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...spoon in its mouth. First of all, it's a faithful version of Garson Kanin's play, almost line for line. It has an excellent cast, one which for a change, seems to understand words. And it has Judy Holiday, who played Billie Dawn for years on Broadway. Miss Holliday alone would be enough...
...movie stars who can act 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...
Born Yesterday. As the dumb blonde who wises up after a little coaching, Judy Holliday steals the movie version of Garson Kanin's Broadway hit comedy (TIME...
Born Yesterday. Judy Holliday's hilarious performance puts zest into an overlong adaptation of the Garson Kanin stage hit (TIME...
James Stewart, Judy Holliday, and Jose Ferrer are as successful on the screen as they were on stage in three recent seleases. Harvey is at the Astor, Broadway and 45th; Born Yesterday at the Victoria, one block north; and Cyrano de Bergerao at the Bijou, 45th Street west of the Great White...