To celebrate Judy Holliday's 95th birthday, this week on "Film Friday" I bring you the film for which she is best remembered, one that gave her the Academy Award for Best Actress. This also happens to be one of my favorite films of all time. Theatrical release poster Directed by George Cukor, Born Yesterday (1950) begins when wealthy, crooked junk dealer Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) and his brassy girlfriend, former showgirl Billie Dawn (Judy Holliday), arrive at a swanky hotel in Washington, D.C. Harry in struct s his atto rney, Jim Devery (Howard St. John), to b uy vo tes in the U.S. House of Representatives to get a bill passed that will save him millions of dolla rs in fe deral taxes. For Harry's protection, Jim puts his business holdings in Billie's name and asks her to sign all his legal documents , which she does without questioning. Jim also warns Harry to marry Billie since legally wives cannot testify against their husbands on court.
