Word: kanin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...GARSON KANIN...
...huge sum for the rights by inferring that it was by the unfailingly successful team of writers Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. (They were under contract to another studio and, Hepburn suggested, couldn't sell a script under their own names.) Mayer bit and the screenplay by Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr. went into production with the two baby authors making bundles and Hepburn taking an agent's cut. The film was a huge success and the screenplay won an Academy Award for Kanin and Lardner. The movie is legendary for many reasons, some of which have...
...were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a facelift." Gordon, however, was simply having salted codfish balls and mashed potatoes when she sat down to lunch in a Manhattan restaurant with her husband of 33 years, Writer Garson Kanin. The result? A case of ptomaine and three days away from Broadway's Mrs. Warren's Profession, where she is currently starring as a middle-aged madam. "It's a wicked thing," allowed Gordon of her illness. "At least my understudy had a chance...
Although Born Yesterday gets a little carried away with its good intentions, it remains a thoroughly entertaining piece of propaganda for truth, justice and the American way. Kanin's analytical abilities leave something to be desired. His conclusion that the excesses of the free enterprise system could be avoided if each American did his or her duty as a citizen is, to say the least, simplistic. And it should be noted that his "liberated" woman makes her exit on the arm of a paternalistic and protective male, who says he loves her for her mind but neglects to mention that...
...even if one takes issue with Kanin's logic, it is still possible to enjoy the play. Kanin obviously identifies with the character of Paul Verrall, the wise and patient teacher, but he manages to deliver his lessons with a lot more finesse...