Born Yesterday
Brief Synopsis
Pygmalionesque story about a disreputable business tycoon who sends his kept woman to be socially educated by a former journalist.
Cast & Crew
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Luis Mandoki
Director
William Frankfather
Nora Dunn
Matthew Faison
Mike Higelmire
Lead Person
Michael Ensign
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Romance
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
1993
Production Company
Richard Kite
Distribution Company
Walt Disney Studios Distribution
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 40m
Synopsis
Pygmalionesque story about a disreputable business tycoon who sends his kept woman to be socially educated by a former journalist.
Director
Luis Mandoki
Director
Cast
William Frankfather
Nora Dunn
Matthew Faison
Mike Higelmire
Lead Person
Michael Ensign
Fred Thompson
Amanda Hendon
Marisol Massey
Arthur Leeds
Robyn Renner
Drew Snyder
Andi Chapman
Ben Bradlee
Max Perlich
Freda Foh Shen
Fritz Sperberg
Ann Hearn
Paul Guyot
Terri Hanauer
Gordon Reinhart
Sally Quinn
Catherine Hausman
Ted Raimi
Meg Wittner
Leroy Perry
Celeste Yarnall
Kate Mcgregor-stewart
John Wesley
Selma Archerd
William Forward
John Goodman
Don Johnson
John Achorn
Edward Herrmann
Tony Palladino
Melanie Griffith
Mary Gordon Murray
Rondi Reed
Crew
Heidi Addison
Production Assistant
Matt Adler
Adr
Dexter Adriano
Production Assistant
Jenny Aleman-holman
Assistant Production Accountant
Steve Alterman
Adr
Mary Andrews
Adr Editor
Brian W Armstrong
Camera Assistant
Colleen Atwood
Costume Designer
Dustin Ault
Grip
Herb Ault
Key Grip
David Avadon
Technical Advisor
August Bach
Adr
Kevin Bartnof
Foley Artist
Jim Belletier
Steadicam Operator
Michael J Berger
Other
Lester Berman
Unit Production Manager
Fred Blau Jr.
Makeup Artist
Lisa Blok-linson
Location Manager
Sally Boldt
Music Editor
Laura Lee Bong
Music
John Breaux
Thanks
Joseph Brennan
Boom Operator
Otie Brown
Assistant Director
Sammy Cahn
Song
Catherine Calleson
Assistant Sound Editor
David E Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jay Cannistraci
Makeup Artist
Annie Casper
Assistant
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
Marjorie K Chan
Costumes
Joe Chapman
Adr
Brad Chelesvig
Other
Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator
Dave Clark
Song
Stanley Clay
Adr
Sam Conigliaro
Driver
D Constantine Conte
Producer
Bruce Crone
Art Director
Joan Crosby
Adr
Alan D'angerio
Hair Stylist
David Davenport
Costumes
Sandy De Crescent
Music Conductor
Ray De La Motte
Camera Operator
Gene De Paul
Song
M L Depatie
Sound Effects Editor
Michael Diersing
Construction Coordinator
Shirley Dolle
Hair Stylist
Naomi Donne
Makeup Artist
Joe Dorn
Adr Editor
Patricia Douglas
Assistant
Richard Eckols
Foreman
Brad Edmiston
Steadicam Operator
Madeline Farris
Assistant
Christian Feldhaus
Production Assistant
George Fenton
Music
George Fenton
Original Music
Greg Finley
Adr
Ken Fisher
Steadicam Operator
Glenn Forbes
Assistant Property Master
Chip Fowler
Production Coordinator
Antonio Garrido
Dolly Grip
Miranda Garrison
Choreographer
Howell Gibbens
Adr Editor
Anneleise Goldman
Adr
Melinda Sue Gordon
Photography
Dan Gorman
Assistant Location Manager
Leelee Groome
Assistant
Ken Gruberman
Music
Kari Grubin
Apprentice
Lee Grubin
Assistant Editor
Scott E. Handt
Foreman
Kevin Haney
Makeup Artist
Barbara Harris
Voice Casting
Mark Harris
Foley Recordist
Doris Hess
Adr
Hilda Hodges
Foley Artist
David Hopkins
Props Assistant
Tracy Jackson
Grip
Sid James
Music Coordinator
Harvey Jason
Adr
Robert E Jason
Lighting Technician
Frank Jimenez
Other
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Casting
