I like that the film acknowledges the age difference between Sabrina and Linus, but then shows us that mentally Linus is her age when it comes to love. Sabrina stifled her love for others because of David, and Linus because of his duty to the family business. I also quite enjoyed seeing Ellen Corby and Nancy Culp in supporting roles. Two very good actresses who could fully flesh out characters with little scenes.
Did I correctly hear from gossip spoken in the movie that David was married more than once? If so, I'm surprised that this didn't lessen Sabrina's crush on him. It also puts him as someone who actually had more experience with women than Linus. I did wish that it showed more that David was willing and capable of taking over for Linus. That was one improvement that was shown in the remake.
A James Dean retrospective would be pretty short, because he only made 3 movies before his untimely car crash. But “Rebel Without a Cause” is such a historic iconic movie, I think you should put it in the must-see list.
Mia, love your channel, and I would like to suggest 'Roman Holiday' - Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. You will be delighted. Another filmed-on site and all the emotion that you can handle.
That's right Mia Tiffany charade 1963 it was my favorite classic movies starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary grant I can't wait to see your reaction this one's gonna be great.
I know Two for the Road wont make the cut but the movie really shows Audrey's range because it's only movie I recall where she is a flawed character. Plus her wardrobe is fabulous of course.
It was pretty obvious early on that Sabrina didn't love David. She loved the idea of David. Because when he was laid up, she had no inclination to take care of him or keep him company, unlike the woman he did marry who brought him boardgames etc. On the other hand, her advice to Linus about going to Paris demonstrated a care for his mental and physical health. If she'd really loved David as a person, her response to Linus would have been to look at him with clear, steady eyes and demand to be taken to David.
Sadly for your Met Gala debut Hubert de Givenchy passed away in 2018. The tickets to _The Seven Year Itch_ would have been for the Broadway play, which was still running when _Sabrina_ came out. The film didn't premiere until a year after _Sabrina,_ but Wilder likely included the title as a way to prepare the public for the film which he'd have been filming while _Sabrina_ was in theaters.
Bogie nails this!! His first appearance in the film, raises the garage doors and rescues Audrey Hepburn! Then proceeds to carry her up the stairs. As the film progresses, he plays a romantic comic to perfection!!
ROBIN AND MARION. Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery. Avery touching, funny, ultimately tragic return of Robin Hood and Little John from the Crusades to find the Sheriff of Nottingham still alive and Maid Marion the Mother Abbess of a Nunnery. Audrey is no longer an Ingenue but her maturity makes her even more lovely .
I think it's important to watch her in her final film, _Always_ (1989) where she plays either God or an Angel (depending on interpretation.) Not only is she stunning, but you believe it. When any hypothetical god sends an angel to collect my soul, I hope She makes her look like Audrey Hepburn.
It’s a nice change that the brothers loved each other for real and support each other and they’re not pure pieces of crap and ones not jealous of the other❤ makes every part of this film feel warm
Pleeeeeeeze react to Roman Holiday. IMO, it is the Audrey Hepburn movie. She and Gregory Peck have wonderful chemistry. The final scene has some of the best non-verbal acting ever filmed. Also, please react to Stalag 17, directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden.
I love all her films but How to Steal a Million is one of my favorites. Other stars are Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith and Charles Boyer. If you don't review for you channel, please watch it for yourself. It is witty and has some great lines.
Seconded on _How to Steal a Million,_ which is a wonderful film if not a particularly great one. Peter O'Toole was underrated at the time (although not today) and had great chemistry with Audrey. But then again, you'd have to be an utter schmuck not to have chemistry with Audrey Hepburn.
In Liz's case you could start quite young, with "National Velvet". Then move on to the peak of her youthful beauty with "A Place in the Sun" (b&w) or "Ivanhoe" (technicolor). After that, I suppose "Cleopatra" or "Giant" (with James Dean) and her later films with Richard Burton.
The Seven Year Itch is not a nod to the movie, but was a hit on broadway at the time and gong to be Wilder's next movie. The Question... was Wilder already pursuing or attached the upcoming movie or was it just his favorite play on Broadway at the time or some like explanation?
Thanks again for your selection, Mia. I love that the supporting actor's characters were given time to shine and develop. This took Sabrina a step above fluffy, light rom-com.
I M on my 9th or 10th watch. My fav Audrey film so far .. just perfection. You clearly have a great on screen presence as well. I've been binging on my gamine who kept my spirits up thru sickness and holidays. Great pt on ending and interactions Thought it too swift .. perhaps better in slow motion. Great insight as to his dating age.
Oh nevermind, I looked around & see you covered that. Going over to your Wait Until Dark reaction. I have a lot of catching up to do on your channel! Keep up the good work!
