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	Born Yesterday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born Yesterday is a play written and first directed by Garson Kanin and adapted into a successful 1950 film.
		The play was adapted into a 1950 comedy film, Born Yesterday (1950), by Albert Mannheimer, which was directed by George Cukor.
		Born Yesterday was remade in 1993 starring Melanie Griffith, John Goodman and Don Johnson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Born_Yesterday (346 words)

	Phil Villarreal's Review: Born Yesterday \| Arizona Daily Star ®
		Film fanatics like to second-guess the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' often questionable choices, but this is one of the cases in which they got it right.
		Even in 1950 it was an obvious setup for a melodramatic love triangle, with the audience coarsely manipulated to root for Billie to choose the shy, stouthearted Paul over the the abusive Harry.
		Such intense moments build toward the epiphany, in which all the film's forces converge for a shining moment of take-no-guff victory, and Billie finally sheds her pretense of dumbness for a sharp remark that leaves the blathering Harry speechless.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/50606 (813 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Born Yesterday (1950)
		Born Yesterday is an enchanting, brilliantly executed film.
		The movie probably sounds more dismal than it really is. In the case of some scenes, it really is dismal -- I won't muffle the film's occasional horror -- but mostly it's a light, uplifting, and unforgettable comedy, intelligently written and executed.
		The film was remade in 1993, and while the remake is good in its own right, it's no match for the original.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/born.yesterday.1950.shtml (299 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Born Yesterday (1950) review
		The film is presented in it's original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
		There's very little music in the film, and given the mono recording and the age of the film the music did have that mono-muddiness that is so often the case (particularly in the opening credits), but the dialogue (and there's a lot of it) is absolutely clear throughout.
		BORN YESTERDAY is a wonderful film with a not-to-be-missed performance by July Holliday, and the DVD pretty much does it justice, offering a transfer that's a cut above the previous Laserdisc.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_2/bornyesterday_1950.htm (595 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Born Yesterday (xhtml) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The movie is a remake of a 1950 film based on a play by Garson Kanin, about a hard-boiled millionaire who hires a tutor for his brassy mistress, only to realize the girlfriend and the tutor have fallen in love.
		I came home after seeing "Born Yesterday" and went straight to the laserdisc of the 1950 movie, directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Holliday as the ditzy mistress (she won an Oscar for the role), Broderick Crawford as the tough guy, and William Holden as the tutor.
		The original "Born Yesterday" was a fairly fl comedy already, but it redeemed its dark side with style and energy.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930326/REVIEWS/303260301/1023 (617 words)

	Movie Star Actor Legends: 1940-1950
		Humphrey Bogart was born in New York City on December 25, 1899 and died in 1957.
		Robert Mitchum was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on August 6, 1917 and died in 1997.
		Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915 and died in 1998.
	www.sbxandmore.com /legends/actors_40_50.html (3687 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Born Yesterday
		Reaching back into the vintage and treasured films of Hollywood history, the collection assembles films long lost to home viewers, and presents them in the best form they've ever seen a living room in.
		Born Yesterday is a great example of "the films of yesteryear." From the moment you pop the disc in your player, you instantly know you're looking into a time capsule.
		Born Yesterday is a classic film with real flair, excellent performances, and great comedy.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/bornyesterday.php (660 words)

	Born Yesterday review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		"Born Yesterday" hearkens back to yesteryear, when most female movie characters were mere sex objects who were seen but not heard.
		This film may have been made in the '90s, but it has a conservative '50s theme: A woman's place is in the home, with a man by her side.
		"Born Yesterday" isn't totally offensive, and its lack of strong profanity and violence is refreshing.
	home.earthlink.net /~lncook/Reviews/Bornyes.htm (391 words)

	In Remembrance- Jan Sterling
		Columbia Pictures held Sterling in high regard and had her test for the 1950 film version of Born Yesterday but she lost the role to the star she replaced in Chicago, Judy Holliday.
		In 1950, Sterling was only beginning to hone her craft and would begin finding roles as the hardened tramp or down-on-her-luck sultry dame.
		These roles were a staple in the film noir genre and fit her bad girl persona.
	www.filmbuffonline.com /InRemembrance/JanSterling.htm (601 words)

	Movie Reviews by Edwin Jahiel
		The current "Born Yesterday" claims to be based on the play, but it is closer to the movie.
		The 1950 film is by far the better of the two.
		I had not intended to see this film until I saw an ad that showed, intriguingly, a pair of beautiful legs with a man's leg (contortionism?) draped over the gams (a word used in the original play's period).
	www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/bornyest.htm (1189 words)

	South Coast Repertory Playgoers Guide - Born Yesterday
		Like many plays, Born Yesterday was still very much a work in progress when the production opened in New Haven for its first week of previews, with similar engagements slated to follow in Boston and Philadelphia.
		She particularly hated the fact that her co-star (whom she clearly detested) was getting better notices, plus she was insisting on major script changes to accommodate her “acting style.” After only a few performances, Kanin received a note from his former friend asking him to permanently replace her.
		Born Yesterday had its Broadway premiere at the Lyceum Theatre on February 4, 1946, where it played to sold-out houses for almost four years.
	www.scr.org /season/05-06season/playgoers/born/birth.html (1108 words)

