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A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
George Burns
- Narrator
- (voice)
Suzanne Alexander
- Model
- (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
- Sen. Simpkins
- (uncredited)
Walter Beaver
- Newsman
- (uncredited)
Madge Blake
- Commentator on TV
- (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
- Dowager
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cliff
- Advertising Man
- (uncredited)
Owen Coll
- Bill Moran
- (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
- Williams
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe final sequence was filmed in color, to better show off the supposedly solid gold Cadillac driven by Laura (Judy Holliday) and McKeever (Paul Douglas). The sequence was shot on location in Rockefeller Center in New York City. When prints of the film subsequently were struck for television broadcast, the color was not reproduced satisfactorily; so as to save on expenses, for several decades, this sequence was seen on television only in black and white. The original color print finally was restored for home video in the 1990s and is now also shown on cable television as originally filmed.
- GoofsWhen Laura looks at the letter from the stockholder (that informs her of the bankruptcy of Apex Clock Co.), the letter has about six stamps and a postmark in the upper corner. The postmark is correct for Pittsfield MA, but the stamps are just a mix of foreign postage. The three totally visible ones are from Nigeria, India, and Canada; a Singapore stamp is partially visible.
- Quotes
Miss L'Arriere: I had my swimming pool dug by an International Projects steam shovel. It's a darling shovel.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.12 (2011)
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Sometimes it takes just one persistent person who indirectly or directly fumbles upon someone else's questionable tactics and then all hell breaks loose. It has happened in the real financial world. Two financial scandals that come quickly to mind are Enron and Bernie Madoff. Judy Holliday is perfect playing the somewhat ditzy small time shareholder who attends her first annual shareholders meeting of the huge conglomerate International Projects and as she is so excited she finds the nerve within herself to ask the board members why their salaries are so rich compared to all other employees of the company. This simple question and the board members shallow responses leads Miss Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) to ask even more embarrassing questions that the Board members cannot seem to answer with any type of confidence for the shareholders attending the board meeting.
As the noose tightens the conniving Board Members strategize how to shut Miss Partridge up by hiring her as an office manager only to keep her close and under their control which backfires on them. Miss Partridge strikes up an impromptu conversation at a local diner after the meeting with the retiring Chairman of the Board Mr. Edward L. McKeever (Paul Douglas) and as luck and love happens when the two collide they set out on a plan to disrupt the corruption of the cheating Board of Directors.
This film was originally developed for live theater and turned into a successful film version led by the personal touch of the ditzy and cute Judy Holliday's performance. I give it a 6 out of 10 IMDb rating.
As the noose tightens the conniving Board Members strategize how to shut Miss Partridge up by hiring her as an office manager only to keep her close and under their control which backfires on them. Miss Partridge strikes up an impromptu conversation at a local diner after the meeting with the retiring Chairman of the Board Mr. Edward L. McKeever (Paul Douglas) and as luck and love happens when the two collide they set out on a plan to disrupt the corruption of the cheating Board of Directors.
This film was originally developed for live theater and turned into a successful film version led by the personal touch of the ditzy and cute Judy Holliday's performance. I give it a 6 out of 10 IMDb rating.
- Ed-Shullivan
- Apr 20, 2022
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- Gross US & Canada
- $2,400,000
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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