https://freerepublic.com/tag/julieholliday/ en-us Sat, 8 Aug 2026 21:36:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4391135/posts The unlikely rise of Judy Holliday from Greenwich Village cabaret performer to movie star begins – if you believe Garson Kanin's account in his memoir Hollywood – with a brief conversation he had with a friend: Main Bocher, the American fashion designer, who had designed the wardrobe for Jean Arthur in the floundering out-of-town previews of Kanin's new play, Born Yesterday. Bocher mentions Holliday, at that point known to Kanin from The Revuers, a nightclub act that also featured Betty Comden and Adolph Green (and occasionally a young pianist and composer named Leonard Bernstein, who would play piano for them... SteynonLine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4391135/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2026 21:36:11 GMT