	Creators.com - Creators Syndicate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The huge emerald-cut diamond engagement ring shown off by Grace Kelly's character in the film "High Society" was the actual engagement ring given to her by Prince Rainier of Monaco.
		Born in Louisiana, his real name was Espera De Corti; he was the son of Sicilian immigrants.
		Actor Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is exactly six years older than actress Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946), who portrayed Pacino's wife in the "Godfather" film series.
	www.creators.com /lifestyle_show.cfm?next=2&ColumnsName=sne (2837 words)

	1950 in film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.
		The Blue Lamp, the film that introduced Jack Warner as "Dixon of Dock Green"
		January 12 - John M. Stahl, film director and producer
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1950_in_film (157 words)

	Adam's Rib (1949)
		With her scene-stealing performance as a bimbo, the film boosted Judy Holliday, who was playing the lead role in Garson Kanin's Broadway hit play Born Yesterday, to repeat her stage role in the 1950 film of the same title.
		The film opens with a sequence of the commitment of the crime that serves as the centerpiece of the plot: a woman follows her philandering, wayward husband to the home of his mistress.
		In one of the film's most famous and economical sequences, an almost five minute shot without a single camera movement or cut, Amanda (at the left) interviews deceived, dumb blonde Doris (at center right) in the women's prison's detention area, while a white-uniformed correction officer sits in the mid-background looking through an open door.
	www.filmsite.org /adam.html (1923 words)

	'Born Yesterday' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		n the not-so-hot comedy retread "Born Yesterday," whenever Billie Dawn opens her beautiful mouth it's usually just to change feet.
		The picture is an updating of the classic 1950 film version starring Judy Holliday and Broderick Crawford -- which was itself based on 1946 play by Garson Kanin.
		If that earlier film version was simplistic and superficial, it was also brisk and economical and focused.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/bornyesterdaypghinson_a0a802.htm (826 words)

	Born Yesterday (1950) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Goofs: Continuity: In the beginning of the film, Billie puts her fur coats, one by one, on the porter's right arm.
		As a gangster's moll who gradually awakens to her civic responsibility, Holliday expands her dumb-broad persona from her previous film with Cukor, Adam's Rib, into a character who's sweet, memorable and surprisingly tough.
		Born Yesterday is a suitable companion piece to Frank Capra's Mr.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0042276 (510 words)

	Scanlines: Two from 1950
		Here are a couple other reasons why it was a great year for film.
		On the surface, Union Station is a fairly routine action film for 1950, with its high level of suspense, strong-arm police procedural tactics, and caper-film trappings.
		However, a definite noir outlook is belied by the fact that the police play as rough as the bad guys, blurring the lines of good and evil.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue22/screens.scanlines.html (849 words)

	Amazon.com: Born Yesterday (1950) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		But her film roles will always ensure her reputation as a brilliant actress, with her portrayal of "Billie Dawn" being the role for which she'll most be remembered.
		Judy Holiday won an Oscar for this film, and no wonder: her performance of Billie Dawn, a "dumb broad" who suddenly wises up in a most unexpected way, is certainly one of the finest and most original film performances in 20th Century American cinema.
		This film is very good at showing some of the details pf corporate shareholder voting methods and the way executives work.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302725542?v=glance (1873 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! - Theatre Review: Born Yesterday
		That certainly applies to Born Yesterday, the classic Garson Kanin script being staged by the Ingersoll Theatre of the Performing Arts.
		In 1946, Born Yesterday launched its triumphant Broadway run and four years later, became a hit George Cukor film.
		Butcher turns in this show's most engaging performance as Brock, the bellowing, power-hungry bully played by Broderick Crawford in the 1950 film and by John Goodman in Born Yesterday's less impressive 1993 screen version.
	jam.canoe.ca /Theatre/2006/02/04/pf-1425925.html (451 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Born Yesterday \| Deseret Morning News Web edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		But it might just be that Melanie Griffith was also born to the role, as it seems to fit her like a glove.
		But the director, Luis Mandoki ("Gaby — A True Story," "White Palace"), doesn't have the light comic touch that could make "Born Yesterday" the hilarious comedy it deserves to be.
		"Born Yesterday" is rated PG for some profanity and one scene of violence.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,229,00.html (429 words)

	arena stage \| the season \| born yesterday \| program notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		His flourishing film career was temporarily halted as he rose to the rank of Captain in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency.
		Holliday created an Academy Award-winning reprisal of her role in the memorable 1950 film version.
		According to journalist Marilyn Berger in her New York Times tribute to Kanin, who passed away in 1999, “He said the idea [for Born Yesterday] started out as a serious exposé of Washington as he observed it.
	www.arenastage.org /season/2005/born-yesterday/dramaturg.shtml (727 words)