@@bethferback5454 Yeah, but I've made that suggestion all over CZcams for years and the usual thing I've gotten in return is more reviews of the latest "Star Wars" movie. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.
@@bethferback5454 Like I said, I wouldn't hold my breath. Apparently money given with the "Thanks" button, even multiple times, doesn't have the same significance as money given on Patreon.
😂😂😂OOOOMMMMGGGG....Girl...when you swoon and giggle, IT GIVES ME LIIIIFE !!! ❤ I laugh every time ! You have the cutest giggle on CZcams. Hee heeeee 👏👍😍
actually william was the one devastated with audrey being the love of his life, cracking up over it during the paris when it sizzles filming in 1962; fun facts william holden and humphrey bogart were distant cousins on his mother side
Bogart was miffed because Wilder's 1st choice was Cary Grant. Grant turned this role down because he was too old and Hepburn was too young for on screen romance. He waited 9 years before working with her in Charade. Meanwhile, Bogart, whose wife Lauren Bacall was 25 years younger than him, didn't have an age issue. I think he made a better Linus than Grant would have. If Grant played Linus she wouldn't have been interested in David!
Audrey Hepburn is such a gem! I look forward to all the upcoming A.H films we'll get to watch with you, but I can't wait to see your reaction to Breakfast At Tiffany's! One of my favorite A.H films 🥰 Not to take anything away from the original (Sabrina), but have you seen the 1995 remake with Harrison Ford and Julie Ormond? I actually enjoy that version even more!
You should definitely cover more Audrey movies. Might recommend How to Steal a Million? Its so creative for the time and audreys fashion was *chefs kiss*
The thing about Linus is that he's literally never been in love, so wouldn't recognise the indicators that many watching would take for granted. He's not so much a dummy for not recognising them, just developmentally impaired you might say. I went through most of my life believing I knew what love is, until I fell in love and realised what I thought was love wasn't love. What an eye-opener that was.
I love Bogie, but this is obviously Audrey's film, whenever anybody says they don't know who she is/was I recommend that they watch this movie and Roman Holiday. She had an incomparable magic on the screen.
I became a fan of Billy Wilder movies, 20 years ago, and I began to describe them to my mother who was in her 80s. “I had dinner with William Wilder twice,“ she said. What? I’ve never heard this before. Mom, as a Nebraska farm girl, had struck out on her own in her early 20s to go to Hollywood in the 1930s. She worked as a domestic in the home of an artist who worked for the studios. On two occasions, Billy Wilder was a dinner guest and Mom sat at table. On the first occasion, Mr. Wilder gave the couple a small dog. On the second occasion, Mom took Mr. Wilder aside and informed him the couple were not taking very good care of the the dog, and he took it back. A Kansas Farm girl, who became a housewife in the middle of Ohio, had a private conversation with Director Billy Wilder. It took until my mother was in her late 80s for me to learn this. She was a strange, quiet little lady.
My Fair Lady would be an interesting choice. It’s not the best showcase for Audrey because her singing was dubbed. But we learned you were a fan of “Sexy Rexy” Rex Harrison from the “Ghost and Mrs. Muir” reaction, so you might enjoy it.
While it's a shame we didn't get Audrey's singing (which by all accounts was perfectly adequate) we did get overdubs by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed Deborah Kerr in _The King and I_ and Natalie Wood in _West Side Story._ She was a terrific voice talent. She was hired to only dub the high notes for Natalie Wood, who's signing was apparently pretty good except for the high sustains, but when they shot the singing she didn't lip-sync well with the songs so they had to re-record them with Marni Nixon matching her. An interesting story! There is some test footage of Audrey Hepburn singing the songs for _My Fair Lady_ but the quality is poor so it's hard to tell if she'd really have been capable of pulling off those songs without Marni Nixon.
This was my first introduction to classic films as well. One of my earliest memories was watching this with my family on TCM in 1995. Hooked ever since.
It's a movie so dear to my heart. And i'd fall in love with Linus as easily as Sabrina. haha I can't wait to see your reaction to Charade, it's a lot of fun.
Mia, I hope you read this. Want to see Humphrey Bogart's range see The Caine Mutiny (it's one of my top 10 films of all time) Also add to your list Paris When it Sizzles starring Audrey Hepburn and William Holden and Tony Curtis, I guarantee you will enjoy that film because it is a film about making a film. .
Really glad that you're going to be doing Charade, which I love. What I'd especially like to see on your channel are My Fair Lady (probably my favorite movie ever) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (probably my favorite Audrey Hepburn performance ever) - but she did so many other wonderful ones. But if the only other William Holden performance you've seen is Sunset Boulevard, that means you haven't seen Bridge on the River Kwai, an incredible classic which is my favorite David Lean movie and the one for which Alec Guinness won his well-deserved Oscar. And if you like late Bogart performances in roles unusual for him, then the one absolutely not to be missed is The Caine Mutiny. In any case, can't wait for Charade!
