Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

4/2/2026

Well we had the “Huggetts” and the French “Monsieur Hulot” so I suppose it only fair that the Americans got “Mr. Hobbs” to have his own version of the family holiday from hell. All he (James Stewart) actually wants to do is head to the beach with wife “Peggy” (Maureen O’Hara) and spend some quality time doing nothing at all. She, on the other hand, sees this as an ideal opportunity to assemble their entire family, and that includes two grandchildren as well! “Roger” is frankly horrified at the prospect as he hasn’t much by the way of paternal instinct and his children range from 10-18 as well as his two married daughters. For the most part the kids are content with his fatherly indifference. “Danny” (Michael Burns) just wants to be left to watch reruns on the telly whilst “Katey” (Lauri Pe