Born Yesterday (1950)

Judy Holliday’s ability to create wisdom, likability, and admiration through mostly comedic timing is insanely impressive, making her Best Actress Oscar justified, even if she won over Gloria Swanson. She takes a character that would usually appear as annoying or childlike…

Sam

I had a rough day on Thursday, then I went to the BFI to watch this, and my worries just floated away. It's a film I return to time and again, and it always has the same effect on me. The movie is dominated by Judy Holliday's tour-de-force as ill-educated, complacent…

Rick Burin

Scrolling down my recommendation list, I came across KJL5678’s rec — Born Yesterday — and it piqued my interest, so I checked out the film. I’m a simple man: I see  ̶D̶a̶d̶d̶y̶ Holden in it, I watch. I’m glad I checked this one out, because Born Yesterday is…

Rizki

I can’t believe people actually hate Judy Holliday just because she won the Oscar sdfjkgf y’all are so ugly :/ go drink some milk

Seemoya 🦕🌷

One of the most fascinating comic performances I would say I’ve ever seen, in its set-up and eventual pay offs. I practically did a full 180 from finding this grating at best to falling head over heels. Cheering on Judie’s Billie from all possible angles. This must be a…

Cormac 👑

What's sexier than Bill Holden? Bill Holden wearing glasses.

Shea

Let’s all drop the half-decade old squabble blaming Judy Holliday for winning one of the more divisive Oscar races in history. In “Born Yesterday,” she definitively gives one of the most layered and charm-soaked performances in classic cinema.  Just like Holliday’s…

theriverjordan

JUDY HOLLIDAY!!!! i screamed when someone asked her how she was and she proudly said, “superb! (new word!)” and also when she made fun of william holden’s convoluted article. it makes so much sense that this was playing in the background of an episode of THE SOPRANOS i…

nora

"It's gonna be some fine day when a hundred-a-day hick and a dumb broad can stop me!" Hoping to grease the proper palms in the upper-crust Washington D.C. social set, a barbaric tycoon (Broderick Crawford) enlists a chivalrous newspaperman (William Holden) to instruct his…

Richard Chandler