Last night was monthly movie night at our community’s clubhouse where you can have all the free popcorn you want as you watch an old-timey movie. This time it was the romantic comedy “Sabrina,” a charming trifle that came out in 1954 in black and white.
It wasn’t billed as a “chick flick,” because that term wasn’t prevalent then. But there were only three men in attendance and ten women, which should tell you something.
Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, and Audrey Hepburn star in the tale of a chauffeur’s daughter who is in love with one of her father’s wealthy employers with little chance of commanding his attention. Then she goes to Paris for two years, becomes quite sophisticated, returns to the U.S, and charms not only the one but also the other brother.
What I liked most about the film was the chance to return to the movies of yesteryear. The dialogue is clever; each actor gets a memorable scene, nobody talks over each other, and there are no violent car chases. By today’s standards it could be considered boring; I think of it as portraying Hollywood’s golden age when there was a distinctive style of filmmaking. It’s nothing like today.
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