Holiday Affair, The Movie

[krapug1]

As has come up before, the movie from the late 1940's, Holiday Affair, features model trains that LOOK like Lionel, but in the case of the passenger cars, are labled differently. The engines are clearly the famous Santa Fe F-3 units, and in the opening credits they are used to appear as real trains, until you see it "snowing" in front of a station named, Palm Springs. The snow it turns out is being created by the salesman to entice the young audience gathered around the display. The passenger cars are the Irvington Cars, but as I mentioned have lettering that is clearly part of a custom job. I wonder if this was done to avoid paying the Lionel Corporation royalties for the use of their product ?? For that matter although the movie is set in New York City, the name of the department store is Crowley's (that was in Detroit, not NYC), and they mention the names of key competitors that were in NYC (like Wanamakers), but not the big guns like Macy's, or Gimbels. Ken

[arkady]

That's always been one of my favorite movies, but I always have to close my eyes during the scene in which some idiot in the elevator steps on one of the Irvington cars.

[wrawroacx]

krapug1

The engines are clearly the famous Santa Fe F-3 units, and in the opening credits they are used to appear as real trains, until you see it "snowing" in front of a station named, Palm Springs. The snow it turns out is being created by the salesman to entice the young audience gathered around the display.

I also noticed in the opening credits in front of the station that it's 2 Rail Track and when they pan out it 3 Rail Track.

[krapug1]

This should be a picture of the child star with the trains. They are dressed up as the Red Rocket Express, with no Lionel anywhere.