BORN YESTERDAY (1951) (1951)

Cast

Plot

Billie Dawn is the dumb chirpy blonde girlfriend of dodgy millionaire Harry Brock. Harry has set his sights on a bit of social climbing and finds that his ditzy girlfriend is in danger of being an embarrassment to these ambitions. To this end Harry hires a young journalist to educate Billie in the ways of "culture" but the more she learns the more she understands about her boyfriend and the worm decides to take a turn. "Born Yesterday" is a delightfully vivacious comedy, nominated for 5 Oscars and deemed worthy of an inevitably inferior remake starring Melanie Griffith.