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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 ...
The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox's All About Eve. The other four nominated pictures were Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines and Sunset Boulevard. All About Eve was nominated for 14 Oscars, beating the previous record of Gone with the Wind (13).
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 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]
The American Film Institute ranked it the third-best animated film of all time in 2008. ... in the title roles was the highest-grossing film of 1950 after being released at the end of 1949 ...
The initial film was a made-for-TV movie. Lady and the Tramp (1955) Lady and the Tramp (2019) The latter film is a live-action/CGI remake of the animated original. The Lady Eve (1941) The Birds and the Bees (1956) Lady for a Day (1933) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) Frank Capra directed both. The Ladykillers (1955) The Ladykillers (2004)
Enjoy these classic tunes from our favorite 1950s musical movies. From ‘Damn Yankees’ to ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ we love these films!
The movie was an instant success, grossing $103 million worldwide, and it became Disney's highest-grossing film at the time. Nevertheless, P.L. Travers hated the adaptation and cried out of ...