Finally! Thank you Mia. Not sure which movies you plan on watching but definitely worth doing are The Children's Hour, Funny Face, Two For The Road, Wait Until Dark and Robin & Marian.
Audrey Hepburn was one of the most beautiful woman🔥🔥🔥, she stole my heart!! I was born generations too late, to meet her, i am looking for my Audrey Hepburn.
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I’ve seen Sabrina and so many classic films and you make me want to see this again. I discovered a CZcams channel hosted by Aaron Hunter. He is a professor at film. His videos are like being in a film class. He covers all genres -does get technical. Check out his video on Sunset Boulevard. Hopefully, you’ll like it.
William Holden was a great actor. Check out Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing for Romance and The Bridges at Toko-Ri with Holden and Grace Kelley for action.
I so enjoy watching my favorite pictures with you! The way you appreciate them makes me feel like I'm watching these films with my daughter. I love your channel!
About Sabrina's father, actor John Williams... the first movie I associate with him is Dial M For Murder, another terrific Hitchcock film starring Grace Kelly.
I am fascinated by the fact that Audrey lived thru the horrors of Nazi occupation during WWII, and her most difficult event was being abandoned by her father.
9:03 Notice that fancy antenna. That's for the car phone. 10:12 Audrey does look great in a pixie cut, but I'm really going to miss the pony tail. 19:48 Songs like "Yes, We Have No Bananas" were popular in the 1920s. Linus is a little behind the times. However wind-up portable gramophones like that were still being made for longer than you might think. Here's some fascinating history czcams.com/video/AYn7aZZBMRA/video.html It's funny how at certain points in these old black & whites my brain sees things in color.
Mia! You’re back! And you’re still so darn cute! Those almost-Princess Leia hair buns and that adorable giggle of yours like you just learned a naughty secret! No one can ever have too much Mia! I hope one day you have enough time to do two movie reactions a week, but until then, I appreciate every video you do. You’re such a fun movie companion and this one was no exception!
MUCH prefer this version to the one in the 90's. Just can't top it. John Williams played a great detective in Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder. If you want to see a darkly comic Billy Wilder film, try Stalag 17 with William Holden. Audrey actually says the word many said in describing her: Gamine.
People praise the remake for expanding on a lot of minor things even though these changes make no sense. Sabrina has a full blown relationship with a coworker during her stay in Paris but it doesn't work because of her torch for David and yet she still falls for Linus in two days?? Making David's fiancé a saintly doctor to make it clear she's too good for him as though his philandering and empty promises aren't enough?? Merging the two parents into the overbearing workaholic mother and making Sabrina's career of choice photography would've been okay with me if not for the intent behind it. There's a behind the scenes thingy in which they say it's because the original was being sexist despite Sabrina pursuing cooking as a career to honour her late mother who was a cook plus Larrabee Sr being a complete dodo means the "newly improved" Mrs Larrabee is now a wee bit of a ditzy daisy too. Wilder's dislike for his classic is mostly due to its troubled production and while I get that part of me is sad for he never saw what we fans see in it.
Awesome movie and actress. What more can be said about the fashion collaboration of Hepburn and Givenchy?! Also call out to a very bit part for Nancy Kulp...Jane Hathaway / Beverly Hillbillies fame. One of my fave films. Just second to Breakfast at Tiffany's! Love you!!
I think Wilder wanted Cary Grant for Linus. And Bogart wanted Bacall for Sabrina. In Heaven, I think we'll get to see all these alternative versions, but the version they made is delightful, regardless.
One bit of trivia: the cooking instructor was played by Marcel Hillaire ( in his first of many films ). Born in Germany as Erwin Hiller, he spent most of his career, and life, pretending to be French.
I was one-year-old when this came out. Audrey's eyebrows started an international revolution in eyebrows. Chollas in East L.A. were doing those brows in the forties and L.A. was the eyebrow capitol of Earth. Yes, my mom did those brows briefly, 1955? There is no mystery to Audrey's brows so I thank East L.A. I have no idea what New York was up to. Theater stuff, no doubt.
YAY Audrey Hepburn run :) She's one of my favorites. Can't wait to see what movies your doing and your thoughts. I watched a documentary on her and what a life. She has a certain quiet grace to her.
It would be great if you could see Funny Face. Hepburn is totally charming as a bookshop employee who becomes a fashion model. It is a musical, though, so you may have copyright issues. It is also another of Hepburn's films where she falls for an older man (Fred Astaire).
The most “Audrey Hepburn” Audrey Hepburn movie. Jo Stockton is my favorite character she portrays. She would not have done that movie unless Fred Astaire co-starred with her. Read this on an article he personally wrote!
What a good start of the audrey hepburn series after charade I really like to see two of my favourite films of her like breakfast at tiffany's and my fair lady
Mia, am proud to be a subscriber. Your content is brilliant! As to this film, you are spot on. Yet, despite Bogart's range, I still submit that the Method lads were more deserved at the Oscars 1952. However, Bogart is magnetic. Thus, I'd like to suggest to you 1947's Dark Passage with him and Bacall. It's unbelievably unique. In fact, it has to be seen, as explaining cannot do it justice. Be well!
Great observation on how only Billy Wilder would begin a romantic comedy with a suicide attempt. I love Audrey Hepburn, but never truly realized how magical her presence is until I saw the 1995 remake of this film. It's not a bad movie, the story is much clearer on how Linus is falling for Sabrina, and Julia Ormond is lovely and can even act. The only shortcoming: She Is Not AUDREY HEPBURN! That makes ALL the difference. When I first saw this, I thought that William Holden was miscast, that he was too old to be playing a playboy like David. Then I realized that that was intentional, that it's David who is too old to be behaving this way, that he has to grow up. It's so satisfying at the end to see him walk in with his black homburg and umbrella and take over as the responsible brother so Linus can finally have a life.
Audrey wanted children and William was unwilling to commit. The subsequent fallout was heartbreak for the both of them with William crawling into a bottle.
With It's humorous script and its stars immense charm Sabrina remains a resonant romantic gem, SABRINA (1954) 93/100% Certified Approved ☑️ Linus Larrabee: It's all in the Family.
I'm a lover of the newer version of Sabrina with Harrison Ford. (Just because how can you NOT love Harrison Ford, amiright?) That film and FRENCH KISS with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline were my favorite movies growing up. So much nostalgia. This original Sabrina is great now that I'm an adult and can appreciate these kinds of films.
I like that the film acknowledges the age difference between Sabrina and Linus, but then shows us that mentally Linus is her age when it comes to love. Sabrina stifled her love for others because of David, and Linus because of his duty to the family business. I also quite enjoyed seeing Ellen Corby and Nancy Culp in supporting roles. Two very good actresses who could fully flesh out characters with little scenes.
Did I correctly hear from gossip spoken in the movie that David was married more than once? If so, I'm surprised that this didn't lessen Sabrina's crush on him. It also puts him as someone who actually had more experience with women than Linus. I did wish that it showed more that David was willing and capable of taking over for Linus. That was one improvement that was shown in the remake.
Nancy Culp was also in "Shane' as one of the Homesteaders before she progressed to "The Beverly Hillbillies" in the 1960s.
Audrey Hepburn will always be my favorite actress from on the 1960’s
A James Dean retrospective would be pretty short, because he only made 3 movies before his untimely car crash. But “Rebel Without a Cause” is such a historic iconic movie, I think you should put it in the must-see list.
@Bill Rosman James Dean was also in the excellent 'Has Anybody Seen My Gal?'.
Mia, love your channel, and I would like to suggest 'Roman Holiday' - Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. You will be delighted. Another filmed-on site and all the emotion that you can handle.
That's right Mia Tiffany charade 1963 it was my favorite classic movies starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary grant I can't wait to see your reaction this one's gonna be great.
William Holden -- what a gorgeous, athletic man and a great, versatile actor.
I love your themes and choices. So different from the other channels! Keep the classics coming.
Charade is an excellent choice! It looks like a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and with two wonderful stars Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant.
charade: called the greatest alfred hitchcock film that hitchcock never made 🙂
Plus Walter Matthau, James Coburn, and George Kennedy. Some of the greatest supportive acting I’ve ever seen.
I know Two for the Road wont make the cut but the movie really shows Audrey's range because it's only movie I recall where she is a flawed character. Plus her wardrobe is fabulous of course.
It should make the cut! It is one of Audrey's best movies!
You should really do Two for the Road--and How to Steal a Million too. (Rare age-appropriate leading men for Audrey.)
It was pretty obvious early on that Sabrina didn't love David. She loved the idea of David. Because when he was laid up, she had no inclination to take care of him or keep him company, unlike the woman he did marry who brought him boardgames etc.
On the other hand, her advice to Linus about going to Paris demonstrated a care for his mental and physical health.
If she'd really loved David as a person, her response to Linus would have been to look at him with clear, steady eyes and demand to be taken to David.
This version is ideally cast. Love it! Hepburn looks gorgeous, like always.
Sadly for your Met Gala debut Hubert de Givenchy passed away in 2018.
