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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 ...
Her success as Billie Dawn in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
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
The film was made by Columbia who put Crawford under contract. He co-starred with Glenn Ford in Convicted (1950), then starred in another hit 'A'-list production with William Holden and Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday (1950), directed by George Cukor. Crawford starred in The Mob (1951), a crime drama.
A list of American films released in 1950. Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood . The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox 's All About Eve .
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 ...
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 ...
Cast Country Subgenre/Notes 1950: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion: United States: Born Yesterday: United States: Champagne for Caesar: United States: Cheaper by the Dozen: United States: Duchess of Idaho: United States: Father of the Bride: United States: The Great Rupert: United States: Harvey: United States: The Jackpot: United ...