Overview:
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.| Status: | Released (1954-01-15) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $1,400,000 |
| Screen: | Garson Kanin |
| Productions: | Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 85651: Judy Holliday - Gladys Glover
- 4353: Peter Lawford - Evan Adams III
- 3151: Jack Lemmon - Pete Sheppard
- 124851: Michael O'Shea - Brod Clinton
- 3641: Vaughn Taylor - Entrikin
- 87519: Connie Gilchrist - Mrs. Riker
- 105051: Walter Klavun - Bert Piazza
Crews
- 100131: Garson Kanin - Screenplay - Writing
- 100131: Garson Kanin - Story - Writing
- 14674: George Cukor - Director - Directing
- 2916: Friedrich Hollaender - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8623: John Meehan - Art Direction - Art
- 30919: Fred Kohlmar - Producer - Production
- 31207: Helen Hunt - Hairstylist - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
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I love this film so much--another Judy Holliday screwball comedy directed by George Cukor. Notable for the screen debut of Jack Lemmon, Holliday had great screen chemistry with both suitors of her love triangle, Lemmon and Peter Lawford. In today's media-obsessive and Facebook-orient ....
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Judy Holliday is wonderful in this sparkling little comedy as Gladys Glover, an ex-model with aspirations of stardom. She begins to achieve her big dreams when she blows her life-savings on getting her name plastered on the biggest billboard in town! Jack Lemmon, as her long-suffer ....
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A time capsule from 1950s New York, which is so prominent on screen that it practically becomes a character in its own right. As always, Judy Holliday is great fun as the fame-chasing lead, and Lemmon’s early charm in his debut film shines through. The satire’s light touch and the pl ....
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