The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Richard Quine

Writers:

Abe Burrows (writer)
George S. Kaufman (play)

Release Date:

22 August 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York...

Plot Keywords:

Stockholder Meeting | Corporation | Convertible | Cabinet Officer | Black & White To Color

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Judy Holliday	...	Laura Partridge
Paul Douglas	...	Edward L. McKeever
Fred Clark	...	Clifford Snell
John Williams	...	John T. 'Jack' Blessington
Hiram Sherman	...	Harry Harkness
Neva Patterson	...	Amelia Shotgraven, Secretary
Ralph Dumke	...	Warren Gillie
Ray Collins	...	Alfred Metcalfe
Arthur O'Connell	...	Mark Jenkins
George Burns	...	Narrator (voice)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:12 | USA:Approved | Finland:S

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The final sequence was filmed in color, to better show off the supposedly "solid gold Cadillac" driven by Laura (Judy Holiday) and McKeever (Paul Douglas). The sequence was shot on location in Rockefeller Center in New York City. When prints of the film were subsequently struck for television broadcast, the color was not reproduced so as to save on expenses, and for decades this sequence was seen on TV only in black and white. The original color print was finally restored for home video in the 1990s and is now also shown on cable television.

Goofs:

Continuity: Snell steps over to the phone in Blessington's office. In one shot Blessington has a cigarette in his right hand. In the next shot the cigarette turns into a pencil.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Narrator: The solid gold Cadillac. Well, we had to call it something.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bewitched: The Solid Gold Mother-in-law (#4.13)" (1967)

If you ever think that your vote doesn't count, see this movie.

I would run out of positive adjectives if I had to write a review. Judy Holliday gives her best performance. If you see this film, you will want to see her other classics. Paul Douglas shines as a scrupulous businessman.