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DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 15, 2000
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country USA
Studio Columbia Pictures
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Other Titles
• Born Yesterday
• Die ist nicht von gestern (1951)
• Durch Liebe neugeboren (1953)
• Reporter für intime Stunden (1951)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Scams And Cons, Betrayal, Role-switching, Love Triangle, Gay/Lesbian, Political, Satire, Gangsters
Tagline: A perfectly swell motion picture!
Plot: Judy Holliday reprises her Broadway role in this fresh and entertaining comedy based on Garson Kanin’s play, directed by George Cukor. Although reputedly not the first choice for the film role, Holliday won an Academy Award for her priceless portrayal of a "dumb but savvy" blonde who outsmarts the man who attempts to control her. Junk tycoon Harry Crock (Broderick Crawford) uses his ignorant and naive mistress, ex-chorus girl Billy Dawn (Holliday), as a front for his shady deals but finds himself embarrassed to travel in Washington society with his illiterate paramour. Crock hires a journalist (William Holden) who agrees to educate Billy. Holliday is delightful in her transformation to a woman of intellect and culture; the Pygmalion-like story is filled with laughs and sexual innuendo. Billy is an apt pupil and the brutish Crock is the loser in the love game in this appealing, deft film.
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George Cukor
Gone with the Wind, My Fair Lady, The Philadelphia Story |
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