	Classic Movie Trivia 30s-50s quiz -- free game
		In the 1950 film version of 'Born Yesterday,' Judy Holliday stars with Broderick Crawford as Harry Brock.
		A very bad remake of 'Born Yesterday' was made in 1993 with John Goodman in the role of Harry Brock.
		The 1938 film 'Holiday' told the story of up and coming 'man of the people' Johnny Case who falls in love with wealthy socialite Linda Seton.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=30373 (265 words)

	Not 'Born Yesterday' (January 16, 2004)
		Another challenge for Stowe: Step into the shoes of a character immortalized by Judy Holliday, who played Billie Dawn on Broadway in 1946 and in the 1950 film version, which earned her an Academy Award for best actress.
		In studying "Born Yesterday," Mezadourian also realized that every single character undergoes a transition over the course of the play.
		For Bliznik, "Born Yesterday" is clearly as relevant in 2004 as it was in 1946.
	www.paloaltoonline.com /weekly/morgue/2004/2004_01_16.paplayers16.shtml (1122 words)

	Born Yesterday
		From a modern point of view, it does not seem at all odd that two flamboyant "older" actresses, playing aggressive, sexually voracious women with younger lovers, were rejected in favor of a pretty actress validating the 1950s status quo.
		She mystified the questioners who accused her of Communist activities by answering in the voice and illogical logic of her Born Yesterday character, Billie Dawn.
		In many films, hero or heroine are transformed when they take off their glasses.
	www.moviediva.com /MD_root/reviewpages/MDBornYesterday.htm (739 words)

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		"Born Yesterday": A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
		Or to quote the grumblings of unethical junkman Harry Brock, "All this trouble on account of a dame reads a book." In this classic comedy set in 1946 Washington, D.C., Brock's doxy, ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, stirs up trouble when she exposes Brock for what he is -- a crook in cahoots with government bigwigs.
		Sure, the play's dated, but the makeover theme of "My Fair Lady" or "Educating Rita" is never dull, particularly when Billie is played by someone as sharp and sexy as Jacque Drew.
	www.mthoodrep.org /past_perf/2003festival/bornreview.htm (509 words)

	Born Yesterday - Moviefone
		Synopsis: This 1993 remake of the 1950 film Born Yesterday (based on the 1946 Garson Kanin stage play) was retooled as a star vehicle for then-marrieds Melanie...
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	movies.aol.com /movie/born-yesterday/7933/main (140 words)

	OC Metro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Jennifer Lyon wasn’t born yesterday, but the pretty actress did graduate from the North Carolina School of the Arts just two years ago.
		Her burgeoning career got a lift this summer when Lyon landed the plum role of Billie Dawn in a revival of Garson Kanin's classic comedy “Born Yesterday” at ACT Theatre in Seattle, Wash.
		Now, Lyon who garnered rave reviews as the ditzy mistress of a boorish businessman who hires a writer to educate her on the social graces is reprising her role for a new staging of “Born Yesterday” that runs through Nov. 20 on the Segerstrom Stage at South Coast Repertory.
	www.ocmetro.com /metro102705/onstage102705.html (601 words)

	Review: In the hands of Camelot cast, classic comedy is ‘Born’ again - April 11, 2004
		Judy Holliday originated the part on Broadway in 1946, starring with Paul Douglas, and reprised it in a film version, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress (a remake starred Melanie Griffith and John Goodman).
		When she explains it all to Harry late in the play, it is as profound and corny and moving as any Frank Capra film.
		If Herried would get his lines and timing down, his Harry would not be dissimilar to Broderick Crawford’s over-the-top interpretation in the 1950 film.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2004/0411/life/stories/02life.htm (762 words)

	Review: Born Yesterday (1993) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The original 1950 Born Yesterday, directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Holliday, William Holden, and Broderick Crawford, is an occasionally-amusing, but mostly-flat film, and certainly not deserving of this kind of straightforward updating.
		If anything, Born Yesterday was in need of a major reworking -- something that writer Douglas McGrath, for whatever reason, was unwilling to do.
		With the combination of helium-voiced Melanie Griffith and an anemic script, the quality of Born Yesterday -- or lack thereof -- should be obvious.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/b/born_yesterday.html (418 words)

	Born Yesterday Film Review - Time Out Film
		The triumphant trio of Holliday, Holden and Crawford in Cukor's 1950 version of Garson Kanin's sharp stage comedy is a hard act to follow.
		Ironically, however, in this once-more-without-feeling remake, sketchily updated to the '90s, Griffith's performance in the not-so-dumb broad role is closer in some ways to Kanin's conception than Holliday's.
		Where Holliday was always too sophisticated a butterfly right from the off, Griffith's copycat performance starts dumb - but then never takes wing.
	www.timeout.com /film/68295.html (148 words)

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