list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Born Yesterday on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Born_Yesterday/4164/default.aspx Title: Born Yesterday
Year: 1950
Director: George Cukor
Plot: 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, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:12:04 GMTBorn Yesterday1950George Cukor<a href="/players/P____96707/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Garson Kanin</a>'s Broadway hit was transferred to the screen with only a few passing nods to the stricter censorship required by films. <a href="/players/P____32908/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Judy Holliday</a> 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 (<a href="/players/P____15668/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Broderick Crawford</a>). 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 (<a href="/players/P____32805/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>William Holden</a>) 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, All Movie Guide16Tag Target (>10)712http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t05023oxy32.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Born_Yesterday/4164/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/chesterfilms/archive/2007/5/30/9708.aspx Post By: chesterfilms
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Post Date: 5/30/2007 4:54:11 AM
Body: It's a cute, fun Pygmalion ripoff. I enjoyed Holliday's performance, But how the heck did she get best actress over Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson! It's unfortunate that we can never look past that. One of the biggest Oscar upsets I can think of....well...I guess there is always an upset, but this was hardcore. Still, It is a very good film.
]]>Wed, 30 May 2007 08:54:11 GMTchesterfilmschesterfilms Blog5/30/2007 4:54:11 AMIt&#39;s a cute, fun Pygmalion ripoff. I enjoyed Holliday&#39;s performance, But how the heck did she get best actress over Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson! It&#39;s unfortunate that we can never look past that. One of the biggest Oscar upsets I can think of....well...I guess there is always an upset, but this was hardcore. Still, It is a very good film. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspxClassic
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