Born Yesterday (1950)
December 26, 1950Release Date
Born Yesterday (1950)
December 26, 1950Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Judy Holliday
Billie Dawn
William Holden
Paul Verrall
Broderick Crawford
Harry Brock
Howard St. John
Jim Devery
Frank Otto
Eddie
Larry Oliver
Congressman Norval Hedges
Barbara Brown
Anna Hedges
Grandon Rhodes
Sanborn
Claire Carleton
Helen
Charles Cane
Policeman (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Hotel Worker
George Cukor
Director
Helen Eby-Rock
Manicurist (uncredited)
Garson Kanin
Writer
Mike Mahoney
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Albert Mannheimer
Writer
Paul Marion
Interpreter (uncredited)
S. Sylvan Simon
Producer
John Morley
Native (uncredited)
Friedrich Hollaender
Composer
David Pardoll
Barber (uncredited) / Dialogue Coach
Joseph Walker
Cinematographer
Bhogwan Singh
Native (uncredited)
Charles Nelson
Editor
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Born Yesterday is a 1950 American 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 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.
The film was produced and released by Columbia Pictures. Kanin frequently stated that Harry Brock was modeled on Columbia production chief Harry Cohn, with whom Kanin had a long and testy relationship. According to Cohn biographer Bob Thomas, Cohn knew of Kanin's attribution but didn't care about it.
In 2012, Born Yesterday was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.