO Pictures acquired [[Pathé]] that year; it was re-released by RKO in 1931.
As a plain, poor secretary, sharing an apartment with her friend, Anne ([[Zasu Pitts]]), Sylvia Brenner ([[Constance Bennett]]) accepts her boss's marriage proposal, even though it's only so he can avoid being dragged into court, with another woman's divorce.

But, when the "[[Ugly Duckling]]" returns from 1930's [[Paris]], with her boss's old friend Reggie Durant ([[Basil Rathbone]]), she gets everyone's attention.


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[File:Sin Takes a Holiday (1930).webm|thumb|left|thumbtime=10|''Sin Takes a Holiday'' (1930)]]
Plain, poor secretary Sylvia Brenner ([[Constance Bennett]]) is secretly in love with her philandering boss, Gaylord Stanton ([[Kenneth MacKenna]]). So, when he asks her to marry him, she accepts. Even when she knows he’s only asking her to avoid being dragged into divorce court, with his “girlfriend” Grace Lawrence ([[Rita La Roy]]); and, he sends her away to Europe, so he can carry on with his night life.


Sylvia Brenner is a "plain" secretary sharing an apartment with two other women, one of whom is her friend Annie. Her economic condition is meager, but she makes do with what she has.
When Sylvia returns from Paris, where she has been spending her time with Gaylord’s worldly-wise friend, Reggie Durant ([[Basil Rathbone]]), she catches everyone’s eye, and she quickly cleans house.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021377/</ref>

She works for a womanizing divorce attorney, Gaylord Stanton, who only dates married women; he has no intention of ever getting married and sees wives as safe, since they already have husbands.

But Sylvia is secretly in love with Gaylord. When the woman he is fooling around with, Grace Lawrence, decides to leave her husband in order to marry Gaylord, he panics. In order to avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential dalliances, he offers a business proposal to Sylvia whereby he will provide her with financial remuneration if she will marry him in name only. She agrees.

After the sham wedding, Sylvia is sent off to Paris by Gaylord, to get her out of the way so he can continue his nightly debauchery. In Paris, she uses her money to do a serious makeover of herself. While there, she also meets her boss's old friend, Reggie Durant, who falls in love with her. Reggie is a sophisticated European, who introduces Sylvia to the enticements of the European lifestyle, to which she is attracted. When Reggie asks Sylvia to divorce Gaylord so that she can marry him, she is tempted, but confused, and returns home. Returning to the States, everyone takes notice of the transformed Sylvia.

Although there is a brief hiccup, as Grace puts forth a full-court offensive to win over Gaylord, Gaylord and Sylvia end up realizing that they are in love with each other.


==Cast==
==Cast==
[[File:Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) lobby card 1.jpg|thumb|Lobby card with Kenneth MacKenna and Constance Bennett]]
*[[Constance Bennett]] as Sylvia Brenner
*[[Kenneth MacKenna]] as Gaylord Stanton
* [[Constance Bennett]] as Sylvia Brenner
*[[Basil Rathbone]] as Reggie Durant
* [[Kenneth MacKenna]] as Gaylord Stanton
*[[Rita La Roy]] as Grace Lawrence
* [[Basil Rathbone]] as Reggie Durant
* [[Rita La Roy]] as Grace Lawrence
*[[Zasu Pitts]] as Annie<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021377/fullcredits#cast</ref>
* Louis John Bartels as Richards
* [[John Roche (actor)|John Roche]] as Sheridan
* [[Zasu Pitts]] as Annie
* Kendall Lee as Miss Munson
* Murrell Finley as Ruth
* [[Judith Wood|Helen Johnson]] as Miss Graham
* [[Fred Walton (actor)|Fred Walton]] as the butler


(Cast list as per the AFI database)<ref name=AFI />
==Trivia==

==Notes==
On its original release, the movie recorded a loss of $40,000.<ref name="rko"/>
On its original release, the movie recorded a loss of $40,000.<ref name="rko"/>

