Johnny+Holiday

=//Johnny Holiday// Movie=

//Johnny Holiday// was filmed at the former Indiana Boys School in Plainfield in 1949. The movie featured William Bendix and Allen Martin Jr. The movie tells of a good kid gone bad and was 'loosely' based on the life of the film's producer, Ron W. Alcorn. The movie featured a cameo appearance by former Indiana Governor Henry Schricker, as well as Plainfield residents in some of the crowd scenes. Hoosier songwriter Hoagy Carmichael played himself in the movie in which he sang and played a song he composed called, "My Christmas Wish for You".

References: Plainfield Messenger, August 4, 1949 Movie handout of the //Johnny Holiday// showiing November 12, 2006 at the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library