Born Yesterday "Gin!"

[@jasonsbrain2]

Judy Holliday had the amazing ability to play the comical, ditzy blonde while at the same time giving a genuinely good dramatic performance. Not an easy thing to pull off. And notice that the first three minutes of this scene are all done in one, single take. Amazing.

[@jimdaw65]

Method Acting before there was any such thing :-) The second half of this film, by the way, is a real bore.

[@123rockfan]

@@jimdaw65 not as good as the first half but I still think the last ten minutes are great, especially the very last scene

[@vanessacarpenter6247]

My mama's favorite actress

[@emtgirl6610]

She had the greatest timing EVER. A genius in her real life. Could solve a New York Times Crossword in NO TIME.

[@thomasfleig1780]

She had an IQ of 172. Showing that it took a genius to play an idiot so well... Lol.

[@puckfair52]

a great old film comedy & a message all in one. I must have seen it at least 15 times since I was a kid. Judy's birthday June 21 1921!

[@patrickryan1515]

This scene was pulled off superbly by BOTH players.

[@malikadebbah3343]

This is acting at its best! Incredible talent Judy had and she was very funny!

[@quamby1able]

One of my fave films of all time snd she is an icon in my world ♡

[@patrickryan1515]

Mine too.

[@12classics39]

The way his reaction builds and builds and builds until, finally, "DO YA MIND???" LOLOL

[@Fargosportsmassage]

We are the masters actors. but these guys are genios actors of all time. and I love them

[@jasonmariani1258]

She RULES!!!!! I am in love.

[@lazycrockett6605]

Just bloody brilliant.

[@betsylalich4570]

Judy is brilliant !

[@nancydemoss8421]

LOVE this movie!! And it was made 7 years before I was born. This has to be the best scene though they're all my favorites!! 🤣🤣

[@josephdockemeyer4807]

Judy Holliday died way too young at the age of 43 in 1965.

[@monacaravetta]

I saw this movie as a 10 yearly and fell in love with Judy. I was so upset to learn that she died so young. She would have been a legend the likes of Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett. In my view though she IS a legend. A wonderful talent and a sweet person. This scene is one of the finest comedic performances in film history.

[@pablo19136]

Talented and beautiful .

[@AJGreen-of6gn]

Broderick Crawford makes this scene work. His reaction shots and his one line, "Do you mind" is the best punchline of a 50s movie. Shame the Judy Holiday and he didn't do another movie together. Another great movie for Judy is "Solid Gold Cadillac." She and Paul Douglas are great together. She does well with big burly men.

[@victerenzio8846]

Paul Douglas originated the Harry Brock role on Broadway in Born Yesterday opposite Holliday

[@barbrarevette9386]

The GIn scene is a classic ... Comical from start to finish

[@racourdav]

He was so mean...lol. I could watch this movie once a week, they're both hilarious but Judy shines.

[@darkblood9979]

Totally inspired Harley Quinn for Batman The Animated Series back the in 90's 😂👌🏻

[@Satawolf]

Thats who Arleen based her voice from ask Mark Hamill she talked about it in one of the documentaries.

[@Roma-sq3nk]

Came down here just to find this lol

[@leonardwilsonsr8198]

Holliday &Crawford made a grate team in this movie

[@paparazzi929]

Beat out Bette Davis in All About Eve and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard for that Oscar!

[@marquamfurniture]

Only because of Anne Baxter insisting on being nominated for Best Actress against Bette Davis, which split the vote, leaving Holliday to win by default.

[@stonehobson2487]

Good stuff. Thanks. @@marquamfurniture

[@thomasfleig1780]

@@marquamfurniture.... Making Anne Baxter an idiot. However, I think Holliday deserved it.

[@TheAureliac]

Deservedly so.

[@johnsax1445]

Anne Baxter would have been a shoo-in for the Supporting Actress Oscar and would have made her a 2-time Winner but her Ego made sure both Bette and HER went home empty handed.

[@andrea22213]

She was great.

[@Julieglam3]

I crack up every single time. She was brilliant in this. Her Oscar was so well deserved. And the best part of this film was how her character ended up in the end. She was smart already but only got smarter (she said she was dumb but I wasn't convinced). I love it when ignorant bums who treat women like he did her end up getting kicked to the proverbial curb...and end up with the good guy.

