THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC

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STUDIO: Columbia Pictures

RELEASED: 1956

STARS: Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark

PRODUCER: Fred Kohlmar

DIRECTOR: Richard Quine

WRITER: Abe Burrows (from the play by George
S. Kaufman and Howard Teichmann)

LENGTH: 1 Hour and 31 Minutes

PLOT: Small stockholder Laura Partridge (Holliday)
creates chaos when she attends the annual stockholders
meeting of a large company. After discovering an
overwhelming amount of corruption among its shady
board of directors, she enlists the company's former
CEO (Douglas) to help in her big business clean-up.

NOTABLE: The entire film is in black & white
except for the final scene, which is in color.

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National Film Registry Nominations

Each year 25 films are added to the Library of Congress' National
Film Registry. All films that are selected are protected and
preserved for all-time under the National Film Preservation Act
of 1988. Currently "Adam's Rib" is the only Judy Holliday film
included in the registry. If you would like to nominate a Judy
Holliday film (and/or any of your favorite American movies) for
inclusion, send an e-mail to the Library of Congress. You can
read more about the National Film Registry and view a list of
the 375 films that have already been selected here.