August 26 movie: Born Yesterday. I've resisted watching this for years. Mainly because I saw the remake, and it was so very bad, and it put me off the whole concept. TCM showed the original on Saturday during Broderick Crawford day -- and by the way, kudos to TCM for doing the best "Summer Under the Stars" they've done in years. It had gotten pretty tedious, nothing but big, overplayed movies by the biggest stars, day after day, August after August. Well this year they highlighted some lesser-known actors. Which made "Summer Under the Stars" much more interesting.
Anyway. They featured Broderick Crawford on Saturday, and what the heck, I decided to give Born Yesterday a try. And it was great! Really funny. Judy Holliday was great, and William Holden, well, I'd watch him read the phone book. I've seen plenty of movies that were less interesting than William Holden reading the phone book. I concede that the movie was bit preachy, but you know, it's nice to see some glorification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. A refreshing change of pace.
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