Country Music Holiday

1958 film

Country Music Holiday

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Alvin Ganzer
Screenplay by| Harry Spalding
Produced by| Howard B. Kreitsek
Ralph B. Serpe
Starring| Ferlin Husky
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Rocky Graziano
Faron Young
Al Fisher
Lou Marks
June Carter Cash
Cinematography| William J. Kelly
Edited by| Ralph Rosenblum

Production
company

Aurora Productions

Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* March 1, 1958 (1958-03-01)

Running time

| 81 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Country Music Holiday is a 1958 American musical film directed by Alvin Ganzer and written by Harry Spalding. The film stars Ferlin Husky, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rocky Graziano, Faron Young, Al Fisher, Lou Marks and June Carter Cash. The film was released in March 1958, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

## Plot

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Though produced on a shoestring, Country Music Holiday has a lot more going for it than most popular-music melanges of the 1950s. Ferlin Husky stars as Verne Brand, a talented hillbilly warbler who is discovered by fast-talking Sonny Moon (Jesse White). Verne's rise to the top of country-western fame is compromised by the machinations of a predatory Hungarian lass (Zsa Zsa Gabor) who owns 50 percent of the boy's contract. The film boasts some of the strangest casting of any film of its era: Rocky Graziano, for example, costars as a savvy record-company executive, while Patty Duke is seen as Ferlin Husky's kid sister! In addition to Husky, Country Music Holiday offers such rural favorites as June Carter, The Jordanaires, Drifting Johnny Miller, Lonzo & Oscar, the La Dell Sisters and Bernie Nee. In comparison, the strip-joint comedy team of Al Fisher and Lou Marks seems as sophisticated and urbane as Noel Coward. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

## Cast

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* Ferlin Husky as Verne Brand
* Zsa Zsa Gabor as herself
* Rocky Graziano as himself
* Faron Young as Clyde Woods
* Al Fisher as himself
* Lou Marks as himself
* June Carter Cash as Marietta
* Jesse White as Sonny Moon
* Cliff Norton as Morty Chapman
* Rod Brasfield as Pappy Brand
* Hope Wainwright as 'Ma' Brand
* Patty Duke as 'Sis' Brand
* Art Ford as himself
* Lew Parker as himself
* The Jordanaires as themselves
* Lonzo and Oscar as Comedy Team
* Drifting Johnny Miller as himself
* Ladell Sisters as themselves
* Bernie Knee as Bernie

## References

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1. ^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Country-Music-Holiday - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
2. ^ "Country Music Holiday (1958) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2015-03-28.

## External links

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* Country Music Holiday at IMDb

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