88% (2)  Adam's Rib  101 min,  Not Rated,  [Comedy, Drama, Romance]  [George Cukor]  [18 Nov 1949]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 76%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 100%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
Actors:  Judy Holliday, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Tom Ewell
Writer:  Ruth Gordon (screen play), Garson Kanin (screen play)
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Plot:  When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels...
Rotten Tomatoes:   Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, Adam's Rib is a peerless comedy predicated on the double standard. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play Adam and Amanda Bonner, a husband-and-wife attorney team, both drawn to a case of attempted murder. The defendant (Judy Holliday) had tearfully attempted to shoot her husband (Tom Ewell) and his mistress (Jean Hagen). Adam argues that the case is open and shut, but Amanda points out that, if the defendant were a man, he'd be set free on the basis of "the unwritten law." Thus it is that Adam works on behalf of the prosecution, while Amanda defends the accused woman. The trial turns into a media circus, while the Bonners' home life suffers. Adam's Rib represented the film debuts of New York-based actors Jean Hagen, Tom Ewell, and David Wayne (as Hepburn's erstwhile songwriting suitor), and the return to Hollywood of Judy Holliday after her Born Yesterday triumph. One of the best of the Tracy-Hepburn efforts, it inspired a brief 1973 TV series starring Ken Howard and Blythe Danner.
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88% (2)  The Solid Gold Cadillac  99 min,  APPROVED,  [Comedy, Romance]  [Richard Quine]  [22 Aug 1956]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 76%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 100%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations.
Actors:  Fred Clark, John Williams, Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas
Writer:  Abe Burrows (screen play), George S. Kaufman (from the play by), Howard Teichmann (from the play by)
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Plot:  Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations. These are not the questions which the board expected to be asked of them, especially since they are all crooked, except for Edward McKeever, the current CEO who has resigned in order to take an advisory position at the Pentagon. Following the meeting, he bumps into Laura and offers to drive her home. On the way there, Laura displays her enthusiasm for being a stockholder, as a result, Edward takes a liking to her. With Edward in Washington, John Blessington and Clifford Snell establish their hold on International Projects - They see greater riches now that Edward has influence with the US senate, especially with the awarding of federal contracts, unfortunately for them he is honest, and won't do their bidding. In the meantime, Laura continues to be a nusance to the board. Blessington believes the only way to silence her, is to give her a high paying position with the company. The idea is for her to do absolutely nothing - Laura has other plans. She begins to correspond with other small stockholders in the company - a problem for the board. They decide to use her influence on Edward and send her to Washington to get contracts. Laura now knowing their true intentions for her, has her own agenda, that is, get Edward back in charge of the company.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Skewering the corporate world at every turn, this sparkling comedy centers on the struggle of a plucky blonde (Judy Holiday), who dreams of owning the title automobile, to wrest control of a big business from the greedy hands of a crooked board of directors and turn it over to stock holders like herself.
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86% (2)  It Should Happen to You  86 min,  Approved,  [Comedy, Romance]  [George Cukor]  [01 Mar 1954]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 72%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 100%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
Actors:  Jack Lemmon, Judy Holliday, Michael O'Shea, Peter Lawford
Writer:  Garson Kanin (story and screen play)
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Plot:  Gladys Glover has just lost her modelling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things -- like making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city. Suddenly all of New York is clamoring for Gladys Glover without knowing why and playboy Evan Adams III is making a play for Gladys that even Pete knows will be hard to beat.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Gladys Glover is an unsuccessful model and actress who believes that a jolt of publicity will do her career a world of good. She gets that publicity by renting a billboard in the middle of Manhattan, emblazoned with her name and photograph. As a result, Gladys is showered with attention.
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85% (2)  Born Yesterday  103 min,  Not Rated,  [Comedy, Drama, Romance]  [George Cukor]  [01 Feb 1951]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 76%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 95%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations.
Actors:  Broderick Crawford, Howard St. John, Judy Holliday, William Holden
Writer:  Garson Kanin (play), Albert Mannheimer (screenplay)
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Plot:  Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in U.S. history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor.
