Saturday Night Movie Classic: Roman Holiday

Anyone who knows me knows that I love old movies. Along with the movies, I love the old stars. A good time to me is being able to curl up on the couch and tune into an old flick on TCM or watch one from my own collection. Color can't hold a stick to black and white. One of my favorite movies is Roman Holiday from 1953. It stars Audrey Hepburn (she's exquisite) as a runaway princes and Gregory Peck (he's devastatingly handsome) as an American reporter.

A delightful, captivating fairy-tale romance shot entirely on location in Rome. The film's bittersweet story is a charming-romantic-comedy, a kind of Cinderella tale in reverse. A runaway princess rebels against her royal obligations and escapes the insulated confines of
her royal prison to find a 'Prince Charming' commoner - an American reporter covering the royal tour in Rome.

The film received a phenomenal ten Academy Award nominations for a comedy. It won a Best Actress Oscar for Audrey Hepburn (it was her first American film). Another of the film's three Oscar awards, the one for Best Original Story was given to Iam McLellan Hunter. In 1992, a posthumous Oscar was properly credited and given to blacklisted Hollywood Ten author Dalton Trumbo (author of Johnny Got His Gun an antiwar novel and my favorite book of all time). The third Oscar it received was for Best B/W Costume Design (Edith Head). The other seven nominations included: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Albert), Best Director, Best Screenplay (Ian McClellan Hunter and John Dighton). Best B/W Cinamatography, Best B/W Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Best Film Editing.

Here is a collage I found of scenes from the movie: