6. Born Yesterday
Starring Judy Holliday in an Oscar-winning performance, this 1950 comedy-drama directed by George Cukor and based on the 1946 stage play of the same name by Garson Kanin, reminds us that corruption in the halls of power of Washington is far from a new thing. The story follows the uneducated mistress, Billie Dawn (Holliday) of an uncouth and coarse wealthy junkyard tycoon, Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) as he makes his way to Washington to lobby (buy) congressmen.
A precursor to the 1964 classic My Fair Lady, Billie Dawn, with the aid of newspaperman Paul Verrall (William Holden), attempts to soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society so she can marry Brock as a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband as a legal precaution. In doing so, Dawn quickly learns just how corrupt her sugar daddy really is and his plan backfires as not only does she end up controlling his wealth, but she falls in love with Verrall and marries him instead.
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