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Born Yesterday
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7.3Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
Cast
- Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn
- Broderick Crawford as Harry Brock
- William Holden as Paul Verrall
- Howard St. John as Jim Devery
- Frank Otto as Eddie
- Larry Oliver as Congressman Norval Hedges
Themes
- washington dc, usa
- congress
- tycoon
- based on play or musical
- political satire
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Cukor
- Screenplay by
- Albert Mannheimer Garson Kanin (uncredited)
- Based on
- Born Yesterday , by Garson Kanin
- Produced by
- S. Sylvan Simon
- Starring
- Judy Holliday Broderick Crawford William Holden
- Cinematography
- Joseph Walker
- Edited by
- Charles Nelson
- Music by
- Frederick Hollander
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release date
- December 25, 1950 ( 1950-12-25 )
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $4.15 million (US and Canada rentals )
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Encyclopedic overview
Born Yesterday is a 1950 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor, based on the 1946 stage play of the same name by Garson Kanin. The screenplay was credited to Albert Mannheimer. According to Kanin's autobiography, Cukor did not like Mannheimer's work, believing it lacked much of the play's value, so he approached Kanin about adapting a screenplay from his own play. Because of legal entanglements, Kanin did not receive screen credit.
The film tells the story of an uneducated young woman, Billie Dawn (played by Judy Holliday, in an Oscar-winning performance), and an uncouth, older, wealthy junkyard tycoon, Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) who comes to Washington, D.C., to try to "buy" a congressman. When Billie embarrasses him socially, Harry hires journalist Paul Verrall (William Holden) to educate her. In the process, Billie learns how corrupt Harry is, and eventually falls in love with Paul.
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