Born Yesterday

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American film black-and-white film comedy film film

Born Yesterday is a classic 1950 American comedy film, based on the stage play by Garson Kanin, best known for Judy Holliday’s Oscar-winning performance and its satirical take on political corruption and social class.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Born Yesterday canonical 9
Born Yesterday (play) 2
Born Yesterday (1950 film) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Judy Holliday ⓘ
basedOn Born Yesterday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Born Yesterday (play)
basedOnWorkBy Garson Kanin ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph Walker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Cukor ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Charles Nelson ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresCharacter Billie Dawn ⓘ
Harry Brock ⓘ
Paul Verrall ⓘ
filmColor black-and-white ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptationSourceType stage play ⓘ
hasFilmRating Approved (MPAA, original release) ⓘ
leadPerformanceBy Judy Holliday ⓘ
motionPictureRatingSystem Production Code era ⓘ
musicBy Friedrich Hollaender ⓘ
narrativeFocus transformation of an uneducated woman into an informed citizen ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
notableFor Judy Holliday’s Oscar-winning performance ⓘ
critique of social inequality ⓘ
satirical portrayal of American politics ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer S. Sylvan Simon ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1950-12-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1950 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Albert Mannheimer ⓘ
Garson Kanin ⓘ
setIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
starring Broderick Crawford ⓘ
Judy Holliday ⓘ
William Holden ⓘ
subjectMatter education and self-improvement ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
social class ⓘ

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George Cukor → notableWork → Born Yesterday ⓘ
George Cukor → directed → Born Yesterday ⓘ
Broderick Crawford → notableWork → Born Yesterday ⓘ
Garson Kanin → notableWork → Born Yesterday ⓘ
Garson Kanin → coWriterOf → Born Yesterday ⓘ
Garson Kanin → directed → Born Yesterday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born Yesterday (1950 film)
Garson Kanin → wrote → Born Yesterday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born Yesterday (play)
William Holden → notableWork → Born Yesterday ⓘ
Born Yesterday → basedOn → Born Yesterday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born Yesterday (play)
Judy Holliday (divorced) → notableWork → Born Yesterday ⓘ
subject surface form: Judy Holliday
Judy Holliday (divorced) → workedOn → Born Yesterday ⓘ
subject surface form: Judy Holliday
this entity surface form: Born Yesterday (film)
Judy Holliday (divorced) → workedOn → Born Yesterday ⓘ
subject surface form: Judy Holliday
this entity surface form: Born Yesterday (stage play)
Melanie Griffith → notableWork → Born Yesterday ⓘ
Nina Arianda → notableWork → Born Yesterday ⓘ