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Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Producer: Mario Zampi
Director: Mario Zampi
Screenplay: Jack Davies & Michael Pertwee
Cinematography: William McLeod
Art Direction: Ivan King
Music: Stanley Black
CAST: Audrey Hepburn ( cigarette girl), Alastair Sim, Fay Compton,
Hugh Griffith, Guy Middleton, George Cole,
When a millionaire practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.
Audrey had just a small bit in this tame comedy.
Young Wives' Tale (1951) Associated British-Pate
Producer: Victor Skutezky
Director: Henry Cass
Screenplay: Anne Burbnaby from the play by Ronald Jeans
Cinematography:Erwin Hiller
Art Direction: Terence Verity
Music: Philip Green
CAST: Joan Grenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr,
Audrey Hepburn (Eve Lester), Guy Middleton,
A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples.
Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.
A modest comedy with a competent cast, it gave Audrey her first real role as one of the wives.
One Wild Oat (1951)
Producer: John Croydon
Director: Charles Saunders
Screenplay: Lawrence Hungtington & Vernon Sylvaine
Cinematography: Robert Navarro
Art Direction: Ivan King
Music: Stanley Black
CAST: Robertson Hare, June Sylvaine, Andrew Crawford,
Stanley Holloway, Vera Pearce, Joan Rice,
Audrey Hepburn ( Hotel receptionist), Roger Moore,
Constance Lorne.
A barrister ( Hare) attempts to discourage his daughter's infatuation for a philanderer by revealing his past. The plan backfires when the daughter's would-be father in law (Holloway) threatens to reveal the barrister's shady background.
A seldom seen or known film did nothing for Audrey's career.
Monte Carlo Baby (1951) CORONA
Producer: Ray Ventura
Director: Jean Boyer
Screenplay: Jean Boyer & Lester Fuller
Cinematography: Charles Suin
Music: Paul Misraki
CAST: Audrey Hepburn ( Linda Farrel), Russell Collins, Michele Farmer,
Philippe Lemaire.
When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is mistakenly delivered to a touring musician.
The film is only remembered because it was while filming it that Audrey was noticed by Colette.
Lavender Hill Mob (1951) RANK/ Universal
Producer: Michael Bacon & Michael Truman
Director: Charles Crichton
Screenplay: T.C.B. Clarke
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Art Direction: William Kellner
Music: Georges Auric
Costumes: Anthony Mendleson
CAST: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass,
Audrey Hepburn ( Chiquita), Edie Martin,
Comedy about a meek bank clerk (Guinness) who, after working all his life trading gold bullion at a bank, plans a theft from his own bank together with a maker of souvenirs and smuggles the gold to France as Eiffel Towers souvenirs.
A rare gem who offers a great Guinness performance shining over a strong cast.
Guinness got a Best Actor Oscar nomination and T.C.B. Clarke won the academy Award for Best Screenplay. Audrey had just a small role but show already her special kind of cinematographic charm.
Nous Irons a Monte Carlo ( 1952) HOCHE Production
( We will all go to Monte Carlo)
Producer: Ray Ventura
Director: Jean Boyer
Screenplay: Jean Boyer & Alex Joffe
Cinematography: Charles Suin
Music: Paul Misraki
CAST: Audrey Hepburn ( Melissa Walters), Francoise Arnoul,
Martine Carol, Marcel Dalio,
The same team of Monte Carlo Baby in a touristic attraction that almost nobody saw. The Secret People (1952)Ealing Studios
Producer: Sidney Cole
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Screenplay: Thorold Dickinson & Joyce Cary
Cinematography: Gordon Dines
Art Direction: William Kellner
Music: Roberto Gerhard
Costumes: Anthony Mendleson
CAST: Audrey Hepburn ( Nora), Valentina Cortese, Michael Allan,
Serge Reggiani.
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This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot.
She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
Audrey, already a Broadway star has just a small part. The film was overlooked and it is rarely seen. |
