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Title

  • Born yesterday

Summary

  • Billie Dawn is the "dumb" girlfriend of a corrupt, millionaire junk dealer. Embarrassed by her lack of culture, Brocke, the junk dealer, arranges for Billie to take a crash course in "culture from a bright, young journalist. Billie blossoms under the young man's tutelge, becoming increasingly aware of her own role as a pawn in Brocke's crooked business deals. Brocke is in for quite a surprise when Billie suddenly refuse to "cooperate" any longer.

Names

  • Coca-Cola Company Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Columbia Pictures, [1951] : United States : Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment.

Notes

  • -  Copyright notice on cassette box: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ; 1951.
  • -  Judy Holliday, William Holden and Broderick Crawford.
  • -  Reissue date is unknown.
  • -  Summary taken from cassette box.
  • -  Based on the stage play by Garson Kanin.
  • -  On cassette box: A Columbia Pictures reprint.
  • -  Source used: cassette box.
  • -  Received: 10/29/90; viewing copy; gift; Coca-Cola Company Collection.

Medium

  • 1 videocassette of 1 (Beta) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. viewing copy.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VAC 8362 (viewing copy)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93507491

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Coca-Cola Company Collection. Born Yesterday. [United States: Columbia Pictures, : United States: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1951] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/93507491/.

APA citation style:

Coca-Cola Company Collection. (1951) Born Yesterday. [United States: Columbia Pictures, : United States: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93507491/.

MLA citation style:

Coca-Cola Company Collection. Born Yesterday. [United States: Columbia Pictures, : United States: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1951] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/93507491/>.