![Sabrina (1954) Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden [All Region, Import, B & W]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51w8Yqa0aQL._SX300_SY300_QL70_ML2_.jpg)
When William Holden takes his first good look at Audrey Hepburn, he screeches his convertible to a stop and backs up to gaze at the elegant woman. Two years of life in Paris has transformed the chauffeur’s daughter into a knockout. She stands in front of the train station in a black Givenchy suit, like a model on Vogue’s cover.
But Sabrina is on the verge of getting an education about high society, and about romance and love and the difference between the two.
Director Billy Wilder combines sardonic humor, pratfalls, and social criticism to create a delightful and witty movie . Even the music underscores that message. “Isn’t it romantic? Merely to be young on such a night as this?”
Back story: Hepburn has lived all her life on the grounds of a magnificent estate owned by a wealthy family, whom her dad works for. Two sons live there, the stiff and staid businessman Humphrey Bogart and the younger irresponsible son William Holden. Hepburn has a crush on the latter. With his blond hair, handsome face, and flirtatious come-ons, he is the seductive playboy. But he doesn’t even know she exists……………until she returns from Paris.
Then the charm oozes out. “Sabrina, where have you been all my life?”asks Holden. “Right over the garage!” coos Hepburn. Things heat up quickly. Both men are drawn to her. Not only is she beautiful, she’s sweet, honest, and irresistible.
When Holden announces he’s in love, the stodgy parents go ape. “The old man is frothing at the mouth, “ warns Bogart. “About… animal, vegetable, or mineral?” asks Holden. “Definitely animal” is the reply. Hepburn learns a lot about the stuffy culture of Glen Cove. “No gentleman makes love to a servant in his mother’s house,” rants the apoplectic father, a terrific Walter Hampden. Will the two lovers overcome these imposing social barriers?
One thing unsettles me. Bogart , at age 55, with his tired wrinkled face, is way too old as suitor for the 25-year-old girl And would she really fit into his Dow-Jones lifestyle? Suffice to say, the love triangle eventually turns heart-shaped. The ending works because of everyone’s excellent acting.
A tantalizing side note: During this shoot Hepburn and Holden fell passionately in love and talked marriage. However, when he told her he could not have children, she dropped him. Later, Holden would say she was the love of his life. So take notice of the two as they dance at the ball. Those sparks between them are genuine.
Another side note: Glen Cove has lost some luster since the fifties, but it still holds some of New York’s most glamorous families.
This Blu Ray DVD include special features on: Hepburn’s fashions; the making of the film; Upper-class Long Island society; “character” actors in the film; the high-tech cameras invented for this shoot; and my favorite, an-in-depth retrospect of William Holden’s movie career at Paramount.
I think you'll agree. This is a good stiff drink of scintillating comedy.
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Great product
The movie works well. I love this move and been watching several times and it's still good.
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Paola ontiveros olvera
Excelente compra del clasico de Billy Wilder
Reviewed in Mexico on March 24, 2020
