BORN YESTERDAY
"BORN YESTERDAY" (1950)
MY THOUGHTS:
This is one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE movies! I love everything about it, but mostly, Judy Holliday. She is pure genius in this role, and she certainly deserved the Oscar that she took home for her performance. Most people assume that she was really a "ditzy blonde," who wasn't acting as much as playing herself, but nothing could be more wrong. She was a very smart woman and a true talent. If you ever get a chance to see her in some of her other roles, you will not be disappointed.
SYNOPSIS:
"Brassy blonde moll Billie Dawn hits Washington, D.C., with her unscrupulous millionaire sugar daddy, Harry Brock, and his sleazy lawyer, Jim Devery, who has been pressuring Harry to marry Billie by pointing out that a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband. In an effort to make Billie more socially acceptable, Harry hires journalist Paul Verrall to smarten her up -- and sparks soon fly between the pair."
STARRING:
Judy Holiday, Broderick Crawford, Howard St. John and
William Holden
SCREENPLAY:
Garson Kanin and Albert Mannheimer, based on a story by Garson Kanin.
DIRECTOR:
George Cukor
AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for five (5) Academy Awards and won (1) for: "Best Actress in a Leading Role" (Judy Holliday).
It was nominated for nine (9) additional awards, from various entities, and won three (3) of them.
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