Roman Holiday

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Audrey Hepburn. Living constantly under possible Nazi capture during WWII, her growing years were marred with malnutrition and illness. She witnessed her brother sent to concentration camp to work as a labour. In spite of such horrors she never nurtured bitter feelings about anyone and helped for the human cause.

She was so elegant and so genuine. Watch her smile, you know it is therapeutic. A warm human being she was compassionate and caring, preferring the way of love and commitment to our fallen race instead of worldly acclaim. She was an angel and went back to heaven.

Roman Holiday (1953) is an Audrey film. It is a bittersweet romance between a princess and a journalist, lasting only for a day. This one film you watch umpteen times, but you will never get enough of it. I bet you will fall in love with this Princess Anne
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It is the only way the film could have ended, But then, as Joe tells Anne , "Life isn't always what one likes, is it?"

You are missing something unfathomable if you have not seen this film as yet.

Memorabilia:

(1) Audrey Hepburn, then an upcoming British actress, having starred successfully on Broadway was almost rejected for this film during the audition. The cameraman kept the camera running even after the director called 'Cut' during the audition, and her exuberance off-camera charmed the director.

(2) It was Cary Grant opposite her , however, Grant felt that he would look too old opposite the young Hepburn.

(3) Gregory Peck insisted that " Introducing Audrey Hepburn" line be removed and she be given top billing alongside him.

(4) Peck predicted Audrey would win the Oscar for her role even before the film released, and he was proved