The tickets to _The Seven Year Itch_ would have been for the Broadway play, which was still running when _Sabrina_ came out. The film didn't premiere until a year after _Sabrina,_ but Wilder likely included the title as a way to prepare the public for the film which he'd have been filming while _Sabrina_ was in theaters.
Bogie nails this!! His first appearance in the film, raises the garage doors and rescues Audrey Hepburn! Then proceeds to carry her up the stairs. As the film progresses, he plays a romantic comic to perfection!!
ROBIN AND MARION. Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery. Avery touching, funny, ultimately tragic return of Robin Hood and Little John from the Crusades to find the Sheriff of Nottingham still alive and Maid Marion the Mother Abbess of a Nunnery. Audrey is no longer an Ingenue but her maturity makes her even more lovely .
I think it's important to watch her in her final film, _Always_ (1989) where she plays either God or an Angel (depending on interpretation.) Not only is she stunning, but you believe it. When any hypothetical god sends an angel to collect my soul, I hope She makes her look like Audrey Hepburn.
It’s a nice change that the brothers loved each other for real and support each other and they’re not pure pieces of crap and ones not jealous of the other❤ makes every part of this film feel warm
Pleeeeeeeze react to Roman Holiday. IMO, it is the Audrey Hepburn movie. She and Gregory Peck have wonderful chemistry. The final scene has some of the best non-verbal acting ever filmed.
Also, please react to Stalag 17, directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden.
I love all her films but How to Steal a Million is one of my favorites. Other stars are Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith and Charles Boyer. If you don't review for you channel, please watch it for yourself. It is witty and has some great lines.
Seconded on _How to Steal a Million,_ which is a wonderful film if not a particularly great one. Peter O'Toole was underrated at the time (although not today) and had great chemistry with Audrey. But then again, you'd have to be an utter schmuck not to have chemistry with Audrey Hepburn.
I'm so ready for this. First Marilyn, now Audrey, we just need Elizabeth Taylor to close out the triumvirate XD
In Liz's case you could start quite young, with "National Velvet". Then move on to the peak of her youthful beauty with "A Place in the Sun" (b&w) or "Ivanhoe" (technicolor). After that, I suppose "Cleopatra" or "Giant" (with James Dean) and her later films with Richard Burton.
Ingrid Bergman deserves a place in there too in my opinion.🙂
@@Nicole-wj7yq There are just too many stars to choose from honestly XD so many good movies as well.
@@trueblueedits4673 Very true.😀
The Seven Year Itch is not a nod to the movie, but was a hit on broadway at the time and gong to be Wilder's next movie. The Question... was Wilder already pursuing or attached the upcoming movie or was it just his favorite play on Broadway at the time or some like explanation?
Thanks again for your selection, Mia. I love that the supporting actor's characters were given time to shine and develop. This took Sabrina a step above fluffy, light rom-com.
I M on my 9th or 10th watch. My fav Audrey film so far .. just perfection. You clearly have a great on screen presence as well. I've been binging on my gamine who kept my spirits up thru sickness and holidays. Great pt on ending and interactions
Thought it too swift .. perhaps better in slow motion. Great insight as to his dating age.
I haven’t seen anyone mention “Wait Until Dark” Excellent movie. Audrey plays a blind woman living alone
Oh nevermind, I looked around & see you covered that. Going over to your Wait Until Dark reaction.
I have a lot of catching up to do on your channel! Keep up the good work!
If you like Billy Wilder and William Holden, you might consider watching "Stalag 17," which is very, very good.
That is a fantastic movie.
@@bethferback5454 Yeah, but I've made that suggestion all over CZcams for years and the usual thing I've gotten in return is more reviews of the latest "Star Wars" movie. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.
Don’t worry, we will get to Stalag 17!
@@MoviesWithMia That is fabulous news! You'll be the first reactor on CZcams to do it.
@@bethferback5454 Like I said, I wouldn't hold my breath. Apparently money given with the "Thanks" button, even multiple times, doesn't have the same significance as money given on Patreon.
Cary Grant, "People Will Talk" (1951).
😂😂😂OOOOMMMMGGGG....Girl...when you swoon and giggle, IT GIVES ME LIIIIFE !!! ❤ I laugh every time ! You have the cutest giggle on CZcams. Hee heeeee 👏👍😍
Thank you ☺️ and thanks for watching!
actually william was the one devastated with audrey being the love of his life, cracking up over it during the paris when it sizzles filming in 1962; fun facts william holden and humphrey bogart were distant cousins on his mother side
Bogart was miffed because Wilder's 1st choice was Cary Grant. Grant turned this role down because he was too old and Hepburn was too young for on screen romance. He waited 9 years before working with her in Charade. Meanwhile, Bogart, whose wife Lauren Bacall was 25 years younger than him, didn't have an age issue. I think he made a better Linus than Grant would have. If Grant played Linus she wouldn't have been interested in David!
