Audrey Hepburn Film Series: CHARADE, MY FAIR LADY

Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn in Love in the Afternoon

Audrey Hepburn LACMA Series: ROMAN HOLIDAY, SABRINA
Love in the Afternoon
October 30 | 9:35 pm
Love in the Afternoon, Wilder’s long awaited tribute to his idol Ernst Lubitsch, is based on a French novel and tells the story of Ariane, an innocent young cello student in Paris whose father is a detective, played by Chevalier, the star of four Lubitsch musicals. In order to spark the romantic interest of Frank, an American millionaire and notorious playboy ensconced at the Ritz, Ariane assumes the guise of a sophisticated woman of affairs; but when Frank hires Ariane’s father to investigate the mysterious girl who only visits him in the afternoon, complications arise. [...]

Audrey Hepburn: Then, Now and Forever

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

"Audrey Hepburn: Then, Now and Forever" is the title of the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art film series that kicks off this evening with a double bill: Roman Holiday (1953, right), the film that both made Audrey Hepburn a star — in her first leading role — and earned the actress her only Academy Award, and Peter Bogdanovich’s little-seen They All Laughed (1981), Hepburn’s last starring role in a feature film. Bogdanovich will introduce the screening.
Classy without being aloof; alluring without being vulgar; sophisticated without being snotty. That pretty much would summarize Audrey Hepburn’s screen presence. She could be hilarious, e.g., doing her best to seduce Cary Grant in Charade (1963); she [...]

Audrey Hepburn on TCM

Audrey Hepburn has her "Summer Under the Stars" day today, Tuesday, Aug. 11, on Turner Classic Movies.
All of the Hepburn vehicles have been shown before on TCM; even so, there are two premieres in the schedule: Laughter in Paradise and The Secret People, two British productions in which Hepburn has small roles. (Actually, she has a mere bit part in Laughter in Paradise.) The former is a comedy with a first-rate cast that includes Alastair Sim and Fay Compton; the latter is a thriller starring the capable Valentina Cortese and Serge Reggiani.
As for the actual Hepburn vehicles, all of them are worth checking out because, well, Audrey Hepburn is in them. Now, to be honest, I don’t think [...]

Costume Design in the Digital Age in Hollywood

Left to right: Costume worn by Danny Kaye in The Inspector General (1949), designed by Travilla. Costume worn by Viveca Lindfors in The Adventures of Don Juan (1948), designed by Leah Rhodes. Costume worn by Natalie Wood in The Great Race (1965). designed by Edith Head. Costume worn by Judy Garland in A Star is Born (1954), designed by Irene Sharaff. Costume worn by Frank Sinatra in 4 for Texas (1963), designed by Norma Koch.
 
"Costume Design in the Digital Age" is the title of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences program presenting the "opportunities and challenges facing motion picture costume designers working in the current era of digital [...]

George Cukor’s Oscar Nominated Actors

George Cukor
21 Acting Nominations
(s) supporting category
(*) Academy Award winner
George Cukor: Top Oscar Directors for Actors
 
1930-31
Fredric March The Royal Family of Broadway (co-directed with Cyril Gardner)
 

1936
Norma Shearer Romeo and Juliet
Basil Rathbone (s) Romeo and Juliet
 
1937

Greta Garbo (above, with Robert Taylor) Camille
 
1940

James Stewart The Philadelphia Story *
Katharine Hepburn (above, with Stewart and Cary Grant) The Philadelphia Story
Ruth Hussey (s) The Philadelphia Story
 
1944

Charles Boyer Gaslight
Ingrid Bergman Gaslight *
Angela Lansbury (s) Gaslight
 
1947
Ronald Colman A Double Life *
 
1949
Deborah Kerr Edward, My Son
 
1950
Judy Holliday Born Yesterday *
 
1954

James Mason A Star Is Born
Judy Garland A Star Is Born
 
1957
Anthony Quinn Wild Is the Wind
Anna Magnani Wild Is the Wind
 
1964

Rex Harrison (above, with Audrey Hepburn) My Fair Lady *
Stanley Holloway (s) My Fair Lady
Gladys Cooper (s) [...]