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Academy Award® winner Judy Holliday (1950, Best Actress, Born Yesterday) stars in a delightful comedy about a woman taking on the fat cats of the business world. Holliday plays Laura Partridge, the loquacious owner of ten shares of International Projects. When she goes to her first stockholder meeting, she causes a ruckus, asking about the salaries of the board of directors and questioning their decisions. In order to quiet her, she is hired by the board and assigned to schmooze the former CEO, Edward McKeever (Paul Douglas, Angels in the Outfield), into awarding the company government contracts. Laura realizes the only way to take down the crooked board is to get the small stockholders together and get McKeever back into the company. Newly remastered.
Original Release
08/22/1956
US Release
08/22/1956
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Judy Holliday | Laura Partridge |
Paul Douglas | Edward L. McKeever |
Fred Clark | Clifford Snell |
John Williams | John T. 'Jack' Blessington |
Hiram Sherman | Harry Harkness |
Neva Patterson | Amelia Shotgraven |
Ralph Dumke | Warren Gillie |
Ray Collins | Alfred Metcalfe |
Arthur O'Connell | Mark Jenkins |
George Burns | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Directors
Writers
Abe Burrows, George S. Kaufman, Howard Teichmann
Cast
Name | Character |
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Judy Holliday | Laura Partridge |
Paul Douglas | Edward L. McKeever |
Fred Clark | Clifford Snell |
John Williams | John T. 'Jack' Blessington |
Hiram Sherman | Harry Harkness |
Neva Patterson | Amelia Shotgraven |
Ralph Dumke | Warren Gillie |
Ray Collins | Alfred Metcalfe |
Arthur O'Connell | Mark Jenkins |
George Burns | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Suzanne Alexander | Model |
Harry Antrim | Sen. Simpkins |
Walter Beaver | Newsman |
Madge Blake | TV Commentator / Commentator on TV |
Lulu Mae Bohrman | Dowager |
Oliver Cliff | Advertising Man |
Owen Coll | Bill Moran |
Richard Deacon | Williams / Williams - McKeever's Assistant |
Jack Deery | Stockholder |
George DeNormand | Stockholder |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Fred Kohlmar | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1957 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1957 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Won |
1957 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1957 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |