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Florence and Chet Keefer (Judy Holliday & Aldo Ray) have had a troublesome marriage. While in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.
Florence and Chet Keefer (Judy Holliday & Aldo Ray) have had a troublesome marriage. While in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) descends upon Washington DC to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn (played by Judy Holliday). Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall (William Holden) to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in US history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor.
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) descends upon Washington DC to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn (played by Judy Holliday). Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall (William Holden) to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in US history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor.
Thomascow`s version The Partys over is a popular song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It was introduced in the 1956 musical comedy Bells Are Ringing by Judy Holliday. Nat King Cole, Smoking Popes, Lonnie Donegan and Shirley Bassey recorded popular versions.
Gold Derby blogger Tom O'Neil dishes with Village Voice wag Michael Musto about some of the worst wins, losses and snubs in the history of the Academy Awards: Judy Garland ("A Star Is Born") losing to Grace Kelly ("A Country Girl"), Judy Holliday ("Born Yesterday") beating Gloria Swanson ("Sunset Boulevard") AND Bette Davis ("All About Eve"), etc. Are YOU outraged yet?
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"ADAM'S RIB," 8-10 p.m., TCM — In the 1949 George Cukor classic, married lawyers clash in and out of court, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Judy Holliday.
"Men in Black II," 6-8 p.m., MTV — More interstellar silliness from 2002, with
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Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday), a lonely young woman in New York, becomes famous by putting her name on a huge billboard in Columbus Circle. Yet she never knows why she wants fame, or what’s wrong with getting it without earning it, or what she’s going
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A tree donated by the Americore VISTA program received the "Governor's Choice" award at this year's Festival of Trees.
The festival, held at Ag Hall at the Kansas Expocentre, is a fund-raiser for Sheltered Living Inc.
The theme of the VISTA tree is "Ad
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American critics both admired and admonished the director for his obsessive focus on costume, set, and décor.
Minnelli followed the precedent set by Josef von Sternberg, who was notorious for cluttered mise-en-scène and privileging
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The Batavia Daily News
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1914 Sturdy Broadway leading man Alfred Drake (1914-1992) is born today. Among classic roles he will create: Curly in Oklahoma!, Fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate and Hajj in Kismet.
1907 The Gay White Way, a musical revue whose title meant something quite
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Playbill
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Judy Holliday performs a scene from her award winning "Born Yesterday" role. Introduced by Tallulah Bankhead on The Big Show {Radio}, February 4th 1951.
Tallulah Bankhead talks Southern, Judy Holliday sings & describes her Pleasure Cruise. The Big Show {Radio}, March 25th 1951.
Tallulah Bankhead congratulates Judy Holliday after her 1951 Academy Award win for Best Actress in the film "Born Yesterday". Judy Holliday, who beat out such talent as Bette Davis {"All About Eve"} & Gloria Swanson {"Sunset Boulevard"}, is also congratulated by Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Enzio Pinza, Van Johnson, Joan Davis & Ethel Barrymore. The Big Show, April 1st 1951. Live Radio broadcast from Hollywood, California. ***Judy Holliday, who was in New York, briefly steps out of character {drops the 'cartoon' voice} while talking with Ethel Barrymore, who had accepted the award on her behalf.
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A lot of Renée Zellweger movies - “Chicago,’’ “Cold Mountain,’’ “Down With Love,’’ “Cinderella Man,’’ “Leatherheads,’’ “Appaloosa,’’ and, opening today, “My One and Only’’ - are set in the past. She makes sense there, not so much for who she is but who
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Julie Brown is an original: a daffy West Coast Judy Holliday; a comedienne who has suffered many roadblocks in her rise to fame. Born and raised in California's San Fernando Valley, Brown's screen persona encapsulates all the dizzy selfishness and
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From the 1976 BBC-show. Part 5 (last part) For more info: shirleybassey.wordpress.com www.dameshirleybassey.com The Party's Over Music written by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden. Released in 1959 on the album The Fabulous Shirley Bassey and on single in 1960. Live performances are on the albums Live At Carnegie Hall and Live In Japan '77 and Shirley Bassey has performed it at many more live concerts. It had been in TV 1972 in a Talk Of The Town Special and in 1976 at one of her own shows. The song is available on CD on the re-released album and on many collections for example on The Love Album. This song is originally from the musical "Bells Are Ringing" performed by Judy Holliday. The Broadway premiere was on November 29, 1956 and the musical had 924 performances. In 1960 the song was also part of the soundtrack of the movie version starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin. 2001 a revival of the musical including this song ran again on Broadway for 69 performances. The musical "Bells are Ringing" is about the telephone operator Ella Peterson (Judy Holliday), who works for an answering service and becomes involved in the lives of her customers and helps them to fix their problems. Lyricist Betty Comden (born 1915 in New York City) studied science before pursuing a career in acting. During the late 1930's, she befriended Adolph Green (also born 1915 in New York City), himself an aspiring actor as well, and in the early 1940's they formed the nightclub act ...
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...movie I remember that used the old "dumb blonde" format was the fantastic "Born Yesterday," which was released in 1950, with Judy Holliday playing the blonde, Emma "Billie" Dawn. Co-star Broderick Crawford portrayed the cheating business tycoon, Harry Brock,...