"She loves YOU dummy!" Everyone's reaction while watching this movie 😂
Audrey Hepburn is such a gem! I look forward to all the upcoming A.H films we'll get to watch with you, but I can't wait to see your reaction to Breakfast At Tiffany's! One of my favorite A.H films 🥰 Not to take anything away from the original (Sabrina), but have you seen the 1995 remake with Harrison Ford and Julie Ormond? I actually enjoy that version even more!
You should definitely cover more Audrey movies. Might recommend How to Steal a Million? Its so creative for the time and audreys fashion was *chefs kiss*
The thing about Linus is that he's literally never been in love, so wouldn't recognise the indicators that many watching would take for granted. He's not so much a dummy for not recognising them, just developmentally impaired you might say. I went through most of my life believing I knew what love is, until I fell in love and realised what I thought was love wasn't love. What an eye-opener that was.
Can't wait to see this! if i could watch only one movie for the rest of my life, it would be Sabrina!
I love Bogie, but this is obviously Audrey's film, whenever anybody says they don't know who she is/was I recommend that they watch this movie and Roman Holiday. She had an incomparable magic on the screen.
I became a fan of Billy Wilder movies, 20 years ago, and I began to describe them to my mother who was in her 80s.
“I had dinner with William Wilder twice,“ she said. What?
I’ve never heard this before. Mom, as a Nebraska farm girl, had struck out on her own in her early 20s to go to Hollywood in the 1930s. She worked as a domestic in the home of an artist who worked for the studios.
On two occasions, Billy Wilder was a dinner guest and Mom sat at table.
On the first occasion, Mr. Wilder gave the couple a small dog. On the second occasion, Mom took Mr. Wilder aside and informed him the couple were not taking very good care of the the dog, and he took it back. A Kansas Farm girl, who became a housewife in the middle of Ohio, had a private conversation with Director Billy Wilder.
It took until my mother was in her late 80s for me to learn this. She was a strange, quiet little lady.
Charade is gonna be fun!
My Fair Lady would be an interesting choice. It’s not the best showcase for Audrey because her singing was dubbed. But we learned you were a fan of “Sexy Rexy” Rex Harrison from the “Ghost and Mrs. Muir” reaction, so you might enjoy it.
While it's a shame we didn't get Audrey's singing (which by all accounts was perfectly adequate) we did get overdubs by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed Deborah Kerr in _The King and I_ and Natalie Wood in _West Side Story._ She was a terrific voice talent. She was hired to only dub the high notes for Natalie Wood, who's signing was apparently pretty good except for the high sustains, but when they shot the singing she didn't lip-sync well with the songs so they had to re-record them with Marni Nixon matching her. An interesting story! There is some test footage of Audrey Hepburn singing the songs for _My Fair Lady_ but the quality is poor so it's hard to tell if she'd really have been capable of pulling off those songs without Marni Nixon.
Sounds fun, I hope you consider Two For The Road, but excited to see what you pick regardless.
This was my first introduction to classic films as well. One of my earliest memories was watching this with my family on TCM in 1995. Hooked ever since.
It's a movie so dear to my heart. And i'd fall in love with Linus as easily as Sabrina. haha I can't wait to see your reaction to Charade, it's a lot of fun.
Mia, I hope you read this.
Want to see Humphrey Bogart's range see The Caine Mutiny (it's one of my top 10 films of all time)
Also add to your list Paris When it Sizzles starring Audrey Hepburn and William Holden and Tony Curtis, I guarantee you will enjoy that film because it is a film about making a film. .
I would also include Treasure of the Sierra Madre for Humphrey Bogart. He is so good.
Really glad that you're going to be doing Charade, which I love. What I'd especially like to see on your channel are My Fair Lady (probably my favorite movie ever) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (probably my favorite Audrey Hepburn performance ever) - but she did so many other wonderful ones. But if the only other William Holden performance you've seen is Sunset Boulevard, that means you haven't seen Bridge on the River Kwai, an incredible classic which is my favorite David Lean movie and the one for which Alec Guinness won his well-deserved Oscar. And if you like late Bogart performances in roles unusual for him, then the one absolutely not to be missed is The Caine Mutiny. In any case, can't wait for Charade!
Another great W.H. performance is Stalag 17!
Couldn't agree more.
Need to see him as a detective in Dial M for Murder. A great Hitchcock film.
I learned how to crack eggs from this movie. I always say: 1,2,3 crack.
Yes! I'm glad someone else finally saw what I saw. The way that Humphrey Bogart/Linus takes Elizabeth Tyson to dance was smooth af.
