The Solid Gold Cadillac

The Solid Gold Cadillac is a 1956 film directed by Richard Quine and written by Abe Burrows, Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman. It was adapted from the hit Broadway play of the same name by Teichmann and Kaufman, in which they pillory big business and corrupt businessmen. The film stars Judy Holliday and Paul Douglas. The film is in blackandwhite except for the very last scene, which is in Technicolor.

Blessington comes up with the idea of hiring the struggling actress as Director of Shareholder Relations to keep her occupied answering letters from small shareholders. He assigns her a secretary, Amelia Shotgraven Neva Patterson, with secret instructions to obstruct her as much as possible. The conscientious Miss Partridge, discovering there is nothing for her to do, decides to write the stockholders herself. She gains Amelias friendship and wholehearted assistance by helping her develop a romantic relationship with office manager Mark Jenkins Arthur OConnell.When the directors find out, they fire Amelia. However, Laura discovers that Blessingtons thoroughly unqualified brotherinlaw, Harry Harkness Hiram Sherman, has driven a competitor into bankruptcy, unaware that International Projects owns the unfortunate company. With that as leverage, she gets Amelia rehired. ........

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