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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 ...
Howard St. John (October 9, 1905 – March 13, 1974 [1]) was a Chicago-born character actor who specialized in unsympathetic roles. His work spanned Broadway , film and television . Among his best-remembered roles are the bombastic General Bullmoose in the stage and screen versions of the 1956 musical Li'l Abner , [ 2 ] and his supporting roles ...
Reviews to Born Yesterday were mostly negative. On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Not even Melanie Griffith's charisma can inject fresh energy into this ill-conceived remake, which awkwardly retreads through the classic original ...
Born Yesterday, a 1950 film directed by George Cukor; Born Yesterday, a 1956 TV film directed by Garson Kanin; Born Yesterday, a 1993 film directed by Luis Mandoki; Born Yesterday, a 1985 album by The Everly Brothers; Born Yesterday (song), a song by The Everly Brothers; Born Yesterday, an episode from season 3 of Bluey
Born Yesterday opened on February 4, 1946 on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre [1] and ran there until November 6, 1948; the play transferred to Henry Miller's Theatre on November 9, 1948 and closed on December 31, 1949, after a total of 1,642 performances. [2] As of 2019 it was the seventh longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history. [3]
Michael Jayston was born on 29 October 1935 in West Bridgford, Nottingham as Michael A. James, [1] the only son of Aubrey Vincent James (died 1937) and Edna Myfanwy Medcalfe (died 1950). [2] His father died of pneumonia when Michael was one, and his mother died when he was a young teenager.
Born Yesterday is a 1956 TV film based on the play Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Kanin adapted and directed it. George Schaefer helped Kanin direct but was not credited. [1] Mary Martin's performance was her first TV appearance since Peter Pan. [2] The New York Times thought she was miscast. [3]
Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his portrayal of machiavellian Conservative politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy, as well as the pivotal spy Bill Haydon in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979).