Robert Kaiser
Color Timer
Garson Kanin
Play As Source Material
David Michael Katz
Assistant Director
Brian A Kenny
Production Assistant
Doug Kent
Foley Editor
Kenny King
Dolly Grip
Richard King
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Kite
Cable Operator
Lajos Koltai
Director Of Photography
Stratton Leopold
Executive Producer
Steven M Levine
Property Master
Joanna Lipari
Adr
Alvaro Lopez-watermann
Thanks
Bobby Mackston
Sound Editor
James Matheny
Dialogue Editor
Larry Mccarron
Grip
David Mccharen
Adr
Doug Mcgrath
Screenplay
Steven J. Mikolas
Video
Thomas E Miligan
Camera Assistant
Karen Miller
Casting Associate
Karen Minahan
Assistant Sound Editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Negative Cutting
Aimee A Morris
Production Assistant
Dave Morrison
Grip
Jennifer Morrison Holyfield
Costumes
Jim Murphy
Casting
Errol Nofziger
Other
Randy Nolen
Steadicam Operator
Cybele O'brien
Assistant Sound Editor
Dan O'connell
Foley Artist
Deborah J Page
Assistant Location Manager
Richard Patrick
Assistant Director
Nancy Patton
Set Designer
Lawrence G Paull
Production Designer
Stephen E Pellant
Other
Gregory B Pena
Costumes
Richard Penn
Adr
Jeffrey W Petersen
Lighting
Beth Peterson
Production Coordinator
Linda Phillips
Adr
Judy Powell
Assistant
Liz Probst
Assistant Production Accountant
David Pryor
Thanks
Manny Quinones
Transportation Captain
Noreen Reardon
Adr
Brent T. Regan
Foreman
John T Reitz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charlene Richards
Adr Mixer
John Richards
Music
Wayne Roberts
Transportation Captain
Gregg Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
P Scott Sakamoto
Steadicam Operator
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond
Casting
Linda Schloss
Location Manager
Nadege Schoenfeld
Makeup Artist
Stephanie Schwartzman
Art Department Coordinator
Vernon Scott
Adr
Sandra Seacat
Thanks
Alison Sherman
Production Coordinator
Rick Simpson
Set Decorator
Garrison Singer
Production Accountant
Randy Singer
Foley Mixer
Paul Smith
Other
Chris Soldo
Assistant Director
James H Speth
Casting
Greg Steele
Adr
Suzanne Stone
Adr
Adrian Thomas
Music Arranger
Eliza Thompson
Assistant
Philip Toolin
Set Designer
Steve Traxler
Coproducer
Nick Troiano
Hair Stylist
Alonzo Tucker
Song
Kimberly S Tushinsky
Assistant Production Coordinator
Cynthia Hyde Upstill
Script Supervisor
Joel R Valentine
Sound Effects Editor
Gianni Versace
Wardrobe
Eddie Lee Voelker
Transportation Coordinator
Donald H Walker
Assistant Production Accountant
Lesley Walker
Editor
Dinah Washington
Song Performer
Luis Weisberg
Assistant
Michael Wilmot
Special Effects
Jackie Wilson
Song
Jackie Wilson
Song Performer
Little Stevie Wonder
Song Performer
John D Wright
Other
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Romance
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
1993
Production Company
Richard Kite
Distribution Company
Walt Disney Studios Distribution
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 40m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video October 27, 1993
Released in United States Spring March 26, 1993
Based upon Garson Kanin's 1946 Broadway stage hit, with Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn.
Disney owns the rights to the stage play, not the 1950 screenplay or film, which was produced and originally distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Began shooting June 15, 1992.
Completed shooting September 5, 1992.
A classic film version, starring Judy Holliday, William Holden and Broderick Crawford, was directed by George Cukor in 1950.
Released in United States Spring March 26, 1993
Released in United States on Video October 27, 1993
