Monday, September 15, 2014

September 15 - Sabrina (1954)

Today’s movie is a romantic comedy with a scene that happens on September 15. Watch it tonight and enjoy.

SABRINA (1954)                      

On the north shore of Long Island live the very wealthy Larrabee family consisting of the father, mother and two sons, Linus and David. Linus, the elder is a confirmed workaholic, while David is an irresponsible womanizer. The family’s chauffer has a daughter named Sabrina, who has an unrequited crush on David. After a party where she sees David seducing yet another woman, Sabrina tries to commit suicide by closing the garage doors and turning on all the cars. She is saved by Linus and goes off to Paris to attend a cordon bleu cooking school. When she returns several years later as a stylish and elegant young woman, she is not recognized by David. In the interim, Linus is forcing David to marry Elizabeth Tyson in order to secure her families sugarcane plantations in Puerto Rico as raw material for Larrabee industries new product, an indestructible plastic. David invites Sabrina to a society party at the house, intending to seduce her. However, after David accidentally injures himself, Linus steps in and agrees to look out for Sabrina on David’s behalf. David has said he wants to marry Sabrina, so Linus decides to woo her himself to bust them up and preserve David’s engagement to Elizabeth. After several dates Linus tells Sabrina that he is running way to Paris. Later she finds two tickets and initially she thinks he’s taking her along, but he tells her the truth. Linus says he is sending her alone and providing compensation. After Linus tells her this, she tells David goodbye and decides to go to Paris. On September 15, 1955 [1:41:45 to 1:53:14] Linus tells David the deal with the Tysons and his engagement are over and directs him to go to Paris with Sabrina. At the meeting held to announce this David bursts in and insults Sabrina, calling her a gold-digger. Linus decks David, forcing him to confront the fact that he loves Sabrina.  Linus gets on board the ship carrying Sabrina to Europe and they are reconciled. 

One of the all time classic film romances. Three great stars carry this film and make it fantastic.  Beautiful cinematography and classic costumes combine to make this one of best of Hollywood’s golden age.

Date given in film on ticket at 1:31:09

Awards – The movie won the Best Costume Design Oscar. The film was also nominated for the Best Director, Best Actress(Hepburn), Best Black and White Art Direction,  Best Black and White Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 27th Academy Awards.

Screenplay - Billy Wilder, Ernest Lehman and Samuel A. Taylor

Producer - Billy Wilder                             

Director - Billy Wilder                                              

Runtime – 1 hour 53 minutes                                     

Released – September 9, 1954

Starring –

Humphrey Bogart as Linus Larrabee
Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina Fairchild
William Holden as David Larrabee
John Williams as Thomas Fairchild
Walter Hampden as Oliver Larrabee
Nella Walker as Maude Larrabee
Martha Hyer as Elizabeth Tyson


Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014. 



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