By Who was Born Yesterday?
The film tells the story of an uneducated young woman, Billie Dawn (played by Judy Holliday, in an Oscar-winning performance) and an uncouth, older, wealthy junkyard tycoon, Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) who comes to Washington to try to “buy” a congressman….Born Yesterday (1950 film)
| Born Yesterday | |
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| Box office | $4.15 million (US rentals) |
When was Born Yesterday written?
1946
Garson Kanin. Garson Kanin, (born November 24, 1912, Rochester, New York, U.S.—died March 13, 1999, New York, New York), American writer and director who was perhaps best known for several classic comedies written with his wife, the actress-writer Ruth Gordon, and for the play Born Yesterday (1946).
Who wrote the play Born Yesterday?
Garson Kanin
Born Yesterday/Playwrights
Garson Kanin was a 20th century Renaissance Man: musician, burlesque comedian, actor, stage and film director, writer, and raconteur. Best known for Born Yesterday, he wrote plays, essays, screenplays, short stories, novels, memoirs, songs, and a libretto; he directed plays.
How long is born yesterday?
1h 43m
Born Yesterday/Running time
What does I wasn’t born yesterday mean?
—used to say that someone is unlikely to believe something that is not true or to trust someone who is not trustworthy He said he’d pay me back, but I’ll believe it when I see it. I wasn’t born yesterday.
Who was the actress in Born Yesterday?
Judy HollidayEmma ‘Billie’ Dawn
Claire CarletonHelenNora DunnBarbara BrownMrs. Hedges
Born Yesterday/Actresses
What is the meaning of Born Yesterday?
Extremely naïve, gullible, or unintelligent, like a newborn baby. Almost always used in the negative or as a rhetorical question.
Do me a favor Harry drop dead?
Billie Dawn: Wouldja do me a favor, Harry? Drop dead!
Is I wasn’t born yesterday a colloquialism?
What is the meaning go bananas?
: to become very excited or angry The crowd went bananas when the concert began.
What was Judy Holliday’s IQ?
172
A tough New Yorker with an IQ of 172, Holliday returned home and went to Broadway. In 1946, she starred in Born Yesterday and won a best actress Oscar for the 1950 big-screen adaptation.
What does the idiom pie in the sky mean?
: an unrealistic enterprise or prospect of prosperity.