Born Yesterday Movie Review 1950

Ambitious junk dealer Harry Brock (Crawford) is in love with smart but uneducated Billie Dawn (Holliday). He hires newspaperman Paul Verrall (Holden) to teach her the finer points of etiquette. During their sessions, they fall in love and Billie realizes how she has been used by Brock. She retaliates against him and gets to deliver that now-famous line: "Do me a favor, drop dead." Holliday is a solid gold charmer as the not-so-dumb blonde, in the role she originated in Garson Kanin's Broadway play. Remade in 1993.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Etiquette, Adapted from a Play, Capitol Capers, Cinderella Stories, Dedicated Teachers

Screenplay

Albert Mannheimer

Cast

Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Frank Otto, Larry Oliver, Barbara Brown

Cinematography

Joseph Walker

Director

George Cukor

Music

Frederick "Friedrich" Hollander

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1950: Actress (Holliday); Golden Globes 1951: Actress--Mus./Comedy (Holliday).