Born Yesterday

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Born Yesterday

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Garson Kanin
Screenplays, theatrical work, and novels
…directed the Broadway production of Born Yesterday (1946–49), which he also wrote. Arguably his best-known play, the comedy centers on a millionaire who travels to Washington, D.C., in order to lobby senators. However, when he realizes that his unrefined mistress might be an embarrassment, he hires her a tutor. The…
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…directed the Broadway production of Born Yesterday (1946–49), which he also wrote. Arguably his best-known play, the comedy centers on a millionaire who travels to Washington, D.C., in order to lobby senators. However, when he realizes that his unrefined mistress might be an embarrassment, he hires her a tutor. The…
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Judy Holliday
…Jean Arthur in Garson Kanin’s Born Yesterday and memorized the difficult role of dim-witted ex-chorine Billy Dawn in three days. The play was a hit, running on Broadway from February 1946 to December 1949, and Holliday’s portrayal of the New York chorus girl who outsmarts a crooked tycoon as easily…
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…Jean Arthur in Garson Kanin’s Born Yesterday and memorized the difficult role of dim-witted ex-chorine Billy Dawn in three days. The play was a hit, running on Broadway from February 1946 to December 1949, and Holliday’s portrayal of the New York chorus girl who outsmarts a crooked tycoon as easily…
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