Looking for a movie made some where between 1950-1960?!
Question: I recently watched a movie on tv but never looked at the name.
It was black and white and starred a very blond woman, who had a distinctive voice. she played a stupid girl who meets a man who teachers her all about laws, constitution, federal,
united states criminal acts. never saw the ending. he also teaches her about classical music. Can anyone help me find out of what movie this is.
ive searched everywhere !
Answers: I recently watched a movie on tv but never looked at the name.
It was black and white and starred a very blond woman, who had a distinctive voice. she played a stupid girl who meets a man who teachers her all about laws, constitution, federal,
united states criminal acts. never saw the ending. he also teaches her about classical music. Can anyone help me find out of what movie this is.
ive searched everywhere !
born yesterday
Born Yesterday, funny movie
it won an oscar for Judy Holiday, the blond
It was remade with Melanie Griffith, not the same
Born Yesterday . . . made in 1950.
Born Yesterday (1950)
starring Judy Holiday (won Best Actress Oscar), William Holden, Broderick Crawford
IMDB:
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in U.S. history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042276/
My all-time favorite part is when Billie and Harry are playing cards, and she's putting her cards in order while she's singing, humming and otherwise accompanying her moves. "Tadada~boboom~tadada~boboom..." I think the song is "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby", which is the song Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant sing to Baby the leopard in "Bringing Up Baby".
It's mindboggling to think that Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth were considered for this role because Judy Holiday is absolutely perfect. That's obvious from the remake with Melanie Griffith, which is dreadful. Sadly, Judy died fairly young~44~of breast cancer.
"Would you do me a favor, Harry?"
"What?"
"DROP DEAD!"
*giggle*
It was Born Yesterday. The crowd is right.
The thing that I wanted to add is that Judy Holiday was actually anything but a dumb blonde. She had an IQ in the 150-160 range. She was literally a genius. But she played dumb so well.
She was in the Broadway cast, which makes it even more amazing that the producers thought of using anyone else in the role. Oh, the actress whom they thought of were bigger names, but at some point, you have to say that using a big name isn't as important as using the right actress. Fortunately, the producers came to their senses and hired Judy Holiday.