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Summary: Okay
Review: This movie I thought had except for a few cute lines (all said by Holliday, who shone anyway) everything but a script. I read a few of the other "reviews" and disagreed with almost everything about them except their praise for Judy Holliday and the one comment that Crawford came across menacing rather than humorous. Come to think of it, he WAS menacing, remember when he hit her? There was very little humor of any kind in this flick (what there was, aside from two or three genuine witticisms, came from Holliday's supposed dumbness), it was very serious and far from light. I disliked the adaptation from stage to screen, particularly and emphatically the ridiculous ending in the car when Holden gives the cop his marriage license. Good grief! I do not like Garson Kanin anyway, on Bway or off, I think he's very dull and unfunny, and think he writes better when working with his strident wife Ruth Gordon (like on another Holliday flick, much warmer and gentler and more human and more humane than this one, "The Marrying Kind," finally out this month on DVD). I was surprised to read Holliday's competition for the Oscar, she was definitely good, but THAT good? All three of them should have gotten an Oscar. Judy Holliday is one of my all-time heroes (heroines), and I found this picture a big disappointment, lit up only when she was on-screen. By the way, I may live to eat my words if this "review" is posted, but speaking of dumbness, didn't ANY of these other "reviewers" proof their "reviews" before submitting them? Talk about illiterate, ungrammatical and DUMB!
Rating:
Summary: Okay
Review: This movie I thought had except for a few cute lines (all said by Holliday, who shone anyway) everything but a script. I read a few of the other "reviews" and disagreed with almost everything about them except their praise for Judy Holliday and the one comment that Crawford came across menacing rather than humorous. Come to think of it, he WAS menacing, remember when he hit her? There was very little humor of any kind in this flick (what there was, aside from two or three genuine witticisms, came from Holliday's supposed dumbness), it was very serious and far from light. I disliked the adaptation from stage to screen, particularly and emphatically the ridiculous ending in the car when Holden gives the cop his marriage license. Good grief! I do not like Garson Kanin anyway, on Bway or off, I think he's very dull and unfunny, and think he writes better when working with his strident wife Ruth Gordon (like on another Holliday flick, much warmer and gentler and more human and more humane than this one, "The Marrying Kind," finally out this month on DVD). I was surprised to read Holliday's competition for the Oscar, she was definitely good, but THAT good? All three of them should have gotten an Oscar. Judy Holliday is one of my all-time heroes (heroines), and I found this picture a big disappointment, lit up only when she was on-screen. By the way, I may live to eat my words if this "review" is posted, but speaking of dumbness, didn't ANY of these other "reviewers" proof their "reviews" before submitting them? Talk about illiterate, ungrammatical and DUMB!
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Summary: Female Power
Review: This movie is a classic: the story of a so-called "dumb blond" who is light years ahead of her male bosses in the company whose hides she saves when a proxy fight surprises them. In return, she exacts her price. Judy Holliday is magnificent in the role of the heroine with a fine supporting cast. This film is a must for an understanding of corporate culture in the 1950s and how women had to use their wiles to survive and occasionally come out triumphant.
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Summary: Great Judy Holliday Performance
Review: This was a real surprise to me!...although George Cukor is one the best directors of all time and I'm very fond of most of his pictures, Judy Holliday was never one of my favourites, especially because I hadn't seen much of her films, which aren't many.Here, she simply stoles the show as the dumb, vulgar, low-brow, blonde, ex-chorus girl (Billie, née "Emma") and lover of an unscrupulous and corrupt "junk" millionaire, played with great skill by Broderick Crawford, one year after his flawless Academy Award Winner performance in the excellent "All the King's Men", who learns "how to think and to use her brains" with the aid of writer Paul Verrell (William Holden). Holliday won an Academy Award for this performance, in one of the most polemical winnings of the A.A. History, because she defeated both Bette Davis (for "All About Eve") and Gloria Swanson (for "Sunset Boulevard"), and many people felt she shouldn't have won. Anyway, there's no denying that she gave and expert and very funny interpretation of the sassy Billie, with all the mannerisms, voice inflections, hollering,etc, especially in her scenes with Crawford. You must watch this wonderful classic comedy.
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Summary: HOLLIDAY GLOWS
Review: While I've never been completely sure whether Judy deserved the Oscar in 1950 (her rivals were Davis & Swanson) her delivery of Billie Dawn's lines are inimitable. Many feel that Crawford's interpretation of Harry is less than inspired and Bill Holden does what he can with his journeyman role of Paul Verrall. Billie addressing Broderick with "Do me a favor, will ya, Harry? - Drop dead" and the classic gin rummy scene are noteworthy and Cukor's direction is evident in this tale of the dumb bleached blonde who's not so dumb after all. Get the DVD for ultimate clarity!
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Summary: HA HA HA!!! THE FUNNIEST COMEDY I HAVE SEEN YET!
Review: Why in tarnations am I the first person here reviewing this miraculous film? Haven't any of you out there heard of Judy Holliday's "dumb-blonde" and her perfect adptation of such a chick? Anyway, for those of you who have very sadly not heard of this movie, it is about a corrupt millionaire named Brock (Broderick Crawford, another wonderful actor) who goes off to Washington with his dumb fiance. William Holden, one of the best actors of the 1950's, acts as her tutor and educates her on governmet, literature, and mostly who her boyfriend really is and how he bribes others. At the end of this marvel,the tutor and Billie (Holliday) get married. PLEASE DON'T OVERLOOK THIS FILM. WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: HA HA HA!!! THE FUNNIEST COMEDY I HAVE SEEN YET!
Review: Why in tarnations am I the first person here reviewing this miraculous film? Haven't any of you out there heard of Judy Holliday's "dumb-blonde" and her perfect adptation of such a chick? Anyway, for those of you who have very sadly not heard of this movie, it is about a corrupt millionaire named Brock (Broderick Crawford, another wonderful actor) who goes off to Washington with his dumb fiance. William Holden, one of the best actors of the 1950's, acts as her tutor and educates her on governmet, literature, and mostly who her boyfriend really is and how he bribes others. At the end of this marvel,the tutor and Billie (Holliday) get married. PLEASE DON'T OVERLOOK THIS FILM. WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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