Born Yesterday (1956 film)

Born Yesterday is a 1956 TV film based on the play Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Kanin adapted and directed it. George Schaefer helped Kanin direct but was not credited.^[1]

Mary Martin's performance was her first TV appearance since Peter Pan.^[2] The New York Times thought she was miscast.^[3]

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^ V. A. (Oct 24, 1956). "CREDIT UP IN AIR FOR COMEDY ON TV". New York Times. ProQuest 113717869.
^ Ames, W. (Aug 2, 1956). "'Born yesterday' to star mary martin on hall of fame". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166975562.
^ J. G. (Oct 29, 1956). "TV: 'born yesterday' is revived". New York Times. ProQuest 113726872.

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v t Works by Garson Kanin
Films directed	A Man to Remember (1938) Next Time I Marry (1938) The Great Man Votes (1939) Bachelor Mother (1939) They Knew What They Wanted (1940) My Favorite Wife (1940) Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) The True Glory (1945) Some Kind of a Nut (1968) Where It's At (1969)
Films written	The More the Merrier (1942) From This Day Forward (1946) A Double Life (1947) Adam's Rib (1949) Born Yesterday (1950) Pat and Mike (1952) The Marrying Kind (1952) It Should Happen to You (1954) The Girl Can't Help It (1956) High Time (1960) The Rat Race (1960)
Plays written	Born Yesterday (1946) The Rat Race (1949) (also direct) The Live Wire (1950) Do Re Mi (1960-62)
Novels	Moviola (1979) Smash (1980)
TV written	Born Yesterday (1956) Mr. Broadway (1964) Hardhat and Legs (1980)