Directed by William Wyler and penned by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo - he won an Oscar using a front - “Roman Holiday” stars a luminous Audrey Hepburn, who won the lead actress Oscar for her delightful performance as a sheltered European princess visiting Rome. (Paramount Pictures / Getty Images)įathom Events and TCM are teaming up again this Sunday and Tuesday to present the magical, romantic 1953 romantic comedy “Roman Holiday” in select theaters across the country. She was a happy person deep down.” A royal romanceĪudrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in a still from "Roman Holiday," directed by William Wyler in 1953. What most people don’t know is that she had a wonderful sense of humor. “It was a very happy time for her because she was going with director Vincente Minnelli. I’m a dancer, and we are going to New York.’ So we left.”Įventually, Mayer relented, and O’Brien and her mother returned, and the rest is history. Her mother told Mayer, " 'We don’t know how long we are going to be here, so I want some security for my child. He could do better tears, when you asked for money, than I could do in the film.” “I was always supposed to do it but almost didn’t do it because my mother walked into office and asked for more money,” O'Brien said. Three years ago, I chatted with O’Brien, now 78, about the making of the classic and her performance as Garland's young sister Tootie, which won her a juvenile Oscar.
Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane supplied several of the memorable songs, including the Oscar-nominated “The Trolley Song,” as well as “The Boy Next Door” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Louis,” starring Judy Garland (who would later marry Minnelli), Margaret O’Brien and Tom Drake. Saturday marks the 71st anniversary of the New York opening of one of my favorite holiday movies, Vincente Minnelli’s glorious Technicolor musical “Meet Me in St.
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