Haha! I sure was! He had me swooning 😍
Breakfast At Tiffany’s is my favorite Audrey Hepburn movie but I still love Funny Face Sabrina and Roman Holiday
Finally! Thank you Mia. Not sure which movies you plan on watching but definitely worth doing are The Children's Hour, Funny Face, Two For The Road, Wait Until Dark and Robin & Marian.
Ooo! I forgot about _Wait Until Dark,_ which is creepy and excellent.
In "Robin and Marian" Audrey Hepburn has the sweetest romantic lines ever filmed.
Audrey Hepburn was one of the most beautiful woman🔥🔥🔥, she stole my heart!!
I was born generations too late, to meet her, i am looking for my Audrey Hepburn.
Sabrina made Hepburn into an international star.
Mia, check out William Holden and Kim Novak in the 1955 movie Picnic. I'm sure you'll love it.
It’s strange that William Holden doesn’t fall in love with Audrey on the set but in reality he was
Omg. I saw the 90s version with Harrison Ford and lived it. I didn’t know it was a Hepburn remake.❤️
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I’ve seen Sabrina and so many classic films and you make me want to see this again. I discovered a CZcams channel hosted by Aaron Hunter. He is a professor at film. His videos are like being in a film class. He covers all genres -does get technical. Check out his video on Sunset Boulevard. Hopefully, you’ll like it.
William Holden was a great actor. Check out Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing for Romance and The Bridges at Toko-Ri with Holden and Grace Kelley for action.
I never noticed that bogart orders tickets to the seven year itch
William Holden's 3rd film for Billy Wilder. Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard, and Sabrina .
Love your style and enthusiastic appreciation of films.
I so enjoy watching my favorite pictures with you! The way you appreciate them makes me feel like I'm watching these films with my daughter. I love your channel!
About Sabrina's father, actor John Williams... the first movie I associate with him is Dial M For Murder, another terrific Hitchcock film starring Grace Kelly.
OMG I have found the CZcams channel of infectious infatuation...LOVING THIS these films are amazing THANK YOU
I am fascinated by the fact that Audrey lived thru the horrors of Nazi occupation during WWII, and her most difficult event was being abandoned by her father.
9:03 Notice that fancy antenna. That's for the car phone.
10:12 Audrey does look great in a pixie cut, but I'm really going to miss the pony tail.
19:48 Songs like "Yes, We Have No Bananas" were popular in the 1920s. Linus is a little behind the times. However wind-up portable gramophones like that were still being made for longer than you might think. Here's some fascinating history czcams.com/video/AYn7aZZBMRA/video.html
It's funny how at certain points in these old black & whites my brain sees things in color.
Luv seeing John Williams again.
Funny Face, with Fred Astaire; a wonderful Audrey Hepburn film.
I was looking forward to it! ✨ Thank you for your intresting review!
I love you! 💕 it’s your historical background for meeeee… I learn so much from you. You’re so cute 🥰
Mia! You’re back! And you’re still so darn cute! Those almost-Princess Leia hair buns and that adorable giggle of yours like you just learned a naughty secret! No one can ever have too much Mia! I hope one day you have enough time to do two movie reactions a week, but until then, I appreciate every video you do. You’re such a fun movie companion and this one was no exception!
Though it would involve heading into the silent era, I would recommend doing a series on Gloria Swanson. She was such a good actress.
MUCH prefer this version to the one in the 90's. Just can't top it. John Williams played a great detective in Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder. If you want to see a darkly comic Billy Wilder film, try Stalag 17 with William Holden. Audrey actually says the word many said in describing her: Gamine.
People praise the remake for expanding on a lot of minor things even though these changes make no sense. Sabrina has a full blown relationship with a coworker during her stay in Paris but it doesn't work because of her torch for David and yet she still falls for Linus in two days?? Making David's fiancé a saintly doctor to make it clear she's too good for him as though his philandering and empty promises aren't enough?? Merging the two parents into the overbearing workaholic mother and making Sabrina's career of choice photography would've been okay with me if not for the intent behind it. There's a behind the scenes thingy in which they say it's because the original was being sexist despite Sabrina pursuing cooking as a career to honour her late mother who was a cook plus Larrabee Sr being a complete dodo means the "newly improved" Mrs Larrabee is now a wee bit of a ditzy daisy too. Wilder's dislike for his classic is mostly due to its troubled production and while I get that part of me is sad for he never saw what we fans see in it.
Flights were longer in those days!
Awesome movie and actress. What more can be said about the fashion collaboration of Hepburn and Givenchy?! Also call out to a very bit part for Nancy Kulp...Jane Hathaway / Beverly Hillbillies fame. One of my fave films. Just second to Breakfast at Tiffany's! Love you!!
