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Sunday, March 29, 2009

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Roman Holiday

babajee Posted 17 minutes ago from SocialScope

Watching Roman Holiday (1953) "She's fair game, Joe. It's always open season on princesses"

RadioConelrad Posted 25 minutes ago from TwitterFon

I don't know how not to fall in love with Audrey Hepburn every time I watch "Roman Holiday". I look at her and I can't stop smiling.

MadMcCullough Posted 34 minutes ago from Web

If I woke up in Gregory Peck's bed on a Roman Holiday, I don't think I'd leave to go looking for exciting experiences. But I'm no princess.

sacchari Posted at 2:25am from Web

The forces of nature knows I am unhappy - Roman Holiday is on TMC. ♥

5T4CKH0U53 Posted at 12:40am from mobile web

@TCManiacs you gotta be fucking kidding me?!? You always play Roman Holiday way too late so I can't stay up!!

Ballyhoo Posted at 12:32am from Web, in reply to TCManiacs

@TCManiacs Sigh,, Roman Holiday :) I LOVE that film and when I visited Rome remebered every moment of it

Audrey Hepburn | Roman Holiday screen-test -- Full Video

Roman Holiday is a 1953 romantic comedy. The film introduced American audiences to Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert co-starred. The movie was directed and produced by William Wyler.

Hepburn was cast as Princess Ann ('Anya Smith') after a screen-test. After she had performed a dignified, subdued scene from the film, the director called "cut", but the cameraman left the camera rolling, capturing the young actress suddenly become animated as she chatted with the director. The candid footage won her the role; some of it was later included in the original theatrical trailer for the film, along with additional screen test footage showing Hepburn trying on some of Anya's costumes and even cutting her own hair (referring to a scene in the film). It is sometimes claimed that Roman Holiday was Hepburn's first American acting job. In fact, she appeared at least once on U.S. television in 1952 — a CBS Television Workshop production of Rainy Day in Paradise Junction .

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