# Speaking of "Holiday Inn"...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-holiday-inn/707925>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-holiday-inn/707925 "2014-12-22T16:40:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-holiday-inn/707925/1 "2014-12-22T16:40:21Z")

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The movie. How was that business model supposed to work? Bing retires to a farm, then decides to turn it into a “holidays only” night club? Was that supposed to be an old farm house that somehow holds a full orchestra and cast of performers, plus the guests. How many rooms did it have anyway? I would imagine the guests would spend at least one night having ridden all the way out there in the snow. It didn’t have a casino, did it? Surely just renting a room and buying drinks and dinner wouldn’t cover the overhead.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-holiday-inn/707925/2 "2014-12-22T17:30:43Z")

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Not to mention all the very elaborate costumed and setted dance numbers they only do once. (Then again, how was he affording that place anyway, even to start with? He clearly sucks as a farmer.)

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-holiday-inn/707925/3 "2014-12-22T17:36:16Z")

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A snow free Winter Resort has to be front for something. And it’s for couples only. There are plenty of clues in the movie itself. Possibilities include

Abortion and/or fertility clinic (The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing)

It’s a swingers paradise (Playing around)

It’s set just after the war, so maybe Waverly was a secret Nazi sympathizer and he’s bringing over former SS officers to be married to mail order brides (What Can You Do with a General?)

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-holiday-inn/707925/4 "2014-12-22T17:45:03Z")

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Afraid that’s _White Christmas_. Same set, though. One assumes the General got a good deal when Bing went out of business.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-holiday-inn/707925/5 "2014-12-22T17:57:09Z")

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Well if you want to be pedantic… it was front in 1942 just as much as it was just after the war, but it’s definitely run as a staging ground for Nazi 5th columnists planning a widespread arson campaign (Let’s Say It with Firecrackers)