[[Constance Bennett]] also starred in one of the most popular films of 1930, [[Common Clay (1930 film)|Common Clay]].<ref>http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11816878</ref>
In 1958, the film entered the [[List of films in the public domain in the United States|public domain in the United States]] because the claimants did not renew its [[copyright registration]] in the 28th year after publication.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pierce |first=David |date=June 2007 |title=Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain |journal=Film History: An International Journal |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=125–43 |issn=0892-2160 |oclc=15122313 |jstor=25165419 |doi=10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125 |s2cid=191633078 }} See Note #60, pg. 143</ref>

The film was recorded using the [[RCA Photophone|RCA Photophone System]].<ref name=Theiapolis>{{cite web | url=http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-2MW7/sin-takes-a-holiday/ | title=Theiapolis: Technical Details | publisher=theiapolis.com | accessdate= August 5, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021377/ ''Sin Takes a Holiday''] at [[IMDB]]
* {{YouTube|iwasPiD-Gj8|title=''Sin Takes a Holiday''}}
* {{IMDb title|0021377}}
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90219/Sin-Takes-a-Holiday/articles.html Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) reviews, at [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]]
* {{TCMDb title|90219}}
* {{Internet Archive film|SinTakesAHoliday}}
* {{allMovie title|44810}}
* {{AFI film|12139}}

{{Paul L. Stein}}


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Latest revision as of 03:43, 15 July 2024

Sin Takes a Holiday
Film Poster
Directed byPaul L. Stein
E. J. Babille (assistant)
Written byHorace Jackson (screenplay)
Robert Milton (story)
Dorothy Cairns (story)
Produced byE. B. Derr
StarringConstance Bennett
Kenneth MacKenna
Basil Rathbone
CinematographyJohn Mescall
Edited byDaniel Mandell
Music byFrancis Gromon
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 10, 1930 (1930-11-10) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$450,000[2]
Box office$623,000[2]

Sin Takes a Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film, directed by Paul L. Stein, from a screenplay by Horace Jackson, based on a story by Robert Milton and Dorothy Cairns. It starred Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, and Basil Rathbone. Originally produced by Pathé Exchange and released in 1930, it was part of the takeover package when RKO Pictures acquired Pathé that year; it was re-released by RKO in 1931.

Plot

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Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)

Sylvia Brenner is a "plain" secretary sharing an apartment with two other women, one of whom is her friend Annie. Her economic condition is meager, but she makes do with what she has.

She works for a womanizing divorce attorney, Gaylord Stanton, who only dates married women; he has no intention of ever getting married and sees wives as safe, since they already have husbands.

But Sylvia is secretly in love with Gaylord. When the woman he is fooling around with, Grace Lawrence, decides to leave her husband in order to marry Gaylord, he panics. In order to avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential dalliances, he offers a business proposal to Sylvia whereby he will provide her with financial remuneration if she will marry him in name only. She agrees.

After the sham wedding, Sylvia is sent off to Paris by Gaylord, to get her out of the way so he can continue his nightly debauchery. In Paris, she uses her money to do a serious makeover of herself. While there, she also meets her boss's old friend, Reggie Durant, who falls in love with her. Reggie is a sophisticated European, who introduces Sylvia to the enticements of the European lifestyle, to which she is attracted. When Reggie asks Sylvia to divorce Gaylord so that she can marry him, she is tempted, but confused, and returns home. Returning to the States, everyone takes notice of the transformed Sylvia.

Although there is a brief hiccup, as Grace puts forth a full-court offensive to win over Gaylord, Gaylord and Sylvia end up realizing that they are in love with each other.

Cast

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Lobby card with Kenneth MacKenna and Constance Bennett

(Cast list as per the AFI database)[1]

Notes

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On its original release, the movie recorded a loss of $40,000.[2]

In 1958, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[3]

The film was recorded using the RCA Photophone System.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sin Takes a Holiday: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57
  3. ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078. See Note #60, pg. 143
  4. ^ "Theiapolis: Technical Details". theiapolis.com. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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