Born Yesterday

(1950)

Synopsis

Judy Holliday won a Best Actress Oscar reprising her role in the Broadway hit about the ditzy, unrefined girlfriend of a sleazy junk tycoon who takes her to Washington, D.C., where she receives a social and political education from a newspaperman. The film, director (George Cukor) and screenwriter (Albert Mannheimer) were all nominated for Academy Awards.

Directors

George Cukor, Garson Kanin, S. Sylvan Simon, Charles Nelson, Jean Louis, Harry Horner

Production year

1950

Rating

TV-G

Studio

Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.

Runtime

103 minutes

Cast

Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Frank Otto