Audrey Hepburn LACMA Series: ROMAN HOLIDAY, SABRINA

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

“Audrey Hepburn: Then, Now and Forever” Intro
Screening schedule and synopses from LACMA’s press release:
Roman Holiday
October 23 | 7:30 pm | Introduction by Peter Bogdanovich
Cloistered in a Roman palace on a brief state visit and yearning for a taste of la dolce vita, a young princess from an unnamed European country breaks curfew and hits the town, where too much champagne propels her straight into the arms of an accommodating American—a reporter who knows an exclusive story when it wakes up in his apartment, needing coffee and a new outfit for the scooter. Love blossoms when they set off on a magical mystery tour of the great monuments of the Eternal City; but as [...]

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 [...]

William Wyler’s Oscar Nominated Actors

William Wyler
36 Acting Nominations
(s) supporting category
(*) Academy Award winner
William Wyler: Top Oscar Directors for Actors
 
1936

Walter Huston (above, with Ruth Chatterton) Dodsworth
Walter Brennan (s) Come and Get It * (Wyler replaced Howard Hawks, who received co-directing credit)
Bonita Granville (s) These Three
Maria Ouspenskaya (s) Dodsworth
 
1937
Claire Trevor (s) Dead End
 
1938

Bette Davis Jezebel *
Fay Bainter (s) Jezebel *
 
1939

Laurence Olivier (above, with Merle Oberon) Wuthering Heights
Geraldine Fitzgerald (s) Wuthering Heights
 
1940
Bette Davis The Letter
Walter Brennan (s) The Westerner *
James Stephenson (s) The Letter
 
1941
Bette Davis The Little Foxes
Patricia Collinge (s) The Little Foxes
Teresa Wright (s) The Little Foxes
 
1942

Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver
Greer Garson Mrs. Miniver *
Henry Travers (s) Mrs. Miniver
Teresa Wright (s) Mrs. Miniver *
Dame May Whitty (s) Mrs. Miniver
 
1946
Fredric March The Best Years of Our [...]