Film Snail

6.3

The Solid Gold Cadillac

NR·1956·99m

Comedy

Romance

Comedy

Romance

Summary

Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.

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

Ralph Dumke

Warren Gillie

Ray Collins

Alfred Metcalfe

Arthur O'Connell

Mark Jenkins

George Burns

Narrator (voice)

Madge Blake

TV Commentator (uncredited)

Richard Deacon

Williams (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Secretary (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Dance Extra (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Stockholder (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Stockholder (uncredited)

Suzanne Alexander

model (uncredited)

Helen Van Tuyl

Elderly Stockholder (uncredited)

Marilyn Hanold

Miss L'Arriere

Harry Antrim

Sen. Simpkins (uncredited)

Walter Beaver

Newsman (uncredited)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Dowager (uncredited)

Oliver Cliff

Advertising Man (uncredited)

Owen Coll

Bill Moran (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Stockholder (uncredited)

George DeNormand

Stockholder (uncredited)

Don Dillaway

Reporter (uncredited)

Neely Edwards

Stockholder at Meeting (uncredited)

Emily Getchell

Mrs. Ryan (uncredited)

Joseph Hamilton

McKeever's Lawyer (uncredited)

Jean Harvey

Farm Woman (uncredited)

Larry Hudson

George (uncredited)

William Hughes

Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Latham

Bill Parker (uncredited)

Charlotte Lawrence

Girl (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Old Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)

Anne Loos

Blessington's Secretary (uncredited)

Robert Locke Lorraine

Stockholder (uncredited)

Maurice Manson

Company Lawyer (uncredited)

William Meader

Stockholder (uncredited)

Bud Osborne

Spanish-American War Veteran (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Secretary Nodding at McKeever (uncredited)

Voltaire Perkins

Judge (uncredited)

Howard Price

Newsman (uncredited)

Wally Richard

Newsman (uncredited)

Audrey Swanson

Snell's Secretary (uncredited)

Paul Weber

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Sandra White

Receptionist (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Richard Quine

Screenplay

Abe Burrows

Theatre Play

George S. Kaufman

Theatre Play

Howard Teichmann

Reviews

talisencrw

May 1, 2016

Judy Holliday captivated me greatly, in the few of her only 9 credited films she made in her short life, before breast cancer silenced her at 43. She had a very unique presence in cinema, her voice alone was one-of-a-kind, and her comic timing was nothing short of genius. This was a fine vehicle for her (pardon the pun), in that she plays a friendly but naïve lady who inherits a cat and 10 shares in a corruptly run company, decides to attend a shareholders' meeting, and the rest is history. She fulfills the axiom that if a large company makes personal connections with the small shareholders, the little people behind the scenes who keep large corporations surviving, that the good, honest person can win in big-time American big business. Because of Holliday's splendid personality, she was perfectly cast for the role. Though her character's romance with co-star Paul Douglas' was a minor, but important, feature of the film, I found this screwball comedy in an inexpensive Mill Creek 'Classic Romances' 8-pack, that I only purchased to see another one of Holliday's performances. I think that esteemed and highly of her work.

She was born on June 21, 1921--the summer solstice--and she would be turning 95 this summer, if she was still alive. My only wish is that she was, to at least read this, a love letter, from a truly appreciative fan of her work.