Rotten Tomatoes:   In this adaptation of Garson Kanin's Broadway hit, Judy Holliday stars as Billie Dawn, a strident ex-chorus girl who is the mistress of junk tycoon Harry Brock. When Brock realizes that the unrefined Billie might prove an embarrassment, he hires Paul Verrell to pump some intelligence and "class" into her.
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75% (2)  Bells Are Ringing  126 min,  Not Rated,  [Comedy, Musical, Romance]  [Vincente Minnelli]  [14 Nov 1960]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 80%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
Actors:  Dean Martin, Eddie Foy Jr., Fred Clark, Judy Holliday
Writer:  Betty Comden (screen play), Adolph Green (screen play), Betty Comden (musical play "Bells Are Ringing"), Adolph Green (musical play "Bells Are Ringing")
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Plot:  Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls in love with one of her clients, the playwright Jeffrey Moss, and is determined to meet him. The trouble is, on the phone to him, she always pretends to be an old woman whom he calls "Mom."
Rotten Tomatoes:   This musical comedy is the film version of the hit Broadway play. Starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin, Bells Are Ringing scored with a few hit songs, most notably the moody finale "The Party's Over." The screenplay was done by Betty Comden and Adolph Green who also wrote the play, and was directed by Vincent Minnelli.
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69% (2)  The Marrying Kind  92 min,  [Comedy, Drama]  [George Cukor]  [01 Apr 1952]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 67%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination.
Actors:  Aldo Ray, Judy Holliday, Madge Kennedy, Sheila Bond
Writer:  Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
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Plot:  Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.
Rotten Tomatoes:   A master blend of comedy, domestic drama and sudden tragedy, The Marrying Kind remains one of the best collaborations between star Judy Holliday, screenwriters Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, and director George Cukor. The film begins at the end, with married couple Florence and Chet Keefer (Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray) seeking a divorce. Both parties state their cases before understanding judge Carroll (Madge Kennedy)--whereupon the story of their marriage unfolds in a series of revelatory flashbacks. After an amusing recap of their courtship days, the film details the many major and minor trials and tribulations of married life. In the film's most unforgettable sequence, one of the couple's children dies by drowning while Florence and Chet are obliviously engaged in one of their petty squabbles. Throughout the testimony, the Judge gives equal time to both parties, and in so doing demonstrates that all aspects of marriage work both ways. In the final scenes, the Judge allows the Keefers to reconsider their impending divorce, but not before offering a few understanding and unobtrusive words of advice. Judy Holliday is in top form, while Aldo Ray delivers what may be his finest performance. Featured in the cast as Ray's sister-in-law is Peggy Cass in her film debut.
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67% (1)  Phffft  88 min,  APPROVED,  [Comedy, Romance]  [Mark Robson]  [10 Nov 1954]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 67%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations.
Actors:  Jack Carson, Jack Lemmon, Judy Holliday, Kim Novak
Writer:  George Axelrod (story & screen play)
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Plot:  After eight years of marriage, Robert and Nina divorce. He takes up with his womanising Navy buddy Charlie Nelson while she looks to her interfering mother for guidance. Both start dating other people, but although they try and ignore each other whenever they accidentally meet, it is obvious the past is not dead. Then one night they find themselves in a nightclub doing the mambo together.
Rotten Tomatoes:   After several years of domestic squabbles, the marriage of Nina and Robert Tracy (Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon) goes "phffft"! Upon receiving their divorce papers, Nina and Robert are certain that they'll remain friends, no matter how many new lovers they pick up along the way. Nina dallies briefly with bombastic Charlie Newton (Jack Carson), while Robert has a fling with the luscious Janis (Kim Novak). These romantic episodes only serve to make Nina and Robert realize how much they're still in love with each other. According to costar Jack Lemmon, the original title of this film was Phfffft!, but after an all-night bull session at Columbia Pictures it was decided to take out one of the "F"s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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