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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   3,257 votes
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Director:
George Cukor
Writers:
Garson Kanin (play)
Albert Mannheimer (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 December 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
A perfectly swell motion picture!
Plot:
A million dollar Tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Link Widow
 (From FilmExperience. 16 July 2009, 11:21 AM, PDT)

Oscar Week: The Best Best Actresses
 (From Get The Big Picture. 18 February 2009, 5:22 PM, PST)

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Timeless Judy more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Judy Holliday ... Emma 'Billie' Dawn

Broderick Crawford ... Harry Brock

William Holden ... Paul Verrall
Howard St. John ... Jim Devery
Frank Otto ... Eddie
Larry Oliver ... Congressman Norval Hedges
Barbara Brown ... Mrs. Hedges
Grandon Rhodes ... Sanborn
Claire Carleton ... Helen
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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Trivia:
In his autobiography, Garson Kanin wrote that Harry Cohn paid the record $1 million for the films rights because he had heard that Kanin said he "wouldn't sell the rights to Harry Cohn for any amount - not even a million dollars." more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Mr. and Mrs. Hedges leave, Billie goes out of the room dancing to the sound of the radio, with a lit cigarette in her left hand. The next shot shows her entering in the other room with no cigarette at all. more
Quotes:
Billie: Would you do me a favor, Harry?
Harry Brock: What?
Billie: Drop dead!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Sopranos: Stage 5 (#6.14)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
I Can't Give You Anything but Love more

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38 out of 40 people found the following comment useful:-
Timeless Judy, 25 March 2006
9/10
Author: marcosaguado from Los Angeles, USA

She bursts into the screen. Every tiny little nuance in her extraordinarily telling eyes are absolutely true and we surrender to her persona without even thinking about it. She was miraculous. "I'm stupid and I like it" she tells William Holden with devastating sincerity. She exudes such honesty that it's impossible to be indifferent to her. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kannin concocted a realistic fairy tale that Judy Holliday inhabits (rather than inhibits)with overwhelming naturalness. It is a sensational creation and George Cukor, as usual, puts the camera at her service to magnificent results. Look at the card game, no cut aways from her face for which, I was enormously grateful. If you haven't seen it, rent it now. You'll have an unforgettable time.

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