I just watched 'Roman Holiday' for the first time, all the way through.
A few interesting things:
The film was filmed in black and white, so that the actors (Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck) would not be upstaged by the city's (Rome) romantic setting.
It was the first American film to be made in its entirety in Italy.
The Embassy Ball sequence featured real Italian nobility, who all donated their salaries to charity. The reporters at the end of the film were real too.
Audrey's name she was christened with was Audrey Kathleen Ruston (her Mother changed it, during the war, to Edda, fearing that "Audrey" might indicate her British roots too strongly). Hepburn comes from her father finding records of Hepburn being a family name, causing him to add it to his name. This caused Audrey to have to legally add Hepburn to her name, as well, making her name Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston.
Ruston is also the name of the city in which Jason (Mr. Uniform) attended college at Louisiana Tech University. And, where our first home was.
[All above information from IMDB.com]
Gregory Peck is very handsome.
I love Audrey Hepburn!
I absolutely cannot wait to get over to Europe!
A few interesting things:
The film was filmed in black and white, so that the actors (Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck) would not be upstaged by the city's (Rome) romantic setting.
It was the first American film to be made in its entirety in Italy.
The Embassy Ball sequence featured real Italian nobility, who all donated their salaries to charity. The reporters at the end of the film were real too.
Audrey's name she was christened with was Audrey Kathleen Ruston (her Mother changed it, during the war, to Edda, fearing that "Audrey" might indicate her British roots too strongly). Hepburn comes from her father finding records of Hepburn being a family name, causing him to add it to his name. This caused Audrey to have to legally add Hepburn to her name, as well, making her name Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston.
Ruston is also the name of the city in which Jason (Mr. Uniform) attended college at Louisiana Tech University. And, where our first home was.
[All above information from IMDB.com]
Gregory Peck is very handsome.
I love Audrey Hepburn!
I absolutely cannot wait to get over to Europe!
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