Sabrina
...the chauffeur's daughter who learned her stuff in Paris
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$2 238 813
Box office
$10 000 000
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Arthur P. Schmidt
Whole Team (22)
Whole Team (22)
Short description
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.
What's left behind the scenes
- Humphrey Bogart replaced Cary Grant at the last minute.
- Bogart and his co-star William Holden couldn't stand each other. The reason was that Bogart disapproved of Audrey Hepburn being chosen for the lead female role, as he wanted his wife Lauren Bacall to play Sabrina. Holden, however, fell in love with Hepburn. When asked how it was working with Hepburn, Bogart replied: "Okay, except for having to do 20 takes."
- Bogart earned $300,000 for his role, Holden – $150,000, and Hepburn's fee was only $15,000.
- Although Edith Head won the Oscar for Best Costume Design, the majority of Audrey Hepburn's outfits were created by French couturier Hubert de Givenchy. The actress herself chose them. This film marked Hepburn's first collaboration with Givenchy; subsequently, throughout her career, she dressed exclusively in his designs. Before 'Sabrina', Givenchy had never heard of Audrey Hepburn and when he was offered the job on the film, he thought they were referring to Katharine Hepburn.
- "Sabrina" was the first of four films in a row where Audrey Hepburn had to play heroines who had romantic relationships with men old enough to be their fathers.
- At the theater, Sabrina and Linus watch the play "The Seven Year Itch." Billy Wilder, the film's director, made his next film based on this play in 1955.
- The estate where the filming took place belonged to Barney Balaban, the then-head of Paramount Studios.
- As with the film "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), filming of "Sabrina" began even though the script was not yet finished. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman and director Billy Wilder worked on it daily to the point of exhaustion. Once, when Lehman couldn't provide Bogart with a copy of a newly rewritten scene, the actor flew into a rage. Wilder then announced that filming would not continue until Bogart apologized to the screenwriter. And only after Bogart invited Lehman to his dressing room did filming resume.
- Working on the script took so much time that Wilder couldn't balance it with filming. Once, to finish writing one of the scenes in time, he even asked Audrey Hepburn to pretend to be sick.
- During filming, Hepburn and Holden began a romance, but when the actress learned that Holden could not have children, she broke off the relationship.
- Humphrey Bogart always stopped filming at 6:00 PM, as that was when he began drinking whiskey with soda. If anyone tried to make him work after six in the evening, he would leave proudly without saying a word.
- Bogart and his co-star William Holden could not stand each other. The issue was that Bogart disapproved of the casting of Audrey Hepburn for the lead female role, as he wanted his wife, Lauren Bacall, to play Sabrina. Holden, on the other hand, fell in love with Hepburn. When asked how it was working with Hepburn, Bogart replied: 'Fine, except for the fact that we had to do 20 takes.'
- Bogart earned $300,000 for his role, Holden earned $150,000, and Hepburn's fee was only $15,000.
- Although Edith Head won the Oscar for Best Costume Design, most of Audrey Hepburn's outfits were created by French couturier Hubert de Givenchy. Furthermore, the actress chose them herself. This film marked Hepburn's first collaboration with Givenchy; subsequently, she wore only his designs throughout her career. Before 'Sabrina,' Givenchy had never heard of Audrey Hepburn and, when offered the job on the film, thought they were referring to Katharine Hepburn.
- Sabrina was the first of four consecutive films in which Audrey Hepburn played characters involved in romantic relationships with men old enough to be their fathers.
- At the theater, Sabrina and Linus watch a play called The Seven Year Itch. The film director Billy Wilder based his next movie, released in 1955, on this play.
- During filming, Hepburn and Holden began a romance; however, when the actress learned that Holden could not have children, she ended the relationship.
- The estate where the filming took place belonged to Barney Balaban, the head of Paramount Studios at the time.
- Humphrey Bogart always stopped filming at 6:00 PM, as that was when he began drinking whiskey and soda. If anyone tried to make him work after six, he would pridefully walk away without saying a word.
- As was the case with the film 'Sunset Boulevard' (1950), filming for 'Sabrina' began even though the script had not yet been completed. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman and director Billy Wilder worked on it daily to the point of total exhaustion. Once, when Lehman was unable to give Bogart a copy of a newly rewritten scene, the actor flew into a rage. Wilder then announced that filming would not continue until Bogart apologized to the screenwriter. Only after Bogart invited Lehman to his dressing room did filming resume.
- Working on the script took up so much time that Wilder struggled to balance it with filming. Once, in order to finish writing one of the scenes, he even asked Audrey Hepburn to pretend to be sick.
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