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Actresses, awards and cinematic musings with Nathaniel Rogers and guests
Final Girl on the Sorority Row movie poster. Too funny
Noh Way on Away We Go by way of Auntie Mame. Good stuff (though I disagree that Maggie Gyllenhaal's scene is the best in the
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At last, some intelligent commentary on Sarah Palin in the
New York Times. "I fear that we are only deepening the
divide by mocking her...all the while failing to address the
issues faced by the people who actually find meaning in Sarah
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American Spectator
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A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend in Born Yesterday (1950), directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Holliday and William Holden. ... Turner Classic Movies Born Yesterday Judy Holliday William Holden George Cukor
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his home studio that Lemmon developed his comic persona and honed his skills in a series of richly evocative if modestly budgeted films.
In a career that spanned almost 50 years, Jack Lemmon was seldom a soothing presence. Sweaty, stammering and
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During his career, Jack Lemmon became one of the most beloved movie stars in Hollywood because he was the same kind of person in real life that he often played on the screen.
That's the theory of someone who should know — Lemmon's son Chris
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“The Man Behind the Magic,” the title of the mainstage extra within this five-film set of movies the genial two-time Oscar winner made for Columbia Pictures from 1954-1964, tells you not to expect any kind of expose. Then again, there’s doesn’t seem to
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It's raining on the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre stage. But don't think clouds and gloom; think rainbows.
"Singin' in the Rain," the newest production from the Prather family, is a joyful musical comedy based on a 1952 movie based on the 1927
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IN a career that spanned almost 50 years Jack Lemmon was seldom a soothing presence. Sweaty, stammering and hyperactive, Lemmon seemed to embody the countertype of the monumental, granite-jawed leading men of the 1950s stars like John Wayne, Robert
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The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® celebration of excellence in the theatre includes recognition of winners and nominees in the 27 competitive categories.
The Tony Awards® administrative committee has announced the honorees for the four
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Broadway World
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...to a quick start in movies. His first film, George Cukor's "It Should Happen to You" (1954), in which he was paired with Judy Holliday, an Oscar winner for 1950's "Born Yesterday," was a hit. "Phffft!" (1954), the earliest film in the Sony set, reteamed him...
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...Future stage and screen star Judy Holliday is born today. By the time of her untimely death in 1966 Holliday will have won the 1951 Academy Award for best actress for her performance in Born Yesterday, a role she has already done on Broadway. She will also...
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A television trailer for the great screen hit with Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, and William Holden ... "Columbia Pictures" "Judy Holliday" "Broderick Crawford" "William Holden"
Judy Holliday (as Billie Dawn) and Broderick Crawford play gin rummy in a fabulous scene from "Born Yesterday" (1950).
gerry mulligan's fiancée was also a great underrated singer
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Feb. 13, 1951: Gloria Swanson (Best Actress), William Holden (Best Actor), Nancy Olson (Best Supporting Actress) and Erich von Stroheim (Best Supporting Actor) are nominated for Academy Awards. "Sunset Boulevard" is nominated as best picture; Billy
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Los Angeles Times
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Auditions for Casa Mañana's production of Little Shop of Horrors will be held Friday, April 24 beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Rehearsal Studio at Casa Mañana Theatre. The engagement of Little Shop of Horrors is produced by Casa Mañana at the Bass
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directed by George Cukor. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and features Judy Holliday in her first substantial film role. The music was composed by Miklós Rózsa
Billie Dawn (Judy Holliday, in her Academy Award winning performance) opens her eyes and mouth to her nasty, ass hole boyfriend, Harry Brock (Broderick
William Holden & Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday 1950 with Broderick Crawford ... William Holden Judy Holliday Broderick Crawford
William Holden & Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday 1950 with Broderick Crawford ... William Holden Judy Holliday Broderick Crawford
William Holden & Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday 1950 with Broderick Crawford ... William Holden Judy Holliday Broderick Crawford
William Holden & Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday 1950 with Broderick Crawford ... William Holden Judy Holliday Broderick Crawford
Tribute to the Oscar winning ultimate 'dumb blonde'.
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A former jazz musician and a Tony winner on Broadway, Hal Linden was perhaps best known to the general public as Captain Barney Miller, the world-weary head of New York’s 12th Precinct on “Barney Miller” (ABC, 1975-1982). Linden’s performance as
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'Anyone who feels his life has been scarred because of the fame of his father is a bore." So said Sydney Chaplin -- and he would have known better than most.
He may never have managed to step out of his father's shadow as an actor, but he certainly
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Irish Independent
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A million dollar Tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette
A million dollar Tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette
A million dollar Tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.
Sydney Chaplin, who emerged from the shadow of his famous father, Charlie Chaplin, to carve out a successful stage career that included leading roles opposite Judy Holliday in the musical “Bells Are Ringing,” and Barbra Streisand
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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...shadow of his famous father, Charlie Chaplin, to carve out a successful stage career that included leading roles opposite Judy Holliday in the musical “Bells Are Ringing,” and Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl,” died on Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage,...
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PHILADELPHIA - If you think most film festivals are sorely lacking in free beer, flesh-eating zombies, cavemen and Mexican wrestlers, the Backseat Film Festival has your ticket.
An annual celluloid celebration of comedy, camp, gore and rock 'n' roll,
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