Synopsis
Judy Holliday won the 1950 Best Actress Oscar® for her priceless performance as a junk tycoon's not-so-dumb-blonde mistress in this bright biting comedy (Variety) co-starring Broderick Crawford and William Holden.
Product Notes
Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford. The sexy but dizzy new girlfriend of a corrupt tycoon needs to fine-tune her education, so he hires an intellectual to tutor her in this Pygmalion -inspired romantic comedy. Holliday won the Best Actress Oscar. 1950/b&w/103 min/NR/fullscreen.
Product Reviews
Garson Kanin's Broadway hit was transferred to the screen with only a few passing nods to the stricter censorship required by films. Judy Holliday won an Oscar for her portrayal of Billie Dawn, a strident, dim-bulbed ex-chorus girl who is the mistress of millionaire junk tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford). In Washington to put a few senators and congressmen in his pocket (the better to lay the groundwork for an illegal cartel), the rude-and-crude Brock realizes that the unrefined Billie will prove an embarrassment. Thus he hires idealistic but impoverished Paul Verrell (William Holden) to pump some intelligence and "class" into Billie. Paul does his job too well; by awakening Billie's social and political consciousness, he turns the girl into Brock's most formidable foe in his efforts to buy influence in DC. Along the way Paul and Billie fall in love. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Born Yesterday |
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Comedy |
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24 March 2009 |
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Broderick Crawford(Harry Brock), Judy Holliday(Billie Dawn), William Holden(Paul Verrall), Howard St. John(Jim Devery), Frank Otto(Eddie) |
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George Cukor |
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Not Rated |
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DVD |
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1439 |
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043396014398 |
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COL001439 |
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24 March 2009 |
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26 Dec 1950 |
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COLUMBIA/TRISTAR STUDIOS ( CLTS ) |
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140 |
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1: USA, Canada |
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1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard), Black and White |
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English, Korean, Spanish, Thai |
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5.1, PCM Mono, English |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:1 |
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Keep Case |
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Barbara Brown(Mrs. Hedges), Broderick Crawford(Harry Brock), Charles Cane(Policeman), Claire Carleton(Helen), David Pardon(Barber), Frank Otto(Eddie), Grandon Rhodes(Sanborn), Helen Eby-Rock(Manicurist), Howard St. John(Jim Devery), John Morley(Native), Judy Holliday(Billie Dawn), Larry Oliver(Norval Hedges), Mike Mahoney(Elevator Operator), Paul Marion(Interpreter), Ram Singh(Native), Smoki Whitfield(Bootblack), William Holden(Paul Verrall) |
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Art Director:Harry Horner, Cinematographer:Joseph Walker, Composer (Music Score):Frederick Hollander, Director:George Cukor, Producer:S. Sylvan Simon, Screenwriter:Albert Mannheimer |
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