[@amypascuzzi8657]

Love Judy Holiday ❤

[@eamestv]

Always a great scene.Ms. Holliday was up against heavyweight actresses for best Oscar, including Bette Davis, Ann Baxter (All about Eve), and Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.) and Eleanor Parker. She won.

[@Anaxiphile]

Eleanor Parker was up for Caged, a woman’s prison movie, in which she played her patented, noble sufferer. I always felt that her performance was eclipsed by Hope Emerson’s supporting performance as a guard. Emerson was known as the largest star in Hollywood, if not the biggest. She had at least one other connection with Judy Holliday; she was also memorable in Adam’s Rib.

[@Anaxiphile]

That ditziness was accompanied by an underlying, gleaming intelligence that ensured that we could laugh with her, not at her. Gracie Allen had the same ability, as did Gilda Radner.

[@patrickryan1515]

And don't forget Madlyn Kahn -- who reminds me of Judy in several ways.

[@Anaxiphile]

@@patrickryan1515 I knew her sister, Madeline Kahn.

[@71crm]

A classic battle of wits-or lack thereof!

[@eliamefontana9560]

Melhor cena do filme . Os dois sao excelentes Timing perfeito👏👏👏👏

[@annedwyer797]

I love this scene, it's SO funny! I think it's one of the funniest scenes in movie history.

[@racerhex5787]

Isn't she awesome!?

[@RichardHernandez-pz7bt]

to think she inspired Arleen Sorkin to create the one and only Harley Quinn ♡♡♡

[@plev10]

Da da da da da BA BOOM!

[@femgoo]

Broderick Crawford (Best Actor 1949) presented the Best Actress at the 1950 Oscars to Judy Holiday, his costar in Born Yesterday. She didn't accept the award herself. ☹

[@bozhijak]

Broderick Crawford. "Ten-Four, Ten-Four!!"

[@poetcomic1]

I have never thought it fair that an actress get an Academy Award for a role she played a 1,000 times before live audiences which enables her to perfect every nuance for humor and feeling. Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke as well got Oscars for roles they perfected on stage many hundreds of performances. I DO love all of them but they already got Tony awards for doing these on stage.

[@gauravw6947]

How is it fair if the awards are not given on merit??? No matter how many times an actor practiced the role before, the merit of the performance matters… Someone may have practiced a role 1000 times and still be bad… And nobody stopped others to practice new roles before the film shoot begins…

[@poetcomic1]

@@gauravw6947 If you can hone a performance night after night for a YEAR in front of a LIVE audience which enables you to try a half dozen ways of saying something or trying out a gesture etc. etc. IT IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE.

[@gauravw6947]

@@poetcomic1 When you need to be awarded for your merit, you have to hone your skills, duh! Nobody stopped actors pursuing a fresh role to hone their performance… You conveniently ignored the fact that awards should be awarded based on merit and not based on how many advantages/disadvantages or how the actor worked hard to build a fresh character…

[@straypet8]

Wow!

[@Zarina1634]

Judy Holiday. Paul Douglas. Brilliant! ❤

[@brianscates5225]

Jean Holliday shows here her absolutely brilliant mind as it really existed in life.

[@dii392]

Judy

[@screenactorsguilable]

@@dii392 congrats her

[@mmd195401]

@@dii392 Her too.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

She would have made an awesome female Stooge.

[@michaelhaddleton2739]

They don’t finish the scene.

[@JBMET]

I came here after watching The Sopranos when JT was mentioning he stole the character of Sally Boy from Broderick Crawford.

[@markanderson9772]

Now I want to play.

[@BrooklynVega1]

Sopranos brought me here

[@afterthefox]

"dumb' blonde drives mogul crazy...

[@andrewgibbon-williams7974]

He's trying to dominate her, but she's cleverer. Feminism didn't begin in the 1960s. The irony of this situation was not lost on the 1950s audience. Everyone was on HER side, even then. We all laughed!

[@ArtistsCry13]

What card game are they playing?

[@Jay_Sullivan]

Gin

[@annedwyer797]

Gin rummy

[@eliothorowitz5627]

Schneider!

[@ArtsRep]

As good as this is and as good as she is - the concept that she beat out Gloria Swanson for an Oscar this year is ridiculous.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

It's not a concept; it's reality.

[@ArtsRep]

@@musicaltheatergeek79 Even more to my point...:)