Love in the Afternoon (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Billy Wilder |
| Producer(s) | William Schorr (associate), Billy Wilder |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Romance (Drama) |
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Love in the Afternoon (1957) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Billy Wilder and William Schorr.
SYNOPSIS
This romantic comedy written and directed by Wilder makes marvelous use of its Parisian settings, though the sight of 56-year-old Cooper romantically crossing swords with gamine Hepburn strains credulity. Hepburn saves Cooper from the spying of her father, private detective Chevalier, earning her his amorous attention. When Chevalier listens to Cooper's musings about his situation, he offers his services to track her down, then discovers it is his daughter he's tailing.
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Love in The Afternoon (1957): The Wilder Touch
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 8, 2020 From 4 Star FilmsBilly Wilder, more than any screenwriter I’ve ever known, has a knack for voiceover narration. What other novices consider a crutch to feed us information, he uses as an asset to set tone, story, and location, while offsetting the image with the spoken word. Take the beginning of Love in The A... Read full article
Warner Archive Blu-ray: Hepburn and Cooper Share Love in the Afternoon (1957)
By KC on Feb 21, 2017 From Classic MoviesDirector Billy Wilder's Love in the Afternoon (1957) is an odd little romance. It’s a shade too long, and even though the thought of Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper together has its appeal, the gap in their ages is always a bit unsettling. Still, the film, which is now available on Blu-ray fro... Read full article
Love in the Afternoon (1972)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 8, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsIs it possible to love two women at once??In essence, that’s one of the main conceits of this moral tale from director Eric Rohmer’s series.?Sometimes Rohmer feels like the Woody Allen of France although Allen’s films are slightly more geared towards comedy and the former’s f... Read full article
Love in the Afternoon (1972)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 8, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsIs it possible to love two women at once??In essence, that’s one of the main conceits of this moral tale from director Eric Rohmer’s series.?Sometimes Rohmer feels like the Woody Allen of France although Allen’s films are slightly more geared towards comedy and the former’s f... Read full article
Amor na Tarde / Love in the Afternoon (1957)
By L? on May 3, 2016 From Critica RetroAmor na Tarde / Love in the Afternoon (1957) Chevalier! Hepburn! Cooper! Paris! Fascina??o! Tudo no filme nos chama para o romance. ? uma hist?ria de amor pouco convencional, mas que nas m?os de Billy Wilder se transforma em um longo e delicioso flerte. Chevalier! Hepburn! Cooper! Paris! F... Read full article
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Quotes from
Frank Flannagan: You know me?
Claude Chavasse: Do I know you? Does an art student know Picasso?
Claude Chavasse: [voiceover] On Monday, August 24th of this year, the case of Frank Flannagan and Ariane Chavasse came up before the superior judge in Cannes. They are now married, serving a life sentence in New York, state of New York, USA.
Frank Flannagan: Goodbye, thin girl.
Ariane Chavasse: Goodbye, Mr. Flannagan.
Frank Flannagan: You promised.
Ariane Chavasse: You don't have to worry about me, Mr. Flannagan. There've been so many men before. There'll be so many after this. It's gonna be another one of those crazy years. While you're in Cannes, I'll be in Brussels with the banker. He wants to give me a Mercedes Benz, a blue one, it's my favorite color. And while you're in Athens, I'll be with the duke again in Scotland. But, I don't know whether I'll go yet, because another man's asked me to spend the summer with him in Deauville. He owns race horses. He's very rich. He's number twenty. I mean number twenty one, you're number twenty. So, you see Mr. Flannagan, I'll be perfectly all right. I'll... I'll be all right... I'll be all right!
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Facts about
To dispel any impression that Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper actually have sex in their many afternoon meetings in his hotel room, a line was dubbed into the release print. When his back is turned to the camera in Chevalier's office, Cooper is heard to say, "I can't get to first base with her."
The Japanese newspaper article on Frank Flannagan does not mention him, but rather reads "The great newspaper king Kane dies". This is the same article from Citizen Kane, with the name and picture of Frank Flannagan added in.
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