She wore Givenchy in Charade too
I think Wilder wanted Cary Grant for Linus. And Bogart wanted Bacall for Sabrina. In Heaven, I think we'll get to see all these alternative versions, but the version they made is delightful, regardless.
One bit of trivia: the cooking instructor was played by Marcel Hillaire ( in his first of many films ). Born in Germany as Erwin Hiller, he spent most of his career, and life, pretending to be French.
That made me sad when William sits on the glass and hurts his butt
I love this really old movie too! It should be listed as one of the best 1950's films thanks Mia ❤🎉
I was one-year-old when this came out. Audrey's eyebrows started an international revolution in eyebrows. Chollas in East L.A. were doing those brows in the forties and L.A. was the eyebrow capitol of Earth. Yes, my mom did those brows briefly, 1955? There is no mystery to Audrey's brows so I thank East L.A. I have no idea what New York was up to. Theater stuff, no doubt.
Mia, your vids are so enoyable, and your presentations are lovely. Suggestion: Roman Holiday. Of course. A must for your series. Thanks!
Mia, you had a great and wonderful grandfather.
Harrison Ford played the new version of Sabrina!
YAY Audrey Hepburn run :) She's one of my favorites. Can't wait to see what movies your doing and your thoughts. I watched a documentary on her and what a life. She has a certain quiet grace to her.
Another great reaction and review.
It would be great if you could see Funny Face. Hepburn is totally charming as a bookshop employee who becomes a fashion model. It is a musical, though, so you may have copyright issues. It is also another of Hepburn's films where she falls for an older man (Fred Astaire).
The most “Audrey Hepburn” Audrey Hepburn movie. Jo Stockton is my favorite character she portrays. She would not have done that movie unless Fred Astaire co-starred with her. Read this on an article he personally wrote!
What a good start of the audrey hepburn series after charade I really like to see two of my favourite films of her like breakfast at tiffany's and my fair lady
Mia, am proud to be a subscriber. Your content is brilliant! As to this film, you are spot on. Yet, despite Bogart's range, I still submit that the Method lads were more deserved at the Oscars 1952. However, Bogart is magnetic. Thus, I'd like to suggest to you 1947's Dark Passage with him and Bacall. It's unbelievably unique. In fact, it has to be seen, as explaining cannot do it justice. Be well!
"David" wasn't referring to the movie, "The Seven-Year Itch"; he was referring to the play, which was a Broadway smash hit at the time.
I read somewhere once that Bogart wanted Becall to play the Hepburn role.
Great observation on how only Billy Wilder would begin a romantic comedy with a suicide attempt.
I love Audrey Hepburn, but never truly realized how magical her presence is until I saw the 1995 remake of this film. It's not a bad movie, the story is much clearer on how Linus is falling for Sabrina, and Julia Ormond is lovely and can even act. The only shortcoming: She Is Not AUDREY HEPBURN! That makes ALL the difference.
When I first saw this, I thought that William Holden was miscast, that he was too old to be playing a playboy like David. Then I realized that that was intentional, that it's David who is too old to be behaving this way, that he has to grow up. It's so satisfying at the end to see him walk in with his black homburg and umbrella and take over as the responsible brother so Linus can finally have a life.
It was Bogart that was miscast. He was 4 years older than Sabrina's father - John Williams. He seemed awkward playing a cradle-robber.
I love your videos and Sabrina is one of mine and my daughter's favorite movies!
For Audrey, Roman Holiday. Bogart, Key Largo. And Holden, Stalag 17.
Great reaction!
Fantastic video! You should react to "War and Peace" with Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda! ;)
I was lucky enough to see the “tennis court” dress on display at the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival. Unbelievably wasp-thin!
One of my favorites!!!
Audrey wanted children and William was unwilling to commit. The subsequent fallout was heartbreak for the both of them with William crawling into a bottle.
I love this film but I love the one with Harrison Ford more. The fashion dress I absolutely love and i do love Audrey and Humphrey
With It's humorous script and its stars immense charm Sabrina remains a resonant romantic gem, SABRINA (1954) 93/100% Certified Approved ☑️ Linus Larrabee: It's all in the Family.
I'm a lover of the newer version of Sabrina with Harrison Ford. (Just because how can you NOT love Harrison Ford, amiright?) That film and FRENCH KISS with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline were my favorite movies growing up. So much nostalgia. This original Sabrina is great now that I'm an adult and can appreciate these kinds of films.
The Children's Hour is another movie with Audrey that I really love! You should check it out if you haven't watch it yet :D
I do hope you watch Wait Until Dark, a very different AH film.
Ten years later Holden and Hepburn teamed up again in Paris When It Sizzles, she looked fantastic and he'd aged 20 years.
Holden’s drinking did not help him with the “aging game.”