Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born Yesterday. As the dumb blonde who wises up, Judy Holliday steals the movie version of Garson Kanin's Broadway hit comedy (TIME...
...comic strip called "The Berrys," which won a fourth prize, is the day-to-day epic of a dumb but well intentioned father, a port mother, and two sweet mischievous kiddies. Another freedom award was given to Pasadena's "Tournament of Roses" committee because it sponsored a parade dedicated to "Our American Heritage." Even advertising campaigns dramatizing weary American pioneers trudging through vast wildernesses rated freedom medals. These do not contribute much to understanding freedom, but play up "Americanism" for its own sake...
Born Yesterday. As the dumb blonde who wises up, Judy Holliday steals the movie version of Garson Kanin's Broadway hit comedy (TIME...
...buck private at training camp" series you get a chance to see the buddy system at work. One guy is wise, the other is dumb, and the script writer is the silent third party who applies old jokes to new faces...
...come from Broadway. Most movie moguls prefer to overlook this, but occasionally there are exceptions. One Mr. S. Sylvan Simon, of Beverly Hills, California, deserves another swimming pool for realizing that Kanin's blonde chorus girl could only be played by Miss Holliday. Her Billie Dawn is not just dumb, or beautiful; she is charming in a down-to-earth way, and is wonderfully alive. The kid has a personality as big as a house...