August 4, 1942 –
The Paramount Picture film, Holiday Inn, directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby was released in theaters on this date. Kemmons Wilson, who founded the Holiday Inn motel chain in 1952, named it after this movie.
The Connecticut Inn set for this film was reused by Paramount 12 years later as a Vermont Inn for the musical White Christmas, also starring Bing Crosby and again with songs composed by Irving Berlin.
The